Massacre at Virginia Tech

[MLibid]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 20 2007, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 20 2007, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Bagdhad is still war-tainted. It means that the country has experienced too many bloodshed on its soil. Thus the term "war-tainted".</div>And this some how lessens the tragic nature of civilians killing each other en masse?</div>It doesn't. I'm just saying that we do have the right to make this a big deal, because you said that you didn't know why Americans were making a big deal out of this massacre.

 

[Jon_Vilma]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 20 2007, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 20 2007, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 20 2007, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Bagdhad is still war-tainted. It means that the country has experienced too many bloodshed on its soil. Thus the term "war-tainted".</div>And this some how lessens the tragic nature of civilians killing each other en masse?</div>It doesn't. I'm just saying that we do have the right to make this a big deal, because you said that you didn't know why Americans were making a big deal out of this massacre.</div>That's actually not what I was saying. Nice twist though.

 

[Capt. Comeback]

He was talking about civilians being killed by other citizens in Baghdad, not soldiers.

 

[Jon_Vilma]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Apr 20 2007, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was talking about civilians being killed by other citizens in Baghdad, not soldiers.</div>BTW, I pulled the numbers. For violent non-military involved deaths last year in Iraq, the total was 22,095. That's 60.5 per day of civilian on civilian deaths. In an area roughly the size (and less the population) of California.

 

[MLibid]

You said you didn't know why we were making a big deal out of this.I probably misunderstood you...I was just defending my case that Americans have the right to make a big deal out of this due to the action being done WITHIN the country's walls instead of outside of it.

 

[Jon_Vilma]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MLibid @ Apr 21 2007, 09:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You said you didn't know why we were making a big deal out of this.I probably misunderstood you...I was just defending my case that Americans have the right to make a big deal out of this due to the action being done WITHIN the country's walls instead of outside of it.</div>Quote me.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Apr 19 2007, 12:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>People don't realize how lucky Americans are. Things like this, 32 civilians killed, happen at schools, coffee shops, homes, markets, and office buildings on a day to day basis. Imagine a shooting like Va. Tech happening every day, not in the entire country, but in a 2 state area and you'll reach what the civilians or Iraq are going through. You're talking about this happening every day in a state the size of Florida. For this to be such a big deal, we are lucky.</div>

 

[MLibid]

Cool.