warlock5:
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pretty sad that a thread like this turns into an arguement about politics..
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Not only is it just sad - it is so fucking pathetic what all folks have to bother their asses with is some shit about US political parties.
As far as "caring" is concerned - yes, others care. Tho so few have no idea what it means and are "limited" to comparisons within their own countries and steeped in predjuices and crap that often are totally irrelevant to the real world.
The US had the world's attention on 9/11 and a load of support (tho was fucked up by the idiot there), - now Russia is getting the same. Folks had an eye on Florida and waiting to see - that turned up better than it "could" have been.
On the flip side of the coin, we had a hurricane a short time back in Guatamala that killed far more than all of those killed on 9/11, Russia and Florida recently. This had a death toll of 12,000 - who cared then? That got a two column comment on the back page of US media - if that.
There are around 250,000 starving to death in Sudan, with a load more on the way. I can't see all "noble" nations rushing to help. Same as they never lifted one sodding finger re Rwanda when repeatedly requested for action by the UN. (Don't bother blaming the UN for being "ineffective" - these nations "are" the UN).
I also don't recall outpourings of "sympathy" while bodies were being pulled out of the sea, after having been washed down from the countryside during a hurricane in Venezula.
The list is endless...
People "care" about what they want to care about - and often actually "do" nothing. It's the same with governments.
There are people that "matter" on this planet and people who don't - usually the "non people" from the third world. This is a choice the "better off" and questionably "civilized" world makes.
Here we got a thread, talking total shit about other countries - ie Spain etc and in some stupid "contest" over my dick is bigger. Also a load of irrelevant shit about US politics and the usual Israel diatribe.
Let's just say the level of "caring" does not amount to much. It's all "talk" and little substance.