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Fez
The sky is blue		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 1:30 PM      
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On the main page of CNN:

quote:
Smooth start for bag checks
New federal baggage screening rules take effect
More bomb-sniffing dogs, bags to be matched to passenger lists
Pakistan Pres. Musharraf thinks bin Laden dead of kidney failure
Worldwide manhunt for five men suspected of planning new attacks
Accused shoe bomber pleads not guilty to nine terrorism-related charges


Ok, important stuff, sure. But while this may affect us all in one way or another, read what was on the fucking world page (the one no one reads or cares about):

quote:
Volcano spews lava over Congo city
A river of molten rock continued to pour from a volcano in Congo on Friday, a day after it erupted, killing 45, swallowing buildings and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the city of Goma.

Hundreds of U.N. workers were also forced to flee in the 24 hours since waves of lava began forking from Mount Nyiragongo volcano through villages on its slopes, down through Goma itself and on to Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border.



Jesus mother of Gonzo's aborted fetus of a brother! Hundreds of thousands of people flee a city and it doesn't make front page news? Granted that no one cares about Africa, but not to be offensive, but hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a city makes a lot of stuff in the domestic news this week seem pretty petty.




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GRABMYJUNK
posted on 01-18-2002 @ 1:34 PM      
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I have one word for you my friend....Apathy
The news people know that the majority of the American population are apathetic to issues outside of their own country. So they tailor their reports to the tastes ans whims of the masses.

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TeenWeek
what's a status? 		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 1:37 PM      
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Fez, are you ripping me off by starting a newsthread. Hoo Hoo!

Doc Smith
I Love Anthony Zinni 		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 1:50 PM      
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25% of the people in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV positive, but three people getting Anthrax gets 6 weeks of straight coverage.

News is NEVER fair, it's what the people want to hear. And very few people care about Africa

Sucks, huh


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DoughBoy
posted on 01-18-2002 @ 2:07 PM      
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Thanks for the information.

I mean before I read this thread, I didn't know that I don't give a shit. Now, that I have... I'm positive that I don't give a shit!

DoughBoy
posted on 01-18-2002 @ 2:07 PM      
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Guess what? I double posted... NO SHIT!

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IkeaBoy
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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 2:42 PM      
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Uh Fez, they aren't AMERICANS! So why should we care? It has nothing to do with us.



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GRABMYJUNK
posted on 01-18-2002 @ 2:46 PM      
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So? what's a few more dead africans?? Given time they'll wipe themselves out!
WADDLE DOODLE

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armymad
DUMBEST POSTER EVER!!!		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 3:45 PM      
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that no bad look what happen kids get shot in school in n.y.c one day on the front page

But white school like Columbine it over the news 24/7

Ready to go to war for the show
IkeaBoy
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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 3:46 PM      
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Speaking of the Post,long before 9/11 The Daily Show did this "I on News" bit around the time that Jenna Bush was busted for drinking. and it showed the ridiculous coverage by showing the front page of a NY Post where it had a HUGE PICTURE of Jenna Bush and her drinking fiasco on it, and at the bottom in very small print a small headline about Osama bin Laden and Stewart said "apparently Jenna Bush is about 10 Times more important than the world's biggest terrorist."



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Sir Okonkwo
posted on 01-18-2002 @ 5:28 PM      
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quote:
Uh Fez, they aren't AMERICANS! So why should we care? It has nothing to do with us.
That's exactly the attitude that led to 3000+ Americans getting killed. I'm not saying a volcano eruption in Congo is going to lead to terrorist acts, because that would be retarded, but ignoring problems in general is not going to make them go away and can certainly come back to haunt us, as was proven on 9/11.

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STRIKE 3
(I'm a dick and I like to ruin people's plans) 		posted on 01-18-2002 @ 7:42 PM      
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quote:
Uh Fez, they aren't AMERICANS! So why should we care? It has nothing to do with us.


That's the same exact thing I was thinking when I was watching Black Hawk Down last night.



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I shall call him mini-FTL		posted on 01-19-2002 @ 2:40 PM      
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the american public has never cared about major disasters in foreign countries, least of which africa. If it didn't happen to us, we could care less.


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posted on 01-19-2002 @ 5:31 PM      
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It may not be fair but its true that most people really don't care about what happens in other parts of the world, particularly Africa. The "Dark Continent" has had countless wars, famine, and an AIDS epidemic, but even pre 9/11 these things were not getting covered. Look at Somalia, I know it was said before but Americans didnt care until our troops came under attack.

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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-19-2002 @ 5:54 PM      
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quote:
Look at Somalia, I know it was said before but Americans didnt care until our troops came under attack.
People care about Somalia now?



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Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill!		posted on 01-20-2002 @ 12:42 PM      
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quote:
Volcano spews lava over Congo city
A river of molten rock continued to pour from a volcano in Congo on Friday, a day after it erupted, killing 45, swallowing buildings and forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the city of Goma.

Hundreds of U.N. workers were also forced to flee in the 24 hours since waves of lava began forking from Mount Nyiragongo volcano through villages on its slopes, down through Goma itself and on to Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border


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Limey Mothercocker 		posted on 01-20-2002 @ 7:15 PM      
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i'm just gonna try and keep my views to myself now. but, come on, how many of you could find the congo on the map? it starts in the schools and is perpetuated through the media...



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OAAWITE
posted on 01-20-2002 @ 11:28 PM      
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45 people died true. Thousands upon thousands of people have to leave the city. The whole city is destroyed.

What's that. Hundreds of dollars in damage?

Please, Jennifer Aniston's traffic accident caused more damage than this volcano. Thus, gets more press.




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IkeaBoy
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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-20-2002 @ 11:38 PM      
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Hey Jenny Anniston was in a car crash. she might gotten a concussion. Fuck those Congoans



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posted on 01-21-2002 @ 10:06 AM      
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i heard about this story, but only because i was flipping through the channels and happened upon bbc world news.

was this even a story on american prime time news?? its pathetic how the government will only allow us to see certain things on the news, it really is

TFEC
Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill!		posted on 01-21-2002 @ 7:22 PM      
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quote:
What's that. Hundreds of dollars in damage?


It's hundreds in improvements!! Get it right!!


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JIMMYSNUKA
posted on 01-22-2002 @ 11:42 AM      
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Ok...this was posted 4 days ago, and I yet still dont know why im suppose to read this?

Fez,,buddy...I know im a drooling mongoloid with a taste for hairless children and grumpy's mom. BUT...please tell me why im suppose to read this! LOL

I admit looking at the pics of all those under-nourished darkies running for their lives and some of them getting fried is making my juvenile jammer hard though.




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