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Israel/gaza/etc ... does anyone really care?

  • 05-01-2009 11:38AM
    #1
    danindublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭


    For years every time I go to RTE.ie or BBC news as well as all tv news headlines, always the first story is related to something in the near Middle East and the Israel issue. Now I know the news teams are stuck to write about anything that isn't recession or celebrity based but . . . does anyone really care? It always annoys me that I have to scroll past these stories as if they are just in the way! I honestly would believe that they've been showing the same news footage over and over again on tv for years as it always looks the exact same!

    Now am I just a heartless so-and-so or are there others like me other there? Have I missed something here?

    I should point out that I'm not a heartless b*****d and I know there's a humanitarian story here but . . .
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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I care


  • #3
    tba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    What stories are you interested in instead?


  • #4
    Ostrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    You dont have to feel bad for something beyond your control


  • #5
    ThunderCat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭ThunderCat


    Is this for real??
    You should watch the news on that E Channel. Sounds like it would be more your cup of tea.


  • #6
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Like Mark Hamill - I care.


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  • #7
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    efla wrote: »
    You dont have to feel bad for something beyond your control

    I can't believe you wrote this for real..
    I care...and I feel for those losing their loved ones every day,for those children not having food,a shelter or any parents or relatives left..

    Some things are beyond our control and so what?
    Do you feel bad only for what happens within your backgarden?


  • #8
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Do people care or even know about whats happening in Congo or Zimbabwe? Far greater humanitarian disasters (esp DR Congo) and yet largely off the media map.


  • #9
    Dragan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    I think you need to find your own source of information for the things you care about. With regard to the current issues in Gaza, a contact of mine on Flickr is an active photographic journalist who lives and works in the area.

    From him i see first hand images and reports on what is happening, not filtered by the news or biased by agenda.

    It's scary stuff and yes, i do care.


  • #10
    togster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭togster


    I care.


  • #11
    Steve.Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Steve.Pseudonym


    Of course you don't have to care, you can have whatever opinion you want on the subject, including no opinion or just plain annoyance.

    Personally I'm interested.


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  • #12
    ionix5891
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭ionix5891


    i care, you'll be surprised how things on other other side of this planet might affect you someday

    i would rather watch bbc news than the trash we get on sky or rte news

    speaking of trashy news, i was flicking thru channels and stopped on CNN and was disgusted to see israeli propaganda representative trying justify slaughter, very sick, is that what nazis sounded when they were slaughtering the jews, russians and the gays in concentration camps? sick


  • #13
    partyguinness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,202 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    I care but its very frustrating that nobody has the balls to take a stand against Isreal. Gaza is the worlds most densely populated area and is basically a huge refugee camp which Isreal contraols access to and bombs on a regular enough basis (usually around election time).


  • #14
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    ionix5891 wrote: »
    i care, you'll be surprised how things on other other side of this planet might affect you someday

    i would rather watch bbc news than the trash we get on sky or rte news

    speaking of trashy news, i was flicking thru channels and stopped on CNN and was disgusted to see israeli propaganda representative trying justify slaughter, very sick, is that what nazis sounded when they were slaughtering the jews, russians and the gays in concentration camps? sick

    Everything happening in the World affects us in a way or another...


  • #15
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    partyguinness wrote: »
    I care but its very frustrating that nobody has the balls to take a stand against Isreal. Gaza is the worlds most densely populated area and is basically a huge refugee camp which Isreal contraols access to and bombs on a regular enough basis (usually around election time).

    Israel is "protected" by the USA..this conflict between Isreal and Palestine is much more complicated than it seems and the roots of this conflict are deep.


  • #16
    Dr. Dodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭Dr. Dodger


    danindublin wrote: »
    For years every time I go to RTE.ie or BBC news as well as all tv news headlines, always the first story is related to something in the near Middle East and the Israel issue. Now I know the news teams are stuck to write about anything that isn't recession or celebrity based but . . . does anyone really care? It always annoys me that I have to scroll past these stories as if they are just in the way! I honestly would believe that they've been showing the same news footage over and over again on tv for years as it always looks the exact same!

    Now am I just a heartless so-and-so or are there others like me other there? Have I missed something here?

    I should point out that I'm not a heartless b*****d and I know there's a humanitarian story here but . . .


    No you're not a heartless b*stard, you're just a f*cking arsehole!


  • #17
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    Go watch X Factor instead you twat


  • #18
    Steve.Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Steve.Pseudonym


    ionix5891 wrote: »
    speaking of trashy news, i was flicking thru channels and stopped on CNN and was disgusted to see israeli propaganda representative trying justify slaughter, very sick, is that what nazis sounded when they were slaughtering the jews, russians and the gays in concentration camps? sick

    Hysterical nonsense.


  • #19
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,772 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Dr. Dodger wrote: »
    No you're not a heartless b*stard, you're just a f*cking arsehole!
    why should ya care about some people on the far side of the world that'll never affect you?


  • #20
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    To be honest I couldn't care less. I'm sick of these disputes, they've been at war in that region for thousands of years and its not going to stop any time soon.


  • #21
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    KTRIC wrote: »
    To be honest I couldn't care less. I'm sick of these disputes, they've been at war in that region for thousands of years and its not going to stop any time soon.

    no comment

    ps:I a shocked by all this ignorance


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  • #22
    ionix5891
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭ionix5891


    KTRIC wrote: »
    To be honest I couldn't care less. I'm sick of these disputes, they've been at war in that region for thousands of years and its not going to stop any time soon.

    so was europe for even longer and bloodier

    we turned out ok lately

    maybe we need a Marshall style Plan for the middle east?


  • #23
    Dr. Dodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭Dr. Dodger


    I think this thread should be closed and deleted. This is something available all over the world including Israel & Palestine not to mention Ireland where I'm sure some people have family and friend connections with the area. The lack of compassion and the ignorance being shown is shocking.

    It's an absolute disgrace, please delete this rubbish.


  • #24
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    funloving wrote: »
    ps:I a shocked by all this ignorance

    So you look into all the horrible acts going on around the world?


  • #25
    Highsider
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭Highsider


    I care


  • #26
    Steve.Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭Steve.Pseudonym


    Dr. Dodger wrote: »
    I think this thread should be closed and deleted. This is something available all over the world including Israel & Palestine not to mention Ireland where I'm sure some people have family and friend connections with the area. The lack of compassion and the ignorance being shown is shocking.

    It's an absolute disgrace, please delete this rubbish.

    What are you, the compassion police? Last time I checked people were allowed to think what they want.


  • #27
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    So you look into all the horrible acts going on around the world?
    I try to keep myself informed about what's going on in the World as much as I can..


  • #28
    Dr. Dodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭Dr. Dodger


    Steve.Pseudonym wrote: »
    What are you, the compassion police? Last time I checked people were allowed to think what they want.

    ..and I think this should be closed.


  • #29
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,772 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    funloving wrote: »
    no comment

    ps:I a shocked by all this ignorance
    So you left a comment to say that. Well done!


  • #30
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    Steve.Pseudonym wrote: »
    What are you, the compassion police? Last time I checked people were allowed to think what they want.

    so you're thinking..I thought you were brainless from what you're writing!


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  • #31
    funloving
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭funloving


    Q2002 wrote: »
    So you left a comment to say that. Well done!

    I can write whatever I want....and so can you of course..


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