Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Warren Ockrassa wrote: >> >> Same kind of deal as "Queequeg Airlines flight 402 crashed on >> departure from East Selivinlandia this morning, killing all 500 >> people aboard, including two Americans." >> >> Oh. Well. That makes it all relevant, now doesn't it? >> > When brazilian newspapers were telling the attack of 2001-09-11, they > listed all brazilians [7 or so, IIRC] that were killed. Does it > suggest that they thought that those few brazilians were more > important than all the other victims, or that newspapers want to > bring each tragedy closer > to the readers? > I agree with Alberto. Stories like that *do* bring it closer to home and remind one why one should care. Warren's take on this strikes me as being overly cynical, though both could be true in some respects in certain situations.
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