13 year old castrated and murdered by Syrian security forces

[Eurell]

isn't it? How many times do Americans have to be tricked into supporting conflicts because of what the media tells them is happening?

Damnit, maybe I shouldve just trusted the Dr. that said the kids penis fell off naturally.

[archibaldcrane]

the fact that its added in as an attempt to gin up emotion and spark outrage is pretty fucked up.

I'd only consider it to be fucked up if it's A) Untrue, or B) Something we really shouldn't get that outraged about (like if there was a tidbit about how a cat was killed or something else that completely doesn't matter at all)

[Boyiee]

Kids shouldn't protest. Lesson learned.

[BadKarma]

Terrible fucking countries. Gogo arab spring.
Sent while having a prostate exam. feelsgoodman

[archibaldcrane]

isn't it? How many times do Americans have to be tricked into supporting conflicts because of what the media tells them is happening?

...except there's video of this kid's tortured fucking body. Is that a trick, or should we be outraged?

[Correction]

Kids shouldn't protest in a war zone. Lesson learned.

You were so close.

/outrage

[aduidarnenye]

It's amazing the intellectual hoops people will jump through to avoid having an opinion on a subject

I can safely say that I definitely come down on the side of "This is pure evil" and "The people who did this are monsters" for this particular news story.

As I would for anything similar in any other country also.

[Kuya]

I'd only consider it to be fucked up if it's A) Untrue, or B) Something we really shouldn't get that outraged about (like if there was a tidbit about how a cat was killed or something else that completely doesn't matter at all)

I wonder if...

[Boyiee]

You were so close.

/outrage

Shouldn't at all.

[archibaldcrane]

So, basically what it comes down to is this Rhinox - should we be outraged that the Air Force tortured and murdered a 13-year old boy? If yes, then do you really think that the "being nice to poor people" tidbit matters?

[Surealistic]

god forbid you take out of the story what you need to make youre own opinion


sorry, but regardless of how the story is written, any half intelligent person can see whats put in to pull emotional strings and whats facts

i read the story, and after the first 2 lines of the second paragraph where they were talking about what happened to the kid, i forgot all about the first part, guess im just better at being able to make my own opinion on things

[isladar]

Let's keep the shrill levels to a minimum.

[Cadsuane]

as oppose to being intelligent and allowing yourself to be manipulated by an obvious agenda driven piece.

Kuya, Serious question here

Aren't you the one that chastises people for getting the news from one american source? and here you are doing it without actually seeking out another source.

nothing from Yahoo en espaniol?

What agenda, oh right, the American exceptionalism as a justification for hair trigger interventionism with a humanitarian pretext agenda that you're straw manning everyone as advocates for, which makes sense to tack on me when I haven't even stated my own position yet. Oh hey, remember that other thread we discussed this opinion of yours? Yeah we established that you're a moron. That'd be why I said it again.

The real joke here is is I've been reading stories and reports like this for several months from Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, and so on, as the Arab Spring unfolds, and so have Kuya and some other people here most likeky, yet you think dubiously discrediting one article among thousands means you suddenly have a point about a political movement and the brutal, inhuman reaction to it, which you apparently know nothing about.

[BadKarma]

Let's keep the shrill levels to a minimum.

This is a politics thread on BG isla. Shrill is what they do

Sent while having a prostate exam. feelsgoodman

[Cadsuane]

This is a politics thread on BG isla. Shrill is what they do

Sent while having a prostate exam. feelsgoodman

You're a cocksucker for A. actually figuratively sucking modcock and B. feeling smug for the inexplicable reason of having nothing useful to say. There's nothing worse than this shit eating fuckfaced anti-intellectual attitude that debates about an even vaguely political issue should be met with derision from people who can't be bothered to know jack about shit about fucking anything.

get the fuck out

[Kuya]

I never could have imagined that someone would try and derail a thread about a kid getting brutalized and murdered.

[thetruepandagod]

This thread is as bad as syria.

[tyven]

idk why 99% of this board constantly defends this backward ass culture. they do this shit to themselves. they are the fucking worst.

[tyven]

over/under on how many years until he strapped one to the chest?

[Jaybar]

It's not the general populous that do it to themselves but instead the people that gain the power that in turn do it to their own people. The posters here are supporting the ones getting crushed under the boot of their government/police/military.

I bit