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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Well I realize that we get wound up by the press, but that's pretty much my point, we are reacting differently to this and we should be asking ourselves why, and, more to the point, realizing that the most destructive thing is not the killing but our reaction to them.
Who did more harm to the US in the end, 9/11 or the Americans themselves in their reaction to it as an event?
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Why are we reacting differently? Because in Edmonton you had one man who went on a rampage against people he knew personally for personal reasons. In Paris you have a number of men who have decided to limit the free speech of others. I'm not worried about guy in Edmonton because I'm not related to him. It makes me look more closely at what my family could be capable of though.
I react differently to the Paris shootings because some whackjob could do this at my place of work. The gunmen did not personally know their victims. The gunmen took offense to something they said and killed for it. Should I have to watch what I say now to ensure this doesn't happen to me?