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I would probably care more if people in the US gave a **** about the hundreds of thousands of people being killed in the rest of the world every year.
I obviously think it was a tradgedy, but its hardly the worst the world has seen in the last 6 years (Darfur anyone?). And laughing over something always eases the pain and makes things easier to accept. Its not to show disrespect. Have you ever heard cops joke? They're very tasteless, but they have to be to stay sane and get through the day.
all I originally intended to post was the :-\