Here's the key: Some shit is serious and I am serious when I talk about it because it requires the ability to be serious.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_war#Casualty_estimatesAre we even yet?
Quote from: Third on September 11, 2010, 07:53:04 AMMore people died during the tsunami in asia years ago. Why won't peolpe make threads about that. But oooh it's America. So it's more important. We aren't Asian. We're American. A bunch of people dying in a tsunami is sad, but honestly there are multiple sides to this:1. The tsunami was not a terrorist attack and act of war committed on another country, that being an overwhelming percent of EB's home country. And comparing a terrorist attack to a fucking tsunami is stupid to begin with as it is a natural disaster.2. We remember 9/11 every year because we are Americans are we have a bigger tie to Americans getting killed than a bunch of asian people drowning. Why? Because that's being ethnocentric, something every human is. This is like saying it unfair to remember the death of someone you loved but scoff at the death of thousands somewhere else. You didn't know them, and you shouldn't be expected to grieve for them. This is simply human.3. 9/11 is an event that changed the world, in terms of foreign policy, in terms of safety, in terms of Bush's horrible act of being president and what he did to the world, in terms of where we're at right now, it was a big turning point. Comparing it to a tsunami is only possible through the mind of a child. They key to bringing more awareness to other tragedies is making them more known, not deriding 9/11 and its effect on our world. Americans remember the holocaust and the bombings of Japan all the time. Why? Because not only were they global changing events but also because people DON'T forget shit like that and no one will ever let us forget. So if you want people in America to care about the tsunami, pitch a REMEMBER ASIAN TSUNAMI day or something.
More people died during the tsunami in asia years ago. Why won't peolpe make threads about that. But oooh it's America. So it's more important.
