I Do. People around the world don't care. Stop saying they do. They got their own genocides and famines to worry about. If you ever have the chance to watch news from other countries' perspective and have it translated then u can see how they dont give a crap. Some even think that theres finally some justice. Now that's terrible. But thats besides the point. The point is that these speeches I hear will say intermittently that the world is shocked by this. And they are speaking for the whole world by this. And this is just plain arrogant and presumptuous.
2007-04-18 07:22:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I'm going to have to agree with you. While it was a very sad incident, that doesn't make the world cry. Maybe the United States, but definitely not the world. Assuming that everyone in the world gives a crap about everything that happens here is just conceited! People are getting killed all over this messed up world of ours, and do you see us having a big to do about them? how enraging...
2007-04-18 07:33:01 · answer #1 · answered by christie S 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it might be exaggerating to say that everyone in the whole world is saddened by it, but then, it would be an exaggeration to say that everyone in a city block is saddened too. It's hyberbole, but it's just meant to send out a message that a large number of people are saddened. So what's your problem with that? And if you remember, when 9/11 happened, countries around the world had a moment of silence for us. There were people who came from other continents to help out at Ground Zero. (I know because I volunteered with them and was stunned when they told me how far they had come.) In Hurricane Katrina, the Canadian mountees were among the first on the scene. I think people in other countries are much more aware of what goes on here than we are of what goes on there. In general, we tend to be clueless about what's going on outside of the U.S., which is embarrassing. Granted, the school shooting didn't have anywhere near the appalling death toll we saw during the tsunami or Katrina or 9/11, but it was the worst school shooting, with the highest number of fatalities, that this country has seen in many years. And the fact that this kind of thing is now happening so often here and abroad IS something that the whole world should be saddened by.
2007-04-18 14:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by CrysV 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure that people around the world do care...it's just like several years ago with the tsunami hit, don't tell me that you saw it and was like 'huh, whatever', and carried on with your lives. I know that between my school and neighborhood, there were many different collections and donations towards the people that were displaced due to the tsunami, even though it happened halfway across the globe, people in the united states cared...It is not presumptuous to say that the world is saddened by this tragedy because it was a tragedy and it affected the entire world, whether the effects surface now or ten years from now...
2007-04-18 14:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by mrsbrainiac314 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The point we should ponder is not if anyone cares, but if anything will change because of this. Will we treat others better because of this?
Ponder the death that occurs daily in IRAQ. Since the March 2003 start of the Iraq war, rough estimates are of 25,000 civilian deaths. That comes out to about 17 per day. While less than we had at VT, imagine VT like events every day for 4 years! Then ask yourself, have you altered your opinion of the war and tried to make a change.
What happened at VT is a tragedy by all means. But don't expect anything to change because of it. We live in a society that is content with the status QUO. Once the next big news story hits, most of America will forget all about VT.
2007-04-18 15:03:01 · answer #4 · answered by Loras 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't mean that the whole world cares, just that the tragedy struck a lot of people from different areas of the country and the world because it was on a college campus. What's more arrogant is when someone says the world should be saddened because their loved one dies or when the death of a celebrity gets overplayed in the media.
2007-04-18 14:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No-I think it is true. Any time you see this type of thing it is sad, even if you don't know the individuals directly most people have enough compasion and empathy to recognize that. And Tech has a very large group of international students, several of those killed were international students. So I think it is comforting to hear that people around the world are saddened by this tragic act. What amazes me are the numbers of people who seem so flip about this. Have we truely raised a society of young people who are so self absorbed that they can no longer show empathy to others? I am just thankful for those folks out there who are showing their support to VT right now.
2007-04-18 14:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by VAgirl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Did your milk expired before you had a chance to drink it? did your dog run away? Maybe it should have been reworded like...."there are many people in this world who are saddened by this tragedy"..would that have made you feel better?...but then you would have had something else negative say to that too.
You don't know what you're talking about. But that's besides the point.
2007-04-18 14:27:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
When senseless killings take place, wherever they might be, people with a sense of responsibility will always feel the pain. The problem is when we ignore or consider such events as unimportant to us, we suffer as individuals. Senseless killing here or in Iraq or in any of the African nations is a strike against all of us. Perhaps if we had a greater feeling for all humanity there would be less disregard for the rest of the world and more concern on making positive contributions.You mean you felt nothing when you heard about the explosions in Spain, London, Iraq?
2007-04-18 14:36:35 · answer #8 · answered by Bill R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the whole world isn't saddened, so I see your point on the semantics front, but many people around the world are saddened. I don't live in the USA and I am saddened by it.
2007-04-18 14:27:26 · answer #9 · answered by manneke 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the world as a whole probably felt bad for all of a second then they started criticizing the US for everything under the sun. It would be more appropriate to say that the nation feels for VT and the families because there are much worse things happening daily overseas.
2007-04-18 14:27:22 · answer #10 · answered by Wes 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋