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Re: What the HELL is wrong with people.
04/16/13 04:23 PM
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By "here" I really sort of meant "in the place where I am". You see enough death and destruction on the news and after a while you start to get the sense that it's something that only happens in other places, to other people
This is exactly how I understood what you said. I felt the same way with Columbine, and then with the Aurora theater shootings. Colorado, and more specifically the Denver metro area is clean, safe, and for the most part people are very friendly here. Littleton, where Columbine High is a quiet suburb with upper-middle to upper class homes and businesses. You would NEVER think that something of the magnitude that occurred would ever happen there.
Aurora...while not exactly the best part of the metro area was still shocking because you would have expected maybe gang shootings (which happened at that same mall a couple of years prior...my wife missed that one by 5 minutes) but never would you have expected what happened, and to such a seemingly random crowd.
DMala never said anything about it being OK overseas, and he never even hinted at a racial undertone. The words "brown people" were basically put in his mouth.
Death and horrific things happen all over the world every minute of every day. The Boston marathon bombing is shocking because it's so seemingly random. It's not in a war zone or war torn region. The targets were civilians who, at the time were probably not thinking about anything political, racial, or religious. They were not rioting or in the middle of an uprising. They were cheering on participants in a marathon and many were hurt, and some died while at an event when spirits and moods were good and being there and participating in safety is generally assumed. That is why this is shocking.
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