But those people were real
Published by punkass marc April 20th, 2007 in ConformityAround my office today, a lot of co-workers were wearing these:
It’s heartwarming to see Americans showing support and solidarity in the face of horrible tragedy. 33 people are dead as the direct result of senseless violence. It’s truly, deeply awful.
So I appreciate the folks who were wearing a ribbon. But I’m a little confused as to why they weren’t already wearing 21, 212 of them.
I guess 33 senselessly killed Iraqis aren’t worth a ribbon.
Amen, Punkass. The media doesn’t say too much either, like people born elsewhere aren’t worth as much? I actually believe that every human life is valuable. That’s too radical, “nowadays.”
If we acknowledge the full extent of the evil done since Bush’s people stole their first election…can a human mind process that much evil?
I don’t think it’s even “nowadays”. For as long as I remember, news reports have run along the lines of “Mudslide kills 40 in Java. No Britons harmed.”. Even more so for local newspapers.
Other countries do that as well. My boyfriend was in Japan when a calamity, I think it was a tsunami, hit a resort area in an otherwise third world island. For three days the focus of the coverage in Japan was on tracking down specific Japanese that might have been there and reassuring the nation that they were ok. Once that was established, then maybe some glancing coverage could be given to the dying non-citizens.