I don't think young people are desensitized. I think they are young. And, I think they are far more aware of the world then yesterday's generation truth be told. The USA isn't Beirut - but I don't see the media trying to make that claim. no one is saying never gather in a large group again. But we can say, hey, let's all be more aware of our surroundings and pay attention a bit more. If they indeed did a security sweep before the race began, than the bombs were placed there while there were others around. Someone saw the man with the bag. Someone saw an unattended bag. You have to wonder if this could have been prevented or limited if someone had said something like they had in Atlanta.
That is so true. We can do a lot by questioning what doesn't seem right. I went to Lowes one evening and happened to see a shovel that was on a super clearance price and was standing in a checkout line when a lady looked at me strange and plain asked me why I was buying that...for some reason, I thought she was just curious about my outdoor projects till I later realized the fact I was buying it at night while it was raining and you get the idea how it appeared... So to question what doesn't seem right and address it to management of officials is the right thing to do, and we have to do that in our free rights but vulnerable standard of living.
I don't think the Right Wing Militia movement has enough organization for any single group to speak for the whole movement. At this point it still could be anyone. It could be a Right Wing militia. It could be Islamic Radicals. It could be Anarchists. It could be a someone with a grievance that isn't even in the public consciousness.
I think the timing of the Ricin attacks would make this appear to be more of a domestic issue. You're right of course that we don't know at this point and still have a long way too go.
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I never claimed to speak for you. You claim that young people are desensitized maybe your not desensitized maybe its that your selfish. Young people today care more about their social media friends then their real friends and family. All you guys care about is how many twitter followers you have and if you have the new iPhone and designer clothes.
So today, in class, I made a racist joke, and people weren't getting upset about it and calling me racist and all when they all knew its a joke (some even laughed). Then someone talked about terrorist and saying racist stuff seriously because of the bomb an they weren't joking about it. People agreed and what not with that person. I kept quiet because I would've said something's and hurt their feelings. Why is it okay to say racist things about terrorist? And not about other races? Why is it that only middle eastern are considered to be "terrorist" when other races have done acts of terror? I mean seriously, I know I was wrong for making racist jokes but how come nobody, including the teacher, complained when they were talking about terrorist and it being Muslims?
well, to be fair, ^^^ was originally posted in the Hangout thread, and someone mercifully shoveled it over here.
