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Old 01-03-2014, 01:45 AM   #13868 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara
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Originally Posted by Grogsy View Post
Today I read in the paper that 30 people died when a bus overturned in India. This was a small paragraph on page 6. If it had happened in the UK, anywhere in Europe or the US it would be on the front page and first item on TV news. It's the same when ferries loaded with people sink off the Philippines and most of them drown. Is it because for some reason, people's lives or deaths in third world countries aren't worth as much as people in 1st world countries. It would seem to be so.
I totally agree that it's only publicly mentioned if it's in a well known western country. Although Syria is mentioned on the news every night.
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