CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Not entirely sure I should post this, but I will give a warning before:WARNING: This video contains scenes from the explosion. It contains violent images. DO NOT click if you don't want to see that.A close video to the explosion: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Not entirely sure I should post this, but I will give a warning before:WARNING: This video contains scenes from the explosion. It contains violent images. DO NOT click if you don't want to see that.A close video to the explosion: Take a note of the different flags where the explosions occurred. I wouldn't be surprised it was some crazy Militia Group that we have here that speak about the black helicopters of the UN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sad day indeed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Scene on the street...Saw it on the news and was in disbelief. That's image is horrific. It's really worrying, something is going on and i feel it could just be the start of something big with more explosions to come imminently. This is a worrying time. Some of the reactions on the first page are ridiculous, it's nothing like what's going on in other countries who seem to always be killing each other anyway and killing their own people. This seems to be a terrorist attack in the USA aimed at innocent people. And the cunts targeted Patriots Day too. There's a marathon in London on Sunday i think, i ain't going out anywhere near there, fuck that. And there's also Thatcher's funeral soon too. And considering what is going on in North Korea.... (the BBC done one hell of a job going there undercover btw).Shit is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Shit is happening. What shit? We dont know what happened yet...The JFK incident has been confirmed as a fire and no connection with the two explosions. Also, CNN reporting that it could have been an electrical panic. However, FBI categorizing saying they were indeed terrorist attacks.Wait before going all crazy about it. Yes, it could be exactly what you are saying, but it also could be just a very sad unfortunate day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 More explosives were found and defused so it's pretty blatant. Bombs have been defused in the area and nobody is allowed out their houses! People have literally just been blown up for no reason in the middle of a city at the finish line of a marathon, i mean seriously wtf. I'm getting nervous, genuinely worried about what's going on. Backstreet09 and Rmpr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 More explosives were found and defused so it's pretty blatant. Bombs have been defused in the area and nobody is allowed out their houses! People have literally just been blown up for no reason in the middle of a city at the finish line of a marathon, i mean seriously wtf. I'm getting nervous, genuinely worried about what's going on. I am following the news as well, I am just against premature conclusions. Yet, I see what you mean though. Thought it was another thing, sorry!I am worried with the World in general. Shit just gets worse by the second. Africa tribals, Middle East, North Korea, USA, Brazil, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 First off, thoughts with the families and friends of the victims. Very unfortunate scenes. That said, I hate to sound like a cynic (who am I kidding, I love it! ), but it's hardly the big news that people are making it out to be. I mean an explosion like that wouldn't even make the news in Syria, atm. I'm probably just being mean, but I find the overreaction about this very annoying. Why should the lives of people in Boston be worth more than those in Syria, or Mali or Bahrain or Somalia...etc?I don't mean to offend anyone, and if my post does, then I apologize. It's just a philosophical/ethical 'observation'. That's the way the news works for a number of reasons. First off, people don't care about the chronic, regular occurrence they care about the acute one-off event. That's why school massacres get attention and the day to day shootings which kill far more people, don't. Attacks in the US are incredibly rare. That's why it's news. Attacks in Syria at this point are not really news because they happen every day. Second, people in the west care about the attacks on our lives. We know there are tons of deaths all over the world. It's a natural reaction to more horrified at attacks in circumstances you might find yourself in. Someone being shot at your supermarket is more newsworthy to you than 10, 000 dead in a Bangladesh flood. It's not wrong, it's natural self-interest. It doesn't mean that the person killed in the supermarket is worth 10, 000 Bangladeshi lives. Lastly, comparing death totals is a fool's game. Were people not supposed to be upset by the July 7 attacks because they didn't kill that meany people relative to wars? Should we ignore Syria because 70,000 people killed in a war is still historically insignificant? The siege of Leningrad killed about 1, 000, 000 civilians. If you play this game, you can keep going until you can't discuss anything. People were killed today and it's shocking and awful. That doesn't mean that people killed in Syria is any less awful or that their lives are worth less. The only place to be, Madmax and Peace. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 You're really not safe anywhere in reality. A Boston marathon and an Elementary School FFS. Pure evil really can live next door. Guess this quote really puts it best, " Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men, just want to watch the world burn." Yeboii, Hutcho and DJames 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Rip and thoughts with those effected.So does anybody know if this was a terrorist attack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Rip and thoughts with those effected.So does anybody know if this was a terrorist attack?The Dept of Homeland security has confirmed that this is a coordinated event, but who that are responsible for this hasn't been identified. Billy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 That's the way the news works for a number of reasons. First off, people don't care about the chronic, regular occurrence they care about the acute one-off event. That's why school massacres get attention and the day to day shootings which kill far more people, don't. Attacks in the US are incredibly rare. That's why it's news. Attacks in Syria at this point are not really news because they happen every day. Second, people in the west care about the attacks on our lives. We know there are tons of deaths all over the world. It's a natural reaction to more horrified at attacks in circumstances you might find yourself in. Someone being shot at your supermarket is more newsworthy to you than 10, 000 dead in a Bangladesh flood. It's not wrong, it's natural self-interest. It doesn't mean that the person killed in the supermarket is worth 10, 000 Bangladeshi lives. Lastly, comparing death totals is a fool's game. Were people not supposed to be upset by the July 7 attacks because they didn't kill that meany people relative to wars? Should we ignore Syria because 70,000 people killed in a war is still historically insignificant? The siege of Leningrad killed about 1, 000, 000 civilians. If you play this game, you can keep going until you can't discuss anything. People were killed today and it's shocking and awful. That doesn't mean that people killed in Syria is any less awful or that their lives are worth less. I didn't say that more deaths in other places makes this less important. Like I explained in my other posts, my criticism is of the media coverage. If the media give as much coverage to the people dying from hunger in Africa or the unarmed peaceful protesters being killed in Bahrain, then that would raise awareness and get more people to act to stop and limit those death and that would save a lot of people. If you find that so immoral, then I apologize.I won't get into why this over-coverage is bad because it will just cause pointless political debates. Kieran., kellzfresh and Rmpr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I didn't say that more deaths in other places makes this less important. Like I explained in my other posts, my criticism is of the media coverage. If the media give as much coverage to the people dying from hunger in Africa or the unarmed peaceful protesters being killed in Bahrain, then that would raise awareness and get more people to act to stop and limit those death and that would save a lot of people. If you find that so immoral, then I apologize.I won't get into why this over-coverage is bad because it will just cause pointless political debates. This. Just today in Iraq, bomb explosions at an airport killed 40+ people and wounded over 200 yet the media are barely covering it. kellzfresh, Kieran. and Heisenberg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 RIP for the ones who died, but overall, nothing exceptional, shit happens, this is nothing compared to what I lived, and what a lot of people are living, wit all the respect I have for the injuried and dead people, but this is nothing. kellzfresh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoChelsea 4,064 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I didn't say that more deaths in other places makes this less important. Like I explained in my other posts, my criticism is of the media coverage. If the media give as much coverage to the people dying from hunger in Africa or the unarmed peaceful protesters being killed in Bahrain, then that would raise awareness and get more people to act to stop and limit those death and that would save a lot of people. If you find that so immoral, then I apologize.I won't get into why this over-coverage is bad because it will just cause pointless political debates. But...the media where? In the US and in Europe of course they're going to cover it more. If they are covering it more in Lebanon than they do the Syrian crises, then that's astonishing. If the media gave more coverage to people dying from hunger in Africa, nothing would happen. The coverage of starvation in Africa has been going on for as long as I can remember and longer. Is there anybody who doesn't know that there is massive hunger in much of Africa? There have been concerts, rallies, charities galore and all of it has amounted to nothing. People like to think of the media (and society in general) as top-down whereas generally, it's just capitalist. The stories that get covered are the stories that interest people. The news has a lot of power, but its power is also limited. It can't dictate what interests people and in the West, it has to fight for attention and gear its news to that. It can show horrible images and people will think "that's sad" and then turn the channel to watch a football match or celebrity gossip. If there were any sort of market for the sort of news you'd like to see, it would have happened but there isn't and it isn't a conspiracy. It's human nature. Hutcho, daBlackMamba7 and Peace. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJames 729 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Simply tragic for those involved and affected. The Americanization of news is nothing new in fact it should be expected. I would expect oversensationalism, tragic event on American soil with major american media houses this is going to take preference over all other world issues. Unfortunately that's how the world works. Heisenberg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesChick 1,260 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Okay, loss of life in any of these circumstances is a tragedy. It matters no matter where in the world it happens and it is the fault of the media that some of these tragedies get more airtime than another. It does not make any of the more important. Blame the media for the lopsided reporting but do not say one tragedy is worse than another or does not matter. Every person that dies or is hurt or missing has someone who loves them and will mourn them. If you want an "more accurate" account of the events go to Boston.com. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD daBlackMamba7 and Backstreet09 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Santiago. 1,500 Posted April 16, 2013 Popular Post! Share Posted April 16, 2013 'Muslims' is the current thing being trended now after the incident. Fucking ridiculous OReillyD36, Kieran., kellzfresh and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OReillyD36 311 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Such a horrible tragedy, any attack on civilians be it in USA, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. is senseless. My thoughts with the families and those affected. This reminds me of Norway and Oklahoma, is the fire in the JFK library linked or have they dismissed that as coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Such a horrible tragedy, any attack on civilians be it in USA, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. is senseless. My thoughts with the families and those affected. This reminds me of Norway and Oklahoma, is the fire in the JFK library linked or have they dismissed that as coincidence?The official statement is that they are not related. But that wont help the conspirancy theories... OReillyD36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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