Actually a pretty fair point

It does make me wonder on the relative importance whcih we attach to human life. 30 US students killed on campus by a nutter with a gun - world news for days and days. 30 Iraqi civilians killed by suicide bombers - page 14. 2 people die in rail crash - headline news. 2 people die of starvation in Africa - not news.

Media priorities aren't nice, really.

Posted By: Old Git on April 17th 2007 at 11:33:24

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I hear Bush is horrified about yesterdays events, shootings and deaths (General Chat) - pants, Apr 17, 11:25:14
- in 1975 no one died (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Apr 17, 11:45:54
  - in 1976 no one died (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Apr 17, 11:46:15
    - The Day Today - Steve Coogan? (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Apr 17, 11:58:05
      - correct (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Apr 17, 12:01:04
        
        Its on Youtube! (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Apr 17, 12:02:55
    - Bloody hell, no wonder we've got an over-population problem (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 17, 11:46:47
      - That's why childhood obesity is a good thing. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 17, 11:48:18
        
        Ah, but instead what will happen (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 17, 11:50:05
        
        Ah. Perhaps the Septics are right all along then. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 17, 11:53:21
- in 1978 no one died (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Apr 17, 11:43:24
- as BC pointed out earlier (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 17, 11:33:47
- Yawn (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 17, 11:26:12
  - Actually a pretty fair point (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 17, 11:33:24
    - Proximity to home... (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 17, 11:35:36
      - It's not really that though (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 17, 12:07:08
      - Although (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 17, 11:42:24
        
        The "village focus" annoys me too, but I guess it's inevitable to a degree. Yorkshire (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 17, 11:46:17
      - millions of people drive cars (General Chat) - Brandonio, Apr 17, 11:38:04
        
        its all about severity and frequency (General Chat) - Army Boy, Apr 17, 11:46:18
        
        so more to do with the frequency with which each tyoe of death occurs really (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 17, 11:41:23
        
        No. Death importance is measured in the number of potential votes after propaganda usage (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 17, 11:51:23
        
        yes but you're not suggesting there should be stories about each one? (General Chat) - Charles21, Apr 17, 11:41:22
  - Thank you for that (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 17, 11:29:34
    - No worries (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Apr 17, 11:30:57

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