Some guy drove over a bunch of people in Time Square last week, but it barely made the news. I think it was a guy off his meds, not a terrorist. Only one person killed, but holy hell it was hard to watch. Literally like GTA with rag doll bodies flying about.
Pretty much why it and the larger implications were ignored.
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A friend was staying in Times Square for work, happened to be walking out of his hotel right after the accident. Said it was one of the most horrific scenes he’s ever witnessed.
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I’m going to remind everyone that AFAICT we don’t yet have news of a motive or reasons behind the attack, and as such, condemning any group for what is, currently, only known to be the actions of one individual, is inappropriate.
You are welcome to start a new topic about terrorism or terrorist groups, but lets try and keep this topic specific to the discussion of what’s known, and the effects, of this specific attack for the moment.
Thank you.
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Thanks.
I’d suspect that the location had more to do with number of people rather than who the performer is, though. These things tend to be aimed at doing the most carnage and getting the most press, not the religious beliefs of singers.
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None of it really makes sense anymore, its so decentralized
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I’m sure it makes sense to the people doing the attacks, though. People have a way of justifying their actions, even horrific ones like this.
Kind of interesting why it didn’t get more traction. It results were just as horrible despite the difference of intentions. IIRC a traffic cop apprehended him. Probably one of the few times in history someone praised a traffic cop.
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I think first because we’re getting numb to violence in society - not just on TV, but in the real world. Second, because it brings up uncomfortable questions about health care, especially mental health care and it’s a white guy committing the crime, so it’s downplayed in favor of events that conform to the narrative of where the real danger in society lies - with scary brown people, not American born white guys.
There is a whole ideology underpinning how we talk about crime and violence in America, that unfortunately, wants us to ignore who is in power and how they’ve historically kept power, here in the US and how they expanded it abroad. The media is utterly complicit in this, which is why they tend to ignore or downplay stories that do not fit the current narrative that gives us a reason for waging war in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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Not new. Both the IRA and the PLO regularly targeted schools, and just a few years ago in Norway a right-wing terrorist killed 69 kids.
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First off, to clear up some details, he was Hispanic - so brown, not white. And while he had mental health issues, the PCP in his weed didn’t help. One would think the media would have latched onto that, but I dunno.
I don’t know if the Media is complicit to spin a narrative, or if they just go with what will cause the most outrage and eyeballs. There have been several examples of whites with mental problems making the news due to violence. Conversely, there was a guy in Hesston, KS who shot up his work place last year, killing 4 and wounding 14, that didn’t make national news. I don’t know if his race as the reason (black), or reason/cause (looks like domestic violence sparked it), or because he was in middle of nowhere Kansas (Find Hesston on the map, win a prize!)
The cynic in me connects the dots that the media doesn’t want to focus too much on minorities when violence happens to avoid demonizing them and perpetuating stereotypes - except it is acceptable with Islamic terrorism. Honestly, the former sort of make sense, as too often people will twist statistics and anecdotal evidence to push an agenda or ideology. The latter shows in spades the damage that can be done.
I just wish we could live in a world where we can condemn certain people when bad things happen, and even certain groups in some situations, but not let it bleed into placing the blame on larger groups, whole religions, or countries or cultures.
Sadly True. And the tactic is used by ISIS as well, where they have killed every male older than ~12 in a village. 
And there are even more historical examples.
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Shaking my damn head in exasperation and disgust.
It’s me, Melz; and I’m having technical difficulties at the moment; hence the new account.
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Former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith did, when he was standing against a Muslim, Labour party candidate for London Mayor.
A simple “Get the hell out of here, this is neither a photo opportunity nor a campaign venue, and if you want to help create well-paid jobs for health workers, including but not limited to doctor positions!” might be tempting.
But all in all, no-one should do this. Neither your version nor mine. As fucking wrong as coming to a hospital as a politician in the first place.
Yes, but not in the case.
Good point, but google doesn’t show anything happening on Feb 25, 2016. But really, it’s just flyover country, why bother? 
I don’t really “tune” into anything, per se. When something big like this happens I hit various websites, even major news org I am not super keen on, just to try to get an amalgamate of what happened. It’s sad and ironic that some of the infotainment shows are actually better at presenting honest and relatable information than the news shows. I imagine many in the media are getting tired of it too.
I thought the U.K had the NHK for that ? I guess they don’t provide psy help ¿
IIRC she was referring to the Time Square event in the US.
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