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Then that just adds to the hypocrisy of it all. I really don't think he was affected by this, to the degree he showed to the public. Why would he be? Like I said, he's personally responsible for authorizing multiple drone strikes in the middle east, killing thousands. I'm betting he doesn't cry himself to sleep at night.
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It's easy to rationalize guilt away in the name of war and the "greater good." Only the worst of people enjoy war, and I'm sure Obama is not among them. He doesn't like war, he doesn't want to be responsible for so much death, but to him and many other Americans this is a matter of defending themselves from some perceived threat. I am not defending his actions, I'm merely pointing out that humanity has become quite adept at convincing themselves of what is right.
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I disagree. World wide deaths should be considered relevant. We're all human and we all share this planet. Just because somebody was lucky enough to happen to be born on one side of the planet instead of the other, doesn't make them any more important at all. The bolded, to me, seems like a really twisted way of thinking. It seems the media happens to cater to that mind set though.
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I am not arguing objectively. Obviously death is death and no human life is (inherently) worth less than another. What I am saying is that there is a more immediate connection to domestic tragedies. It is absolutely true that a tragedy in your home country is going to have a much more profound effect on your own life than a similar tragedy in some distant land.
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I do agree with this. Reminds me of this quote I read on facebook(maybe this is the same Jekyl?)
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Similar to Marylin Manson's
response to Columbine. I gained a lot of respect for him the first time I read that.