Why Is It?

[shaamu]

WHY IS IT is the question i ask myself everytime an attack happens in the western countries. i mean i am not for the killing of innocent people but why is a westerners life MORE important than say an iraqi or for that matter an arab. i mean all lifes are equally important and one shouldnt get more attention over another. why i am saying all of this is because when the attacks happened this morning in london, every tv or radio channel was talking about it and it was the same with the nine eleven attacks. BUT when an iraqi family is bombed to the ground it doesnt even get a mention. this is injustice. bush and blair this morning were saying that this attackers were killer of innocent people and i was just watching them in astonishment and asked myself, isnt what they did and are doing in iraq KILLING innocent people, isnt that as bad as what the attackers did this morning in london i ask you guys in this peaceful forum?

 

[Illuminattile]

WHY IS IT is the question i ask myself everytime an attack happens in the western countries. i mean i am not for the killing of innocent people but why is a westerners life MORE important than say an iraqi or for that matter an arab. i mean all lifes are equally important and one should get more attention over another. why i am saying all of this is because when the attacks happened this morning in london, every tv or radio channel was talking about it and it was the same with the nine eleven attacks. BUT when an iraqi family is bombed to the ground it doesnt even get a mention. this is injustice. bush and blair this morning were saying that this attackers were killer of innocent people and i was just watching them in astonishment and asked myself, isnt what they did and are doing in iraq KILLING innocent people, isnt that as bad as what the attackers did this morning in london i ask you guys in this peaceful forum?

How often is London rocked by terrorist attacks? How often do people die in war-torn Iraq?

 

[Swollen_Member]

WHY IS IT is the question i ask myself everytime an attack happens in the western countries. i mean i am not for the killing of innocent people but why is a westerners life MORE important than say an iraqi or for that matter an arab. i mean all lifes are equally important and one should get more attention over another. why i am saying all of this is because when the attacks happened this morning in london, every tv or radio channel was talking about it and it was the same with the nine eleven attacks. BUT when an iraqi family is bombed to the ground it doesnt even get a mention. this is injustice. bush and blair this morning were saying that this attackers were killer of innocent people and i was just watching them in astonishment and asked myself, isnt what they did and are doing in iraq KILLING innocent people, isnt that as bad as what the attackers did this morning in london i ask you guys in this peaceful forum?

Because the media is biased, and the typical citizen only cares what happens to people in their country and Bush and Blair are hypocrites.........

 

[stefanwzyga]

I understand what your saying, and i agree 100%, how many inocent iraq family's have been torn apart from bombing's? although there terrorist's we aint.

 

[devils_advok8]

How often is London rocked by terrorist attacks? How often do people die in war-torn Iraq?

What about Al Qaeda's plot to attack the Jordanian Intelligence Headquarters and it was said that 80, 000 people could've died if the Jordanian Special forces didnt step in?I was in Canada back then and it didnt even make the headlines.
What about the bombings in Beirut?
Egypt's recent bombings wouldnt've made as much noise if the victims werent foreigners.
Al Qaeda's group in Iraq announced in a pirprted message posted on the net the execution of Egypt's top envoy to Iraq.I dont even see a thread about it.Yet when Nick Berg or whatever his name was got beheaded it was all over the news and there were several threads about it.
And the list goes on.

 

[Illuminattile]

What about Al Qaeda's plot to attack the Jordanian Intelligence Headquarters and it was said that 80, 000 people could've died if the Jordanian Special forces didnt step in?I was in Canada back then and it didnt even make the headlines.
What about the bombings in Beirut?
Egypt's recent bombings wouldnt've made as much noise if the victims werent foreigners.
Al Qaeda's group in Iraq announced in a pirprted message posted on the net the execution of Egypt's top envoy to Iraq.I dont even see a thread about it.Yet when Nick Berg or whatever his name was got beheaded it was all over the news and there were several threads about it.
And the list goes on.

All those things get on the news, but a television news station can't cover every single noteworthy event on the planet. If you live in the United Kingdom then what happens in the United Kingdom is probably of greater importance to you than what happens in another country.

 

[Illuminattile]

I understand what your saying, and i agree 100%, how many inocent iraq family's have been torn apart from bombing's? although there terrorist's we aint.

No, the troops in Iraq are not terrorists. Terrorists specifically and deliberately target civilians in order to create an atmosphere of terror and put pressure on the military and the government. That's exactly what happened in London today. British or American troops inadvertently killing civilians in Iraq is not terrorism. It's unfortunate, obviously, but it's not terrorism.

 

[Elmira]

Imagine if there was a thread for everytime some Iraqi civilian died...

The sad conclusion I can draw from all of this is that some peoples lives are worth more than others, based on those people being lucky enough to live in a more powerful country. I don't accept violence in any shape or form, and think it's horrible when groups attack working class citizens, but we in America, along with our Western allies, routinely destroy and overthrow whole countries for selfish reasons, but when someone else gives it backs to us, on a smaller scale, we're all up in arms and horrified. What should you expect?

Many of us don't read about the massive starvation going on in and around Niger, and I won't even get into Sudan, but thousands of Africans die daily, and nobody bats an eyelash.

 

[shaamu]

Imagine if there was a thread for everytime some Iraqi civilian died...

The sad conclusion I can draw from all of this is that some peoples lives are worth more than others, based on those people being lucky enough to live in a more powerful country. I don't accept violence in any shape or form, and think it's horrible when groups attack working class citizens, but we in America, along with our Western allies, routinely destroy and overthrow whole countries for selfish reasons, but when someone else gives it backs to us, on a smaller scale, we're all up in arms and horrified. What should you expect?

Many of us don't read about the massive starvation going on in and around Niger, and I won't even get into Sudan, but thousands of Africans die daily, and nobody bats an eyelash.

beautifully expressed. we all got one life to live so we all deserve equal chance to live it. even the life of bush is not worth a grain more than the life of an african child dying of starvation in africa. also Illuminattile point about troops in iraq not being terrorist, i am sorry but to me you are no less of a murderer if you take a life for no reason at all whether you are the most heartless gang banger, a terrorist or a soldier. to me if you kill one innocent person its like you have killed the whole of humanity and in if you save one life its like you have saved the whole of human.

 

[Saint33]

Imagine if there was a thread for everytime some Iraqi civilian died...

to me if you kill one innocent person its like you have killed the whole of humanity and in if you save one life its like you have saved the whole of human.

wtf? innocent people die all the time, does that mean humanity is dead? Cum on

The only reason america and places like us get more publicity, is cuz we hav money. We r 1st world countries, stuff like this doesnt happen often. i agree that these things shouldnt get so much attention, or the things in iraq and places like that should get more attention, but its never goin to happen. Money controls everything and since america has, if sumthing happens to them they get more publicity then a 3rd world country like Niger

 

[shaamu]

Imagine if there was a thread for everytime some Iraqi civilian died...

wtf? innocent people die all the time, does that mean humanity is dead? Cum on

NO NO NO u didnt understand what i meant. what i meant was if someone kills any innocent person, ITS LIKE they have killed the whole of human kind because the life of an individual is equally as important as the life of the whole humanity.

The only reason america and places like us get more publicity, is cuz we hav money. We r 1st world countries, stuff like this doesnt happen often. i agree that these things shouldnt get so much attention, or the things in iraq and places like that should get more attention, but its never goin to happen. Money controls everything and since america has, if sumthing happens to them they get more publicity then a 3rd world country like Niger

its not only about money, its also greed and superiority. for instance why do they call the west the first world and the rest the second or the third world. most of the things they are from the so called the third world. also its to do with the western citizens being made to believe by their government that they are superior to the rest of the world. bullshit, for all i know this so called second or third world citizens are more human than this so called first world.

 

[FroDawgg]

No, the troops in Iraq are not terrorists. Terrorists specifically and deliberately target civilians in order to create an atmosphere of terror and put pressure on the military and the government. That's exactly what happened in London today. British or American troops inadvertently killing civilians in Iraq is not terrorism. It's unfortunate, obviously, but it's not terrorism.

i believe he was being sarcastic, as in "it's terror when they do it to us it's terror, but when we do it it's justified, and anyone of them that dies is just a risk we have to take".

 

[Amara]

All those things get on the news, but a television news station can't cover every single noteworthy event on the planet. If you live in the United Kingdom then what happens in the United Kingdom is probably of greater importance to you than what happens in another country.

I agree. I dont think it has anything to do with placing value on one life over another, it is simply that the media reports stories that they see as being relevant and closely connected to the target audience. So instead of making it out to be some global conspiracy against non-western nations... think realistically.

If you wanna critically analyse something and have a worthwhile bitch, why not think about the causes of violence, the reasons for it, and how it can be prevented - not the useless presentation of it. Then you might really find a use for the term "injustice."