This extended coverage of the London bombings is obscene

wtmusic

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Sun Jul-17-05 11:56 AM
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This extended coverage of the London bombings is obscene

Cover of today's NYT: relatives and friends holding up heart-rending photos of missing loved ones. A horrible tragedy by anyone's estimation.

Cut to Yahoo! lead story:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq

Ninety-fucking-eight people, civilians all, killed today alone because of our war (yes, because of it).

Where are the photos of these people? Where are the tear-jerking stories about their dreams, their families? Where is the search for their killers? Do they even get one?

Each passing day this overt racism becomes more and more obvious, and more and more disgusting. Excuse me while I punch a wall. :grr:

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TomClash

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Sun Jul-17-05 11:58 AM
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1. And did you know there was a bombing in Turkey Saturday?

Of course not.

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wtmusic

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Sun Jul-17-05 12:00 PM
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4. Actually, I did -- more likely than not

because a Brit was killed.

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TomClash

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Sun Jul-17-05 12:02 PM
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6. Not direced at you

Directed at the paucity of MSM coverage in the States.

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wtmusic

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Sun Jul-17-05 12:05 PM
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7. Understood

:thumbsup:

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Viva_La_Revolution

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Sun Jul-17-05 12:02 PM
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5. And South Korea is pulling out to avoid being one of the next targets....

LBN link...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1631474

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glitch

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Sun Jul-17-05 11:59 AM
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2. Couldn't agree more. And I don't think they even realize their racism.

Maybe they do. Either way, utterly despicable.

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ixion

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Sun Jul-17-05 11:59 AM
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3. it's tragic, really

more killed than in the London issue, but for some reason people from the Middle East are less valuable than Europeans or 'Murikans. :-(

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democrat in Tallahassee

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Sun Jul-17-05 12:07 PM
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8. Just got back from England and I saw a friend of one of the

bombers say the same exact thing.Where are your cameras when our people are being blown up every day?

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