I FIND IT HORRIBLE HOW WHEN 32 mostly white kids get murdered its an international tradgedy and on every news channel every day but 46 people got killed today and 100 injured in iraq and it gets about 5 seconds of news. we think we are so high above others. dont get me wrong i feel bad for their familys but the media just wants to make money off of it

Think about how many murders occur every year in this country, especially in inner cities, that when all is said and done, boils down to cocaine from Columbia, Bolivia, and Peru. Then wonder why we're looking for some yipyo 6-5 arab hooked up to a dialysis machine.

LOL. What does that mean?

yipyo = bozo
6-5 = 6 foot five inch tall

added together = Bin Laden

IMHO - the real terrorism is what goes on in Columbia

are you stalking me or am I stalking you? lol

100+ innocent Iraqi civilians are killed every day.

Hey, I just happened to check this one out, I didn't look at who posted last.

alto i agree with you partly,,,the reason wasnt becasue white kids got sh**...it was becasue a kid shot and killed 32 kids at school not in a war zone,,,,kids learning and just living their life shot down,,that is why..

and do you think iraq had the only citizens killed..nothing like it use to be..

WW2 battle of okinawa The land battle took place over about 82 days,,Okinawa had a large civilian population, of whom at least 150,000 were killed during the battle, while the Japanese army attempted to defend the island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

school children are killed every day in iraw. and you are right also. it was suppose to be a safe enviornment but a human life is a human life and the media hypse this up SOOO much

What difference does it make what the ethnic background of the victims are? There were victims from Peru, Egypt, China, India, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Israel as well as black and white. Mourning for students and teachers killed in this country in such a senseless manner doesn't make us think we are so high above others. It makes us human. Should we downplay this tragedy just to spare the feelings of the rest of the world? Ridiculous.

Iraqi civilians have been killed during the Iraq war and we should all be sorry for their loss of life as well. The number of innocent Iraqis killed during the war will never reach the numbers killed by Saddam Hussein and the government before we arrived. All life is sacred, even the lives of "32 mostly white kids".

I kind of find that statement ignorant.
First off, it wasn't just white kids that got murdered at that school, There was an assortment of ethnicities.
It made such huge headlines because its not everyday that someone goes off their rocker and just shoots 32 people at a college.
The nation mourns and is concerned because it hits so close to home, That could be your child at school, a place that is supposed to be safe.
That is SOO much different than war.
In these war zones, we expect someone to die, Thats what war is!
Warn means : active hostility or contention; conflict; contest
We EXPECT there to be death, we all know that War is something thats not good,
AND this war has been going on for 6 years. And at first we treated it just like V Tech, everyone was super scared and really paid attention to what was going on, now it has become the norm.
If a school shooting happened every day, would you pay attention to the 63rd school shooting just like the first?

It made massive news simply because it was close to home.

Thousands of people get killed in this world every day, you can't report on every one of them. The closer to home, the bigger will the story be in that country. It is nothing to do with ethnic minorities, majorities or inbetweenies.

thats cuz no one cares about worthless drugged out people, but they do care about people getting killed in schools because schooles are supposed to be safe havens from the outside world.

http://www.wbir.com/news/regional/story.aspx?storyid=41276 should have got more press than it did.

I am sure no one read the 10+ thet died at my high school Roosevelt high in Chicago. Humm let me guess why..... oh mostly black Hispanic and Arabic kids go there go figger some white people die its tragic cry me a god damn river. hundreds die in Iraq barely 5 min on air let me stop and think about who i should care about first.

first off i never said they were all white i said mostly white and seconds I dont give a F**K if the innocent people are in a war zone or in the white house human life is human life. 32 dies in vt thousands are dying in Iraq im saying its ridiculous how much media attention this gets compared to the thousand that die EVERY DAY in the world. and if we truly cared about humanity it wouldnt matter if it was "close to home" or on mars. when someone dies a world is lost. and dont get me started on imus and anna nicole. that is just down right hiding the war. and dont come in here and call me ignorant for thinking its propoganda BS that this gets so much attention. your the ignorant one thinking their lives valued any more than an iraqis

Was this meant to be as offensive as it sounds? Are you saying that becuase I am white I shouldn't care that white kids are shot? Why should shooting white students be any less tragic than shooting other races? Why is shooting someone of another race worse than shooting a "white" person? Since they were "mostly white" should we ignore the fact that it happened? I dont' think so.

We are all human and we all count in this world, no matter our race. I am really sorry for the loss at your school. It shouldn't have happened and it is just as tragic as Columbine or VT. I feel for all who were involved. Any shooting like this is a tragedy no matter what the race of the victim is. Just because the ones at VT were mostly white does not mean we shouldn't mourn for them too.

the simple fact is the news has become entertainment,,they fight for your attention just like any other tv show. selling comercials and ratings are what maters thats why they always go for the heart breaking story the shots of people crying or asking how someone feels when their loved one was killed in a tragic way,,to get people glued to their seats and watch..when the war first started you couldnt see anything on tv but that, every channel had round the clock coverage of missle strikes,shot outs and destruction.well the war didnt last for only 3 or 4 months and people are sadly enough, loosing intrest they are decensatised all they want are a few hard facts and a fluff story.if the news wasnt about ratings why do they sell comercials for that time slot.

so the simple fact any story that big is something new its what people want to see and read about untill they get bored with it and something new happens.the sad fact is the war will be there tomorow they can always go back to that when there is nothing else exciting to report on.it has nothing to do with propaganda the media has never liked this president they never tire of showing anyhting that makes him look bad.

and as far as imus and ana nicole..that kind of thing has always been something that sells,,think about it why else do we know how many kids brad pitt and jolie have adopted or madonna or what celbs are fuding or even the term bennifer..its mindless fluff pices that house wives everywhere eat up and ask for seconds.....

dont get mad at the answers they are what they are..
1 yes human life is special no matter the creed or color.
2 a huge story like vt shootings will shadow anything else for a week or 2
3 because it was close to home and so senceless
4 the tragidy sells
5 the war will be there tomorrow

every answer given to your question was a valid one its all a small piece of the big ****ed up puzzle...and the best answer is money you said it yourself in your original post

The shooting got so much attention because it was rare occurence. In war, its expected that people will. In the cities, people are murdered all the time. If you had tv coverage of every shooting in Chicago, they'd have to start a Chicago Daily Shooting Report channel. It had nothing to do with the fact that the majority of the victims were white. If one person was shot, say, at the Superbowl, don't you think you'd hear about it? Just one death and it would be a big news story? Why? Because its a rare occurence.

I am very angry about the lack of common sense guncontrol in the US. 60 minutes did a segment on the shootings and said that 9 out of 10 people involuntarily committed to mental hospitals are not listed in gun registeration computers. Cho was involuntarily committed and was not legally entitled to buy a gun. His commitment was not in the computer.

"your the ignorant one thinking their lives valued any more than an iraqis."

so if anyone thinks different than you, r3load, they are by default ignorant?

your value system is superior than anyone elses?

I find great irony in liberal fascism.

in this case.....yes

That's a pretty arogant statement for one so young.


The Iraqis should value their own lives and the lives of American soldiers a little more. If more of them would stand up and fight for their own country our military could get OUT of there and come home.

What does this mean?

"when someone dies a world is lost."


It cant mean anything its a hyperbole.

I can think of worse things that have happened in America that don't as much media coverage :3

The mainstream media is a powerful tool run mainly by private corporations that are driven by nothing more than greed & power...ratings are all that matter.
From that they also so control what we watch...who cares about real global issues lets spoon feed the masses bullsh.it variety shows & sitcoms everyday while the real & more important issues go on passing by totally & completely oblivious to us.

Edit: Praise the internet.

Just my opinion & little contribution to this thread...

I don't have any interest in either case at all, neither have anything to do with me.

However, I do agree with you, people seem far more concerned about deaths within their own country, I'd mainly chalk this down to people knowing it could have just as easily happened to them or someone they know, they feel threatened by the event and it causes them to get emotional about it. Compare it to case B, where there is no 'it could happen to me' and most people aren't interested.

Seconded.

The swearing in this thread isn't really needed either (not directed towards Sweet Pea). I also find that offensive.