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Old 12-31-2013, 01:57 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Its not just America but Britain too.

The war on Afghanistan, Iraq etc is pointless there's no threat of war from these countries.

How many of you on here realise that the media and our governments are corrupt?


Scare mongering.
I figured the UK was involved too but didn't want to comment on that because I've never lived there. There is a huge amount of scare mongering. We are constantly being told how dangerous people in other parts of the world are, right before or after another story of an American who was killed by another American whether it was drunk driving, school shooting, domestic violence you name it. Yet we don't even realize this when we blindly watch or listen to our news.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:04 PM
 
Location: London, UK
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I figured the UK was involved too but didn't want to comment on that because I've never lived there. There is a huge amount of scare mongering. We are constantly being told how dangerous people in other parts of the world are, right before or after another story of an American who was killed by another American whether it was drunk driving, school shooting, domestic violence you name it. Yet we don't even realize this when we blindly watch or listen to our news.
Here in the UK the government is fueling the stereotype of Eastern europeans wanted yo come to this country and drain out our resources.

Its ridiculous.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:06 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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The news is just doing its job reporting world events, its not the medias fault that stories like where people are getting their hands chopped off in public tend to come from the middle east.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:13 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Here in the UK the government is fueling the stereotype of Eastern europeans wanted yo come to this country and drain out our resources.

Its ridiculous.
They learned that from us except our scapegoats are Latin Americans.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:15 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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The news is just doing its job reporting world events, its not the medias fault that stories like where people are getting their hands chopped off in public tend to come from the middle east.
Meanwhile in Oklahoma...

Christmas Eve robber beaten, stripped of clothes | www.ktvu.com

In both situations, crime doesn't pay but to make the Middle-east seem like it's the only place to do horrible things to people is not telling the whole story.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:53 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Meanwhile in Oklahoma...

Christmas Eve robber beaten, stripped of clothes | www.ktvu.com

In both situations, crime doesn't pay but to make the Middle-east seem like it's the only place to do horrible things to people is not telling the whole story.
Ok so this isn't scare mongering?

Doesnt matter i guess cause this is nothing compared to the terrorist attacks being carried out by muslim extremist.
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:57 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Speaking of terrorist attacks, there was one just this week in a train station in southern Russia, perhaps a warning of what could happen during the Olympic Games in Sochi.

Happy New Year, everyone!
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Old 12-31-2013, 02:58 PM
 
Location: London, UK
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Ok so this isn't scare mongering?

Doesnt matter i guess cause this is nothing compared to the terrorist attacks being carried out by muslim extremist.
But why are these terrorist attacks happening?

They're certainly not unprovoked.
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Old 12-31-2013, 03:05 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Ok so this isn't scare mongering?

Doesnt matter i guess cause this is nothing compared to the terrorist attacks being carried out by muslim extremist.
No it isn't scare mongering because the people in this country are not villainized in the same way.

Also, if we use your logic then white men need to be looked at the same way as the biggest terror attack on US soil prior to 9/11 was done by two white men in Oklahoma City. You seriously can't see the double standard here?
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Old 12-31-2013, 03:16 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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No it isn't scare mongering because the people in this country are not villainized in the same way.

Also, if we use your logic then white men need to be looked at the same way as the biggest terror attack on US soil prior to 9/11 was done by two white men in Oklahoma City. You seriously can't see the double standard here?
hahaha, wow, ZINGGG!

Not to mention, a certain history of terrorist acts in certain communities in the South.




Happy New Year, Gentoo.
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