darkcloud said:
and continued with Somali - where the carnage has been even greater, but it would generate 0 emotional response in the US and probably Britain.
Believe it or not, a "few" Americans are familiar with events in Somalia. The family was not reported as having Somali ties. Iraq WAS mentioned.
Why would you single out the US and Britain? What is YOUR agenda?
Not singling out any nationalities. I have no contacts and know little or nothing about the man in the street in other European countries. I could have added Oz or the Kiwis, as I have online acquaintances there, but again, I don't really know them - they are just online bits.
The poster who replied with "Marseilles carnage" was more spot-on than your comment is, since at least one of the victims was French. The natal country of the family that got killed is not really pertinent to a depiction of the level of carnage. As I've said, I believe it does everyone a disservice to use statements of that ilk - it increases the level of emotional response that is not rational, and encourages untruths.
As for a few Americans knowing something about Somalia, ok, I'll buy that. How many? Why don't you put a percent guesstimate on that one for us? Maybe you could go back and review how much time Somalia gets in our news, compared to how many people die, or live without infrastructure or government, not even having what we would call the basics? See if you can put some numbers to how many people in the US could successfully tell us what country is east of somalia? West? etc. Go for it.