Should I really feel bad?

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · June 13, 2016, 12:21:29 PM

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DAS B00T x2 · June 13, 2016, 12:41:56 PM

I dunno man... You're kind of right though. Islamic terror acts are just like fatal accidents on I-78 anymore... there's a new one every couple of days.

Kitsune 狐 · June 13, 2016, 12:51:56 PM

Do you think maybe you've just become desensitized to it all due to things like 9/11 memes?

Luciana · June 13, 2016, 01:20:16 PM

There are two factors playing into it

1. It can come from you being desensitized over hearing this kinda stuff world wide so often

2. If it doesn't personally have an impact on you, it's more than natural not to feel sad about it.

More Than Mortal · June 13, 2016, 01:20:24 PM

Quote from: REMOVE on June 13, 2016, 12:21:29 PM

A) don't understand how anybody can seriously be shocked by an act of Islamic terrorism anymore. It's like car accidents on the highway at this point. Yeah, it's unfortunate, but it happens all the time now.

Literally nobody who has been paying attention is shocked by this.

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Because it happened to "my countrymen" or whatever?

Uh. . . Yeah. At least in part. Parochialism is actually pretty useful.

EDIT: We should feel the weight of the situation because it happened to our 'countrymen', not necessarily respond emotionally. I had almost no emotional response to this shooting, but it doesn't stop me appreciating the tragedy of the situation.