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saltywet
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Hong Kong1316 Posts
August 25 2010 12:36 GMT
#21
those people killed were harmless tourists that visit a country to play.

people dying in your country is one thing, representatives of your country killing innocent people from other countries can give your country trouble with the others
ironchef
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Canada1350 Posts
August 25 2010 12:51 GMT
#22
It's probably just how the brain works. If you spent every second stressing on every tragedy you would be perpetually in despair. Tend to just prioritize the recent, 'relevant'(to them) or sensational ones. I think i read a theory that it is because we evolved to live in a much smaller size community ("middle world"), that when technology made it possible to link millions, the brain isnt use to operate on that scale. Not saying it's good or we can't improve, but I wouldnt start losing faith in humanity over it.

That said, by no means am I saying everything is OK, or noone has done anything wrong. Some people make a living capitalizing tragedies, or using it to push an agenda, it's sick.

Also, I'm really sorry to hear that Chromyne
“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” - Marcus Aurelius
hadoken5
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada519 Posts
August 25 2010 13:12 GMT
#23
Oh hey Haiti! How's it going!
Redunzl
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
862 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-25 13:38:13
August 25 2010 13:38 GMT
#24
yea dude. ofc people are stupid as shit. otherwise they wouldn't be ruled by sensational advertising fronts (also known as mainstream media)
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32113 Posts
August 25 2010 13:43 GMT
#25
what is so illogical about more interest being shown towards the more recent tragedy?
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koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
August 25 2010 14:34 GMT
#26
This isn't irrational at all. One tragedy does not make another tragedy lesser.
T0fuuu
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia2275 Posts
August 25 2010 17:55 GMT
#27
no way! Middle class hk will never fire their maids! how would they live and who would look after them !
news
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
892 Posts
August 25 2010 18:00 GMT
#28
On August 25 2010 16:14 Najda wrote:
It's like "Hey look middle class [or above] people died, everyone give them care and donate to families" then even when 100x people in 3rd world countries die to wars/natural disasters the media doesn't give it nearly as much attention (unless the death toll is absurdly large).


It's not about the class, it's about sensationalism. No one cares if those people were "above middle class", the story is huge for an entirely different reason.
"Althought it sounds sexism, and probably is, given the right context, we cannot classify the statement itself as a sexist statement by itself," - evanthebouncy!
HeadhunteR
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Argentina1258 Posts
August 25 2010 19:31 GMT
#29
who ever thought people were "always" rational human beings?

the world couldn't care less for the poor its sad but its how the world is run..
in The Kong line forever
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