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Originally posted by Sly_RJ
This isn't hugsandkisses.com. This is the real world. The news isn't going to show "happy things". Nobody will watch. They always show the terrible tragedies because that's what people eat up. There's a lot more good going on than people tend to realize, you just have to look away from the TV to find it.
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When it came down to it... In his desperate search for the reason 'why', the closest reason Michael Moore could come to was a media and government-perpetuated fear. Having lived in the UK, Canada and the US, I have to agree that fear is indeed what sells in the US. However, I don't think that's necessarily much different than the other places. What IS different, Sleazy has already pointed out... Handguns are readily available to get in the US, as opposed to Canada and the UK. Sure, if you really, really want one there you can get one if you try, but it is harder to do. British culture is, and always has been, horribly violent; if they had easy access to guns, there'd probably be a bloodbath at every England VS Scotland rugby match.