Boston Marathon bombed

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

And you believe I danced when Saddam was hanged....?

You may have done so; I did not.

Don't squirm, you made it clear you're glad she's dead.

Hax: How does it compare? Simply put, taking satisfaction in another's death.

Bombs start going off in our cities on the regular and we're gonna the rest of the world up. Again. Bring it.

OK - see - this is what Kad was talking about.

You're going to **** the world up?

Fair does, but it's going to be a bit awkward when it turns out the perpetrator was a actually a Brit of Pakistani descent. I remember the aftermath of 9/11 - I have never seen so many pimply teenagers promising to kill "ragheads" etc.

I have to say, personally I was quite impressed, minimum resources, maximum impact, looks like the majority of the team got away with it. Plus placing the bombs and them not being moved... Overall, very clever and well executed. These boys are approaching IRA/Mossad levels now.

Which is not to take away from it being horrible.

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One of the dead is an 8-year-old child. I wonder if that's enough to sate Kadagar's bloodlust.

[johnhughthom]

There doesn't seem to be too much interest here, or elsewhere on the western oriented parts of the net, in how many children died in these attacks today. Perhaps when there is Kadager will stop getting annoyed at the hysteria attacks on western civilians cause.

[Papewaio]

On the Sydney Morning Herald site the Boston Bombing is headline news with 2 dead.

The Iraqi bombings with 36 dead is further down the page.

[Beskar]

What was sad in a way was when I was speaking to a couple of Arab friends, and I brought this up about the Iraqi attack too, they didn't seem to care about that. Seeing as something regular in a rough area, and they came to the west to get away from all of that and not have the west end up like that too.

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There doesn't seem to be too much interest here, or elsewhere on the western oriented parts of the net, in how many children died in these attacks today. Perhaps when there is Kadager will stop getting annoyed at the hysteria attacks on western civilians cause.

There's a difference between pointing out this obvious double-standard and actively calling for and rejoicing in the murder of western civilians as some kind of blood penance. You know this so stop acting the people who are reacting to Kad's despicable and childish post are in the wrong.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

There's a difference between pointing out this obvious double-standard and actively calling for and rejoicing in the murder of western civilians as some kind of blood penance. You know this so stop acting the people who are reacting to Kad's despicable and childish post are in the wrong.

I don't think Kad rejoices in anyone's death - but I think he thinks that we shouldn't be surprised at this point.

[a completely inoffensive name]

There's a difference between pointing out this obvious double-standard and actively calling for and rejoicing in the murder of western civilians as some kind of blood penance. You know this so stop acting the people who are reacting to Kad's despicable and childish post are in the wrong.

What if Kad genuinely thinks the US and its citizens are monsters? Everyone cheered when Bin Laden was killed, so obviously death in itself is not always a somber act to people on forum. You and Kad just disagree on whether or not the civilians are innocent.

It makes more sense when you approach it from the stance that political apathy is implied consent.

[Fragony]

Bit morbid to say but it could have been much worse

[Visor]

There doesn't seem to be too much interest here, or elsewhere on the western oriented parts of the net, in how many children died in these attacks today. Perhaps when there is Kadager will stop getting annoyed at the hysteria attacks on western civilians cause.

I'm assuming that's the Iraq attacks? I actually heard about that before I heard of the Boston bombs. I was having lunch with my brother, and ABC was showing the bombing footage, etc in Boston, and I saw on the little news feed thing on the bottom mentioning the Iraq attacks. I pointed out to him that no-one cared, and he agreed, saying that why would they?

Which is true. I sympathise with the victims, but as with Major, I just don't care. I'll read it, feel bad, and scroll on, I might donate some money to a fund, I have before, but that'll be it. If it happened in Aus, I would care more, but I wouldn't expect everyone else to care. We don't care about the Iraq victims because "we're in a war with Iraq". They're just statistics to us. Yet when it happens in our country on a much smaller scale suddenly we care because it is closer to home. They're far away so it doesn't matter if they die. It's oh well, turn the page.

I agree with john, why you would take out your camera at this time is ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

[HoreTore]

Don't squirm, you made it clear you're glad she's dead.

That's only in your own mind.

If you wish to be happy when people die, fine. I'm not.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

That's only in your own mind.

If you wish to be happy when people die, fine. I'm not.

And the worm turns - if you'd been paying attention you'll notice that nothing gets my back up like people saying "good riddance" or "I couldn't care less". Call me old fashioned, but I believe in basic respect for the dead.

Well, this could have been a lot worse, so we should be thankful for that, at least.

The MO appears to indicate clever amateurs at this point.

[HoreTore]

And the worm turns - if you'd been paying attention you'll notice that nothing gets my back up like people saying "good riddance" or "I couldn't care less". Call me old fashioned, but I believe in basic respect for the dead.

In order for you to think I was happy at Maggie's death, you would have to think I was happy at Saddam's death. I don't see many reasons for that other than you being happy when Saddam died.

As for me, I was not happy when either of the two died.