Boko Haram kills 2000 in a few days

**Mazmaz** · 2015-01-12 08:16

#BlackLivesMatter

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...p-9970355.html

The difference in reaction to Nigeria and other tragedies was, a spokeswoman for the Catholic aid organisation Cafod suggested, "about the value of a life – an African life versus a European life".

**Melena** · 2015-01-12 10:54

Really going to bring a hashtag about american black kids getting shot by cops. I highly doubt any of them give two shits about what happens 30 miles away from them, let alone a few thousand.

**Blubbartron** · 2015-01-12 11:06

A terrorist attack on an otherwise peaceful city is a tragedy. The horrors of war in a war zone are business as usual. Of course they aren't treated the same, they're not the same. One's expected and the other's not.

Also this is the part where I express my sincere shock that a guy named Goodluck Jonathan can't keep his military in line.

**notorious bum** · 2015-01-12 13:16

Originally Posted by Melena

Really going to bring a hashtag about american black kids getting shot by cops. I highly doubt any of them give two shits about what happens 30 miles away from them, let alone a few thousand.

Ignorance is bliss. Black Twitter and those who are involved in the movement are virtually the only ones talking about this lopsided value of life, based on the color of skin.

**Melena** · 2015-01-12 14:02

Except with what Boko Haram is doing isn't based on race. It's based on religion. They could give two shits if the people they were killing are black, white, green, turquoise, brown, etc. All they care about is do you worship the same invisible man we do and follow our strict interpretation of it's laws. One answer gets you killed, the other you may live or they may just kill you anyways.

**Niiro** · 2015-01-12 14:53

He's not talking about the conflict, he's talking about the fact that no one cares because the victims are black.

**kuronosan** · 2015-01-12 15:05

Maz on point for a change.

Read it again. The lady is saying that people only care when thousands of Europeans (white people) are slaughtered, yet no one comes to save Africans.

And boy are they right. See how quickly we contained and eliminated Ebola in the Western world?

Oh. That's right. It's STILL ravaging Africa. This is a combination of twisted religion and ethnocentrism. We can't help them because of the feifdom mentality they have in some countries, and we can't help them because of the superstitious radical belief system in others. And in countries where we can help, we don't because money or black people.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2015-01-12 15:11

"Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan,' even if the plan is horrifying."

**Koul** · 2015-01-12 15:17

The thing about Ebola though is that the fears the citizens have there can overwhelm the effort trying to fight it which can be extremely dangerous. Weren't people raiding make-shift hospitals and saying the Ebola is a fictional disease made up by the west etc etc? Along with a shitload of other issues. It kind of makes me think of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth

I don't know what people expect. The west gets bitched at for being World Police but then also gets bitched at for not being World Police. Horrible shit happens all over the place, you can't pick and choose which ones people will cling to more. Shit sucks, I know. Welcome to life.

So here's a question, what do you want society to do. Who/what takes priority #1 on fixing/helping or do we spread everything out all over and try to fix everything everywhere because sense making. Once again peoples outrage meters seem to be permanently stuck on 11. Yes, I'm a terrible shitty person. But forgive me for not having the energy or emotional fortitude to put towards getting gay rights and trans rights and black rights and asian rights and woman rights while trying to fight terrorists all over the world and help out disadvantaged animals and children and trying to help rebuild wartorn communities and assist in educating the less educating while working 50+ hours a week and finding time to cook dinner for myself. All the while getting phone calls from my mom about how I need to spend more time with her.

**Thiefami** · 2015-01-12 15:21

the thing is, no lies were spoken. Front page of every major news site is how a dozen Parisians were gunned down. Awful in it's own right, but 2,000 dead and barely a blip is pretty damn horrible considering all of this took place Saturday.

**NynJa** · 2015-01-12 15:28

Originally Posted by kuronosan

See how quickly we contained and eliminated Ebola in the Western world?

The western world is also a lot more equipped for these situations.

**Koul** · 2015-01-12 15:35

Originally Posted by Thiefami

the thing is, no lies were spoken. Front page of every major news site is how a dozen Parisians were gunned down. Awful in it's own right, but 2,000 dead and barely a blip is pretty damn horrible considering all of this took place Saturday.

I understand that. And it sucks. But this same thread could be made if Boko Haram was front page news and something else just as terrible and shitty wasn't.

**BaneTheBrawler** · 2015-01-12 15:50

We don't really need a thread to tell us we're terrible. This entire section is a monument to our terribleness.

Let's get away from the self-loathing aspect (always gotta be about us) and focus more on the actual events. More news, updates, theories, solutions, etc.

**Salodin** · 2015-01-12 16:13

Well one happened in a part of the world we expect it to. The French incident in the news happened in a place where we don't expect it and is generally quite peaceful. That's with out a doubt why it's covered less or not at all.

**RKenshin** · 2015-01-12 18:42

First world news is covered more than third world news, because people care more about things that could potentially effect them more.

It's terrible and by no means fair, but it's not really more complicated than that.

**Melena** · 2015-01-12 20:10

Originally Posted by RKenshin

First world news is covered more than third world news, because people care more about things that could potentially effect them more.

It's terrible and by no means fair, but it's not really more complicated than that.

This. Saturday there was a shooting in Ohio and a possible hostage situation in a texas hospital. Among the hot news items that were not paris terrorist related was Brady breaking Montana's TD Record and is Beyonce pregnant again. Though in the same column at least they had the Boko Harem news as well.

**Meresgi** · 2015-01-12 22:07

Originally Posted by BaneTheBrawler

"Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan,' even if the plan is horrifying."

**Rooney** · 2015-01-12 22:23

Originally Posted by RKenshin

First world news is covered more than third world news, because people care more about things that could potentially effect them more.

It's terrible and by no means fair, but it's not really more complicated than that.

Pretty sure everyone would be severely depressed if they had to read pages upon pages about how terrible Africa is on a daily basis too. (not saying it shouldn't be covered, but there's a limit people can handle before they go apathetic)

**Lucavi** · 2015-01-12 22:49

^ The evening news does enough of that with 10 murder stories for every 1 "feel good" story.

**Blubbartron** · 2015-01-12 22:56

I mean, I start getting pretty apathetic when you read the story and come to the more logical conclusion that the men probably joined in the slaughter of the women, children, and elderly. Do we really think it's more likely that the men just up and bailed on their families? I certainly don't. A religious army brigading around, fucking shit up, and growing in force by scaring potential fighters into joining is a proven tactic.

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