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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:09:31 GMT 1
Post by Mister Buch on Apr 20, 2013 2:09:31 GMT 1
I think anybody who knows Gorvar would have a hard time believing he was being a jerk.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:11:04 GMT 1
Post by Battlechantress on Apr 20, 2013 2:11:04 GMT 1
The younger brother was just captured alive and conscious. He was hiding in a covered boat.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:12:13 GMT 1
Post by Mister Buch on Apr 20, 2013 2:12:13 GMT 1
Wow. Excellent.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:20:21 GMT 1
Post by Battlechantress on Apr 20, 2013 2:20:21 GMT 1
I still don't understand why the hell the mayor of Boston was in frigging Watertown all day. Yeah, I know, there are more pressing matters, but I kept thinking "Dude, you don't even run that town! They've got their own city council!" every time I saw him on TV.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:28:34 GMT 1
Post by jklinders on Apr 20, 2013 2:28:34 GMT 1
Good.
It's better that they have him alive. Might be a decent chance of getting some answers.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:41:13 GMT 1
Post by Clint Johnston on Apr 20, 2013 2:41:13 GMT 1
Someone brought up to me the dichotomy the US shows. For this Boston event wherein 3 people were killed, we shut down an entire city on a hunt for the killers. But when we hear that another bomb killed 20 people in Syria, we go on eating our dinners.
Obviously it's not as cut and dried as all that, it's only natural for people to be more interested in events at home rather than those abroad. But it is disturbing.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 2:52:41 GMT 1
Post by Mister Buch on Apr 20, 2013 2:52:41 GMT 1
That is true, but the US army can't exactly shut down a city in Syria. We always care about things close to home. It's not necessarily cruel to be more concerned with your fellows than with people farther away.
There are child soldiers being trained in the world and there are sexual slaves, but I'm eating my supper right now. If something happened in my town, in my country (or in this case my friends' country) I'd be shocked and upset. It's not so horrible. But it shouldn't be forgotten, I hear that.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 3:06:52 GMT 1
Post by Battlechantress on Apr 20, 2013 3:06:52 GMT 1
Syria's troops and rebels have been killing each other for two years and it's not going to end anytime soon. Somalia is still at war with itself. That's probably not going to stop until all the warlords kill each other off. Tibetans are still being repressed by China. No end in sight there either. And on it goes. The situation in Boston is a little easier to handle because now the suspect is in a hospital (and in custody) and justice *will* come. It won't happen tomorrow, but at least we know there will be an end in sight. That's more than we can say about the problems in the rest of the world. For now, it's enough.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 3:08:32 GMT 1
Post by jklinders on Apr 20, 2013 3:08:32 GMT 1
There is another thing too. Boston is a pretty peaceful place in a stable democracy. Crap like this does not happen much and when it does we have the good sense to keep our citizens off the streets until it is safe. Syria is in a civil war. It is not so stable and is in a part of the world where we are used to bad crap happening. You can only hear about so many bombings in the same small place before your eyes start to glaze over. This has been brewing a long time.
Like Buch said, if I stopped eating dinner every time something bad happened somewhere i would have starved to death a long time ago. It's this stuff happening where we are not used to it happening that creeps us out. I really feel that it has no connotations of us vs them so much as we hear about this stuff from that place every other day. You get desensitized. Good or ill. I would be more shocked sad to say if it stopped happening. i have heard about bad shit happening there my entire life.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 3:13:29 GMT 1
Post by Mister Buch on Apr 20, 2013 3:13:29 GMT 1
It's a bit harsh, but it's human nature. Nobody can look out for everybody in the world. (None of us down here anyway, if you're religious.)
But there's a point to what Clint says - it is harsh. I don't like those moments when I realise how much more I care about my neighbour than the people in the village across the valley. Doesn't seem right that we can shrug off people's deaths. But with the number going on every day I guess you kind of have to.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 3:22:26 GMT 1
Post by Battlechantress on Apr 20, 2013 3:22:26 GMT 1
I normally give the American media crap for not focusing on international affairs enough. They deserve the flak for it. But just once it's nice to see an end come to a series of violent events, something that can't be said for much of the Middle East and elsewhere.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 3:33:33 GMT 1
Post by Mister Buch on Apr 20, 2013 3:33:33 GMT 1
Yeah, my thoughts too. Much more succinct though. I'm relieved that they have the younger brother now and seem to be at 'the bottom' of it all. A bit of good news.
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Boston
Apr 20, 2013 13:12:34 GMT 1
Post by jklinders on Apr 20, 2013 13:12:34 GMT 1
Hey guys remember what I said back on page one? You know about people on this board being from Boston? Let's stay on topic. I moved the gun silliness to the gun silliness thread. Here we are talking about the Boston BOMBING.
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Boston
Apr 21, 2013 4:37:39 GMT 1
Post by Battlechantress on Apr 21, 2013 4:37:39 GMT 1
Guess I'm glad I worked 16 hours in a hell shift today and totally missed that. (No sarcasm there, I really mean that. Work was bad enough, and it's gonna be another shit day tomorrow.)
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Boston
Apr 21, 2013 4:41:41 GMT 1
Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Apr 21, 2013 4:41:41 GMT 1
Guess I'm glad I worked 16 hours in a hell shift today and totally missed that. (No sarcasm there, I really mean that. Work was bad enough, and it's gonna be another shit day tomorrow.) I know that feel, Chantress. I've got a dram of booze waiting for you when you have time off.
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