strikes me as odd
that we're so outraged about 33 people dying and london being effectively crippled by a couple fo bombs when this sort of thing happens regularly in other countries (where "we" are the bombers). We don't really care then, do we? Is that just because it's in a poor country where the people aren't really real?

Edit: don't read this post, or any of the replies, it's utter shite, not really sure what I was going on about to be honest - maybe I'm having a nervous breakdown. *goes for cigarette*
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:37, archived)

You mean jokes and shit?
Check this board and the main. There have been enough jokes and stuff throughout the day.
( Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:39, archived)

no no, jokes are fine
it's just the reaction by the western world

BBC don't put on a special every time a suicide bomber blows up some people in iraq

i think that's my point, not really sure what i'm talking about, but i feel a bit unbalanced. maybe i'm still a bit shook up
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:46, archived)

The same reason that
your local paper doenst headline stories that happen in fucking Paris.

Local news for local people.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:51, archived)

yeah yeah yeah
read my edit
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:53, archived)

Yep

( Benny Tied To A Tree As much use as Anne Frank's drumkit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:39, archived)

No we care more when it's London
becuase it's nearly us.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:40, archived)

erm...
it's close to home...? so naturally we're going to be more affected... I would have thought the answer to your question was obvious. Nobody likes to see civillians blown up - oh except for terrorists
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:40, archived)

And Bush.
AICMFP
( grindforcolumbine Terrorism is bloody rude., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:43, archived)

this is actually
a good point
you're Michael Moore AICMFP - back!
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:44, archived)

that's what I mean
when a suicide bomber in iraq blows up a bus full of kids, we go, oh dear that's a shame, but here, 33 grown ups khark it and we're shitting ourselves. I don't really knwo what my point is, but it just seems wrong somehow. Of course, when Princess Di died, the whole fucking country cried (except b3ta, of course, my saviour) which seems like too much compared to this.

/struggling for equality in outpourings of greif
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:43, archived)

i understand what you're saying
but it's all about proximity - we're being made aware of our own mortality. Let's face it 1 million people starve to death in Etheopia (sp?) and we don't flinch, if an old lady starved to death in the house next door, we'd all be completely freaked. it's OK, it's a normal coping mechanism.
/edit - www.b3ta.com/talk/624872 - put it a lot better!
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

you're all right
i still think it's weird though
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:48, archived)

b3ta didn't exist when Diana died
although I personally remember working out how to play God Save The Queen on a spanish guitar as a tribute.
( rob, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

How many of those clocks did you sell in the end?
If there had been a b3ta, the board would have been a sight worth seeing that day, I'm sure...
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:50, archived)

sounds like a potential contest idea...

( Staticgirl, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 17:13, archived)

it's easy, don't grieve for anyone,
grieving is for the families and people who actually knew them.
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

that's like saying that you should be as sad when a stranger's mum dies as when your mum dies.
it's proximity and the threat to yourself.
( Dirty Bob hasn't been here for ages, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

Poor people
aren't worth much, so fuck them.
( DrPoppers Touched by his noodly appendage, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:41, archived)

you can fuck poor people ?
*Rushes off to Wales*
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:42, archived)

Your so right.
We are all evil.
You dumb fuck.
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:45, archived)

no need for that
i'm not saying we're evil, i'm saying that it just seems unbalanced
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

I'll unbalance you in a minute, sunshine.
Now get to your fucking room, without any fucking dinner you fucking clit-twutting fuck.
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 17:04, archived)

Hahahaha!
Once again, the hairless simian saves the day.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

Would you care more if your mum died, or if your great aunty died?

(Naughty Tortoise, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:45, archived)

Depends

they might care more about Great Aunt coz Mum was a drunk who kicked the shit outta him and sold all his toys for more booze, Great Aunt could have stepped in and saved him therefore he'd care more about Great Aunt

*only saying this as I don't have a mum or great aunt, but would shout from the rooftops if her 'birth' mother died*
( diffy maybs, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:55, archived)

So what...
You think that people in Afganistan are going to be mourning about this attack?

Of course people are more concerned about local issues. Thats why we have local news.
(R-T-C Got arbitrage profits?, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

www.b3ta.com/talk/624915
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:53, archived)

Monkeys
It's all explained perfectly by the Monkey Sphere...

Clickety click
(MSB Load universe into cannon. Aim at brain. Fire., Thu 7 Jul 2005, 17:08, archived)