jelun

As soon as it was pointed out to those who are interested in global events that the terror attack in Lebanon was virtually ignored prior to the tragedy in Paris we knew that mathematics and science would be applied.
Actually it is developed with smatterings of soft science...

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-geography-of-empathy-and-apathy

STRANGE MAPS
The Geography of Empathy and Apathy

by FRANK JACOBS


Compassion is tricky. Solidarity is a minefield. Did you add the French tricolour to your Facebook profile picture? If not, are you a heartless bastard, or worse, an apologist for the terrorists who killed over 120 innocent civilians in Paris? But if you did, how long before it is acceptable to remove the unsightly bleu-blanc-rouge from your carefully curated profile pic?

And also: Why didn't you festoon your face with a Lebanese flag to show your sympathy for the dozens of victims of the twin suicide blasts in Beirut, just a day before the Paris attacks? I'm guessing it's not just because plastering a Lebanon cedar over your mugshot makes you look vaguely like a Christmas ornament. Perhaps it's because we are not as magnanimous as we think; our sympathy has limits — and those limits are, to a certain extent, geographic.

Did anyone see this story yesterday?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/tunisia-military-bus-attack/6971188

vernon

yes i saw the video and no i dont have to much sympathy for them ,but its not geographic its because they have allowed their world to be run by thugs and assorted criminals.we thinking who are not to concerned with ideology can see the same thing happening here and we need to stop it before its to late.

jelun

So you think that that 60 years in the US was "civilized"?
Even giving the US credit for the the few years before ratifying the Constitution what were people here doing in the 1850s? and 90 years in we managed to kill each other to the extent of 620K, that is 1000 times the number lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So I would say that Tunisia is doing pretty well so far.
They were raped of resources halfway through the 1950s by France.

vernon

just what does the civil war have to do with this subject.just more deflection for not having a cogent argument.is this just more hate america and do you think creating our own caligua is just what we
need.

jelun

What is it that you think is happening in Tunisia?
They were granted "independence" in 1956. After having two presidents/dictators consecutively for 55 years Tunisians initiated actions in the Arab Spring that gave them a new beginning.
So the history in the US is trying to help you to see where the people of Tunisia are.
No, they don't have the armed forces to go into Iraq and tear it apart like an evolved power structure of the US.
If they did rather than killing each other as we did during the Civil War they could travel half way around the world and kill hundreds of thousands of "others" like we did and like we will again if conservatives have their way.

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

You appear to be forgetting about the multitudes of Palestinian terrorist attacks against Jews happening everyday in Israel with little to no reporting by the lame stream media.

And no I'm not insulting, just pointing out a different perspective.

vernon

that really dosent make any sense.and i dont think that we need to put our selves in jeopardy for something that dosent matter.

jelun

You really should read the article before telling people what they are forgetting.
I may only be forgetting the multiples of Israeli attacks against Palestinian children, the occupation of Palestinian lands, and the genocide of Palestinian adults.

jelun

Easy to solve, go away and play with the people who don't expect anyone to have the ability to think.

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

That's what the lame stream media wants you to believe. They're doing a bang-up job aren't they?

vernon

there is no palestinian lands they were given the west back by isreal and the west bank is historically a part of isreal.there is no palestinian lands they were arab tribes that moved in when the romans ran the isrealis out of their land.and the isrealies only attack when they have been attacked.

jelun

vernon

hey dont try to tell me what england did in 1922 go back 2000 yrs that is where the truth is.

jelun

Oh, you mean when ROME ruled the land?

vernon

now your catching on