Why do some peoples lives seem to matter more than others?

in #australia8 years ago

Why do some peoples lives seem to matter more than others?

I noticed there was a serious lack of "prayers" & compassionate posts appearing in my Facebook & Twitter news feeds for the victims of the Istanbul terror attack on the 28th of June 2016..

Where were all the humanity champions who instantly changed their profile photo after the #ParisAttacks?

When the attacks happened in Paris and Belgium, it was the only thing on television in Australia for a week.
However, the day after the Istanbul attack killing 41 people the top news story in Australia revolved around two moron politicians arguing over whether gay marriage should be legal in Australia..

Are Turkish/Syrian/Iraqi/Libyan people less important than the rest of the world..? Should we still be even debating about gay marriage or is it just a no brainer that it should already be legal...?

It's been less than nine months since the deadly Paris suicide bombings & mass shooting attacks — and less than three months since the attack on Brussels airport. There have been more than 1,000 terror attacks since the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris.
But if you minus the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, you still have more than 100 attacks in that time... But we only hear about the attacks and mass murder that the mainstream media want us to hear about..
What about the 900 other attacks that don't make the news??

As for the "prayers", I'm not saying they are the answer or that they'll solve anything at all..
I mean after the lonewolf attack 2 days ago in Nice, France that killed 84, I think it's safe to say that all the prayers & amens are going to do diddly squat.

Nostradamus & the Mayans made predictions about the "End of the World" but maybe it wasn't an asteroid or a solar flare they were predicting but the end of what we are...
We no longer cherish life, each other, the earth or even the animals and resources put on it.
War, genocide, abuse, senseless mass murder, discrimination, animal cruelty, gluttony, racism, greed, waste and lust... Look around you, the end of life as we know it is closer then you think..

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Amen! It only shows that newsstations follow a certain agenda. The mainstream media outlets are all bought and paid for. I have been following it for a while and I don't watch television (which tells lies to your vision ;) ) anymore. Still we tend to watch the news and consider it to be reality. The news are nowadays mostly there to spread fear and divide us in opposite groups, may it be left and right, men and women, east and west and so on. To end on a positive note: This is only a fraction of what one might perceive as reality. When you glance away from all the propaganda bullshit and for example walk through nature or think about all the beautiful people, your friends, your family, children, you realize how much beauty there is. But in the end you are the creator of your own reality. Heads up, I know we are on our way up

Thank you Meister :-) I really appreciate your reply!! So very nice of you!!
You make some amazing points, especially about how lucky we are to walk through nature, swim in the ocean, spend time with our friends and family!! Spot on!!
Thank you again for your feedback :-)