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BREAKING NEWS: US Bomb kills 30 at Afghanistan wedding
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Alex Grison
Grison Universal
#1 - 2013-04-16 02:59:54 UTC
Stegas Tyrano
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-04-16 03:01:13 UTC
*tumbleweed rolls by*

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Alex Grison
Grison Universal
#3 - 2013-04-16 03:04:37 UTC
Stegas Tyrano wrote:
*tumbleweed rolls by*



exactly

yes
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#4 - 2013-04-16 03:07:35 UTC
Stegas Tyrano wrote:
*tumbleweed rolls by*

It does seem ironic, does it not?

Sad tidings. An undeclared war there, innocents and innocence being destroyed by both sides every day.
And the world thought our new President would make the world a better place. He just seems more efficient at keeping the world opinion on his side - While upping the pace of remote bombing.

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Jaq Royale
Royale Strategic Imperative
#5 - 2013-04-16 05:45:32 UTC
Pretty sure the whole "bombing a wedding" thing has happened before.
A number of times...
And so it goes.
Arth Ostus
The Squirrel Academy
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
#6 - 2013-04-16 05:57:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Arth Ostus
I actually don't believe that this is a recent article.

It isn't dated.

The comment section is locked as if it were an old article.

No other credible news source is reporting it, just links to the same article from forums and tweets.


Jump to the home page and explore those articles and compare. The current articles all number in the 2 millions vs this ones hundreds of thousands.

If you just add a 0 to the article number taking it to 1258210, it jumps to an article that is dated in 2010.

It all kinda suggests that this one might just be a tad behind. There was a wedding bombing in 2008 where 30ish people were killed and I can find info only find info on that one.
Stegas Tyrano
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-04-16 06:05:31 UTC
Arth Ostus wrote:
I actually don't believe that this is a recent article.

It isn't dated.

The comment section is locked as if it were an old article.

No other credible news source is reporting it, just links to the same article from forums and tweets.


Jump to the home page and explore those articles and compare. The current articles all number in the 2 millions vs this ones hundreds of thousands.

If you just add a 0 to the article number taking it to 1258210, it jumps to an article that is dated in 2010.

It all kinda suggests that this one might just be a tad behind. There was a wedding bombing in 2008 where 30ish people were killed and I can find info only find info on that one.


Looks like people have been sharing it to prove some kind of point...Roll

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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#8 - 2013-04-16 06:06:41 UTC
<-jaded, calloused, I haven't watched video of today's aftermath. just don't need to.

if you're like me, and haven't found anything fun to watch lately, this is fun.
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#9 - 2013-04-16 06:29:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Micheal Dietrich
From the 'current' article:

Quote:
The bombing happened today in a village in the rugged, mountainous region 175 km (105 miles) northeast of the southern city of Kandahar, residents said.


from a 2002 article:

Quote:
Afghans claim the wedding guests, who were celebrating near Deh Rawud village, in the mountainous province of Oruzgan, north of Kandahar,


Either that town has the shittiest luck or the posted news site in the OP is rehashing an old article to stir controversy.

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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2013-04-16 06:34:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6639
sometimes a wedding is the best opportunity to eliminate people

I won't even say enemy or terrorist leader, because that's a matter of perspective

I dislike this news because it is a reminder of how I've lost that love and feeling

whoa-o that love and feeling

you've lost that LOVE and feeling

now it's gone, gone, gone

whoa-o-oa

ba dum, ba dum, ba dum dum dum
Sevastian Liao
DreamWeaver Inc.
#11 - 2013-04-16 09:45:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Sevastian Liao
...Why the devil do people feel the need to play this kind of one - upmanship with real world tragedies.

The reason why bombings that happen in America or other developed countries are getting more coverage is not because reasonable people care less about Afghan lives instead of US lives. It's because it has a greater impact to your typical man in the street, and more likely to be relevant. Are you more likely to travel/be in the US, or Afghanistan? Did our markets see a drop because of what happened in the US, or Afghanistan? The last time our world's main superpower went to war with another country, was it because of what transpired in the States, or because of conflict elsewhere? Not even taking into account the American media who have very good reason to report on an event in which their readership might have had a friend, relative, or acquaintance involved, and as such have a personal stake in.

Something being equally worthy of sympathy does not necessarily translate automatically into it being equally newsworthy. If I died tomorrow, it would be sad, but you wouldn't see it being on the front - page news. Surely that means that other people perceive my life to be of less worth. The last time an EVE player passed away and it made news in the gaming media, it was almost unnoticed in mainstream media. Surely, according to the same line of thought, they're making light of gamers' lives.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#12 - 2013-04-16 18:36:34 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
From the 'current' article:

Quote:
The bombing happened today in a village in the rugged, mountainous region 175 km (105 miles) northeast of the southern city of Kandahar, residents said.


from a 2002 article:

Quote:
Afghans claim the wedding guests, who were celebrating near Deh Rawud village, in the mountainous province of Oruzgan, north of Kandahar,


Either that town has the shittiest luck or the posted news site in the OP is rehashing an old article to stir controversy.


This almost never happens always.

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Anya Klibor
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-04-16 18:44:47 UTC
I feel like OP is Slowpoke-worthy. SOMEONE GET ON THIS.

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Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2013-04-16 18:55:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Zimmy Zeta
Arth Ostus wrote:
I actually don't believe that this is a recent article.

It isn't dated.
...


There is a date, right at the top.
Quote:
16:48 GMT, 1 July 2002

But your suspicion was right, it is an old article.


@ Micheal Dietrich: The village's name is "Kakarak"

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2013-04-16 20:07:40 UTC
Hai guys!

We just got another 30 terrorists!

Go America! Big smile

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Arth Ostus
The Squirrel Academy
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
#16 - 2013-04-17 02:41:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Arth Ostus
Zimmy Zeta wrote:
Arth Ostus wrote:
I actually don't believe that this is a recent article.

It isn't dated.
...


There is a date, right at the top.
Quote:
16:48 GMT, 1 July 2002

But your suspicion was right, it is an old article.


@ Micheal Dietrich: The village's name is "Kakarak"



The news service added a date, most likely to the 10 jillion likes the article received in the last 24 hours along with people's abusing it as some sort of statement.

increment the article by one, none of their archived articles are dated that far back. also googles cached page lacks the date.
Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#17 - 2013-04-17 04:51:46 UTC
I see that their comment section went from simply being locked to 'we're sorry, we can't allow comments due to legal reasons'. I'm sure some emails were being flooded with hate mail.

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