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Sri Lanka Bombings 150+ dead

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    #62
    Danzy
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    Captain Barnacles wrote: »
    in Fairness to SnakePlisken , he has a point, do you think the Guardian/left wing media in the next few days will be posting hit pieces on how Christians in Asia are targets of massive amounts of hate crime ? - and how all Muslims should feel guilt and shame over this ??

    doubt it somehow.

    There certainly is an issue.


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    #63
    suicide_circus
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    MrFresh wrote: »
    They don't cover much on terrorism in the Middle East or Africa either. It's the location. not the religion of the victims that determines their coverage.
    its a bit of both


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    #64
    ilkhanid
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    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    Today's spate of bombings is a return to the bad old days, albeit focused on two small minority religions in the Sri Lankan sense.


    Perhaps that was the point, attacking a religion that the Sri Lankans might not care that much about, whereas if they had attacked a Buddhist or Hindu temple the fury might have fallen on Moslems full force.


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    #65
    sk8erboii
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    Captain Barnacles wrote: »
    in Fairness to SnakePlisken , he has a point, do you think the Guardian/left wing media in the next few days will be posting hit pieces on how Christians in Asia are targets of massive amounts of hate crime ? - and how all Muslims should feel guilt and shame over this ??

    doubt it somehow.

    Why do you bring american bi partisan politics into this?

    Honestly it seems like mental illness at this point


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    #66
    RandomName2
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    The salient points.
    • This was a very well orchestrated attack that was carried out seemingly without a hitch.
    • Sri Lanka has not experienced any attack similar to this.
    • This was in effect an attack of one minority upon another. Both Christians and Muslims account for only about 9% of the population, each, on the island.
    • This was clearly also designed to damage Sri Lanka's international standing. By attacking hotels and foreigners, Sri Lanka is likely to suffer significant economic consequences.
    • Of crucial significance is whether the terrorist cell was home grown, or did it travel to Sri Lanka. Either answer poses significant questions.
    • It goes without saying that neither assassinating AlQaeda's Osama bin Laden, nor destroying ISIL's Syrian-Iraqi caliphate means an end to Islamic extremism.


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    #67
    Gimme A Pound
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    Captain Barnacles wrote: »
    in Fairness to SnakePlisken , he has a point, do you think the Guardian/left wing media in the next few days will be posting hit pieces on how Christians in Asia are targets of massive amounts of hate crime ? - and how all Muslims should feel guilt and shame over this ??

    doubt it somehow.
    Agreed but the way they posted was obnoxious.


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    #68
    RandomName2
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    Reddit is apparently censoring the discussion of Sri Lanka on its breaking news section

    https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/bfq3y6/reddit_not_covering_the_sri_lanka_bombings_the/

    I suppose it's also worth pointing out that within 24 hours of the New Zealand attack, that the thread about it here on boards was 27 pages long.


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    #69
    Kirby
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    RandomName2 wrote: »
    Reddit is apparently censoring the discussion of Sri Lanka on its breaking news section

    https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/bfq3y6/reddit_not_covering_the_sri_lanka_bombings_the/

    I suppose it's also worth pointing out that within 24 hours of the New Zealand attack, that the thread about it here on boards was 27 pages long.

    That's not a realistic or fair comparison.

    This was a bombing attack, not a shooting.
    It wasn't live streamed to the world.
    We are a western nation and New Zealand is a "Western" nation.....while Sri Lanka is not.
    The perpetrators of this also didn't shout "Subscribe to Pewdiepie" before they detonated the bombs.

    I think these four, pretty noteworthy points, account for the lack of immediate public knowledge and discourse.


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    #70
    Charles Babbage
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    RandomName2 wrote: »
    The salient points.
    • This was a very well orchestrated attack that was carried out seemingly without a hitch.


    This suggests external involvement. Several bombs at the same time requires a level of organisation that would be hard to acheive for a home grown group on a first attempt.


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    #71
    BBFAN
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    RandomName2 wrote: »
    The salient points.
    • This was a very well orchestrated attack that was carried out seemingly without a hitch.
    • Sri Lanka has not experienced any attack similar to this.
    • This was in effect an attack of one minority upon another. Both Christians and Muslims account for only about 9% of the population, each, on the island.
    • This was clearly also designed to damage Sri Lanka's international standing. By attacking hotels and foreigners, Sri Lanka is likely to suffer significant economic consequences.
    • Of crucial significance is whether the terrorist cell was home grown, or did it travel to Sri Lanka. Either answer poses significant questions.
    • It goes without saying that neither assassinating AlQaeda's Osama bin Laden, nor destroying ISIL's Syrian-Iraqi caliphate means an end to Islamic extremism.

    Thanks for this post Random, quite informative. Can I ask, as someone quite uneducated in religions around the world, if Christians and Muslims only cover 9% of the population what is the majority religion?


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    #72
    BBFAN
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    RandomName2 wrote: »
    Reddit is apparently censoring the discussion of Sri Lanka on its breaking news section

    https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/bfq3y6/reddit_not_covering_the_sri_lanka_bombings_the/

    I suppose it's also worth pointing out that within 24 hours of the New Zealand attack, that the thread about it here on boards was 27 pages long.

    You can point it out but it's not a fair comparison. Most Irish people know someone who lives in New Zealand, have lived there/travelled there themselves or identify with other English speaking nations more quickly than others.

    It's human nature. I've already admitted, as per my post above, that I know nothing about Sri Lanka so it makes sense that this wouldn't immediately strike a cord with me.

    Also, the link you provided does not say that Reddit is censoring any discussion, it just says it's not front page news. Reddit have no control over that, just as Boards have no control about how many people want to discuss Sri Lanka.


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    #73
    Stephen15
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    There you the good old religion of peace back at it again with the murder of more innocent people. The usual people out accusing you of being a racist every time you criticize the i word only for you to be proven right time and time again.


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    #74
    BBFAN
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    Also, I'm reserving a lot of judgement until there is actual confirmation as to who carried out these attacks. Am I right in saying that there is no confirmation as yet?


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    #75
    mikeym
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    R.I.P


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    #76
    Chris_Heilong
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    Islam at it again, If an ideology ever needed international regulation it is this one.


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    #77
    SMC92Ian
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    The world is just getting insane. Every week it's something.


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    #78
    [Deleted User]
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    It seems there was a massive failure in communicating the known threat to other parts of government. Some people knew ten days ago that prominent churches were to be attacked, but that information didn't get disseminated.


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    #79
    TheValeyard
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    Over 290 now dead and that number is expected to rise. Local Islamic militant group is behind the attack according to the health ministry.

    What an absolutely horrific act of barbarism. Few nationalities from other countries also amongst the victims.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    #80
    Lackey
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    Captain Barnacles wrote: »
    in Fairness to SnakePlisken , he has a point, do you think the Guardian/left wing media in the next few days will be posting hit pieces on how Christians in Asia are targets of massive amounts of hate crime ? - and how all Muslims should feel guilt and shame over this ??

    doubt it somehow.

    The word Christian or Catholic has not been used
    They’ve gone with ‘Easter worshipers’ and tourists

    WTF is an Easter Worshiper ?


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    #81
    no.8
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    The Sri Lankan government has a lot to answer for. They knew of these threats coming from the absolute evil among us.


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    #82
    riffmongous
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    Lackey wrote: »
    The word Christian or Catholic has not been used
    They’ve gone with ‘Easter worshipers’ and tourists

    WTF is an Easter Worshiper ?

    Where exactly?


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    #83
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Where exactly?

    Don’t have a lot of time now but here’s Two
    Spot the difference

    Easter worshipers been used a lot


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    #84
    [Deleted User]
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    declan2693 wrote: »
    What a stupid uneducated post.

    A quick google says there are 1.8 billion Muslims that 24% of the worlds population ffs and thats without Christians.

    That's absolutely hilarious.

    He was asking about Sri Lanka, where Buddhists account for 70%.


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    #85
    riffmongous
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    Weird, a Yank thing? Like that 'holiday season' crap


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    #86
    Atoms for Peace
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    Lackey wrote: »
    The word Christian or Catholic has not been used
    They’ve gone with ‘Easter worshipers’ and tourists

    WTF is an Easter Worshiper ?

    Somebody who worships the Easter bunny, they sacrifice lambs to appease him and eat eggs in celebration.


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    #87
    Odhinn
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    declan2693 wrote: »
    What a stupid uneducated post.

    A quick google says there are 1.8 billion Muslims that 24% of the worlds population ffs and thats without Christians.




    No, it's perfectly fair question as hes referring to Sri Lanka.


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    #88
    98q76e12hrflnk
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    Odhinn wrote: »
    No, it's perfectly fair question as hes referring to Sri Lanka.

    9% of Sri Lanka is muslim and yet more act of killing by the religion of peace.


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    #89
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,981 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    declan2693 wrote: »
    9% of Sri Lanka is muslim and yet more act of killing by the religion of peace.




    Do any of your responses ever have anything to do with what you quote in them?


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    #90
    biko
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    Weird, a Yank thing? Like that 'holiday season' crap
    Yes, I think so.
    Looking at Google before the terror attack there are lots of US results for "Easter worshipers"
    That doesn't mean Obama and Clinton didn't specifically chose to use this phrase over "Christians" to soften the message.


    The jihadis targeted the victims specifically because they are Christian. Much like they do in Nigeria, Pakistan, India, France, Philippines, Egypt, ...


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    #91
    leakyboots
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    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/asos-billionaire-loses-three-children-sri-lanka-anders-holch-povlsen

    Owner of ASOS lost 3 children in the bombings


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