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[malrooskee]

I just want to say that while I am deeply disturbed upon hearing the news of the Virginia Tech tragedy, does anybody else feel that non-stop media coverage of this terrible massacre is pretty revealing of how when 30 of our students die we stop everything on television to broadcast it, but when hundreds of people die every day for an unjustified,

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[agentgabs]

I completely agree and understand where you're coming from in saying that the media coverage is a little much

[agentgabs]

Its because something like this happened SOOO close to home, we can identify with the students and the teachers. We can picture ourselves hiding in our dorms or hiding in our classrooms wondering if the Killer is gone or if our friends are alive more than we can imagine ourselves on the "Battlefield" of war

[malrooskee]

Hey, thanks for all the commentary, but I feel as though you might have misunderstood what I was saying by being ashamed of being an American. I think it was a little too far off for me to go back and explain what I meant by that and that would take quite a lengthy explanation, so I'll just say that I hope you can re-read my post and understand that it's after stating that we are part of an unjustified invasion that nobody is paying any attention to because it's not affecting us directly that it shames me to be an American sometimes. I am NOT, in any way, ashamed of being American simply because the VT tragedy is getting a lot of attention. It deserves all of it, I'm just pointing out that when hundreds of people are dying every day in Iraq because of our invasion, we pay little or no attention to it.

[malrooskee]

And more importantly, I do not compare the deaths of the soldiers to the deaths of the students. The soldiers signed up for war (whether they're there with justification is again, another story), I'm talking about the Iraqi CIVILIANS who are dying in the hundreds every day. The total death told for soldiers has yet to exceed 4,000; whereas the death toll for Iraqi civilians has reached the 100,000's (perhaps much more, I just know it's at least 100,000).

[cello_chick]

As for the VATech shooting and media coverage, I have some food for thought that might entice you, but I feel a little differently about the media for the same reason. What disturbs me most about this incident is actually how unheard of it was until long after it happened. The first shooting occured early in the morning at a dorm; the second, more massive one occurred two hours later on the other side of campus. The school did nothing to warn the students. A mesely email was sent to the student body, and it wasn't send until much after the first open fire. And in the meantime, did any of us hear about it in school? Were our TVs on in the classroom? Was there live media coverage even if the TVs WERE on? Remember 9-11? Don't you remember how we all sat in class, glued to the screen

[malrooskee]

Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right but frankly it depresses me too much to respond to some of the things you said. All of those are great points, I'd just rather not get into it for my own sake, I'm sorry...

i go on and on and on

[ravelincase]

I hope you don't mind me butting in our your LJ, devin, but i cannot resist philosophical discussions

and on and on

[ravelincase]

Mmmm... So. Devin! If you're still reading this! I think you might be fooling yourself into supposing that this situation (reguarding people's reaction to news/gossip being disproportionate to the actual significance of events) is particular to America. It's not like britan doesn't obsess over it's prince. You just happen to be immersed in American culture