Poll of the Day > "10 Americans among 12 dead in Costa Rica plane crash." WHO CARES?

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MannerSaurus
12/31/17 10:03:34 PM
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Why the fuck is that the fucking name of your fucking article, you piece of shit? Why the fuck does it fucking matter if there was 10 fucking Americans among the fucking 12 that died. They were all human beings. They were all human beings with families and lives. Your life fucking value isn't determined by what imaginary border you were born inside of. I'm a huge patriot, but shit like that makes me mad. You spent resources determining that "some of your people" were among the ones that died? And now you care about the crash? Fuck you.

I have a different article title for you, asshole.

"12 human beings with families that can feel fear and suffering and pain died in Costa Rica plane crash."
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Cacciato
12/31/17 10:14:21 PM
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....because it was probably written by an American for an American audience.
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MannerSaurus
12/31/17 10:15:50 PM
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Cacciato posted...
....because it was probably written by an American for an American audience.


But WHY DOES IT MATTER, BROTHER? If I hear that a tragedy happened, what kind of sick piece of shit thinks "Boy, I sure hope no one American got hurt!"

I am fucking shaking right now.
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Cacciato
12/31/17 10:22:44 PM
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.....because there could be causes for the plane crash aside from pilot error, such as terrorism or just plain mechanical negligence, that some Americans might want to know about before they book a trip there.
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MrMelodramatic
12/31/17 10:22:49 PM
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Calm down, man.
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MannerSaurus
12/31/17 10:32:11 PM
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MrMelodramatic posted...
Calm down, man.


Alright. I'm sorry, brother. I'm good, now.
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Veedrock-
12/31/17 10:33:13 PM
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Reminder: you guys gave this guy money.
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MannerSaurus
12/31/17 10:35:31 PM
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Veedrock- posted...
Reminder: you guys gave this guy money.


I feel fiery compassion for all human beings, and it upsets me that it seemed important to tell us that "some Americans died too!" as if that somehow made the event more tragic if Americans died. All human life is valuable to this world. I'm not sure why you felt the need to sleight me in that way, but at the very least, I would like to be clear that I'm coming from a place of love and compassion. Not hate.
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VeeVees
12/31/17 10:47:24 PM
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just statistics
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faramir77
12/31/17 10:53:32 PM
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Because journalists take their target audience in mind when making headlines that they think will grab the attention of their readers, which you've illustrated.

Most the headlines I saw about the Las Vegas massacre talked about the Canadian casualties, because I'm reading Canadian news.
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Krazy_Kirby
12/31/17 10:57:33 PM
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because some people do care. would you care more if a stranger died, or someone you knew?

same concept
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Sahuagin
12/31/17 11:32:37 PM
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it's normal to say the number of citizens of the home country in a news report. for example, here it will often say "2 canadians were among the 120 people killed friday in whatever disaster".
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Zeus
12/31/17 11:39:55 PM
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Clearly it's because Americans are worth more than other nationals. Americans are worth 1.1 of a person, Brits and Franks are worth 1.08, other first-world nations are worth 1.05, second-worlders are worth 1.1, and third-worlders are worth 1 if most people can find that country on a map. After all, what other possible reason could there be? It's not like American newspapers would highlight American deaths because they're more relevant to American readers. I mean, that would be like state newspapers highlighting state residents who died in much larger tragedies. Who would possibly try to add local interest to a story? Crazy talk! And it's certainly not like the headline would be more likely to attract American readers who would consume the news resulting in money for the publication.
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aHappySacka
12/31/17 11:41:01 PM
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Because not as many people would care otherwise, especially Americans.
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