Reply to: Sri Lanka - have I missed something?

[Zigenare]

I know. You are so bigoted, you won't even work for them.

And thankfully, I don't have to!

[Old Greg]

I thought I'd sit back and give someone else the opportunity. You know how touchy some people can be regarding the followers of that particular Abrahamic Branch.

I know. You are so bigoted, you won't even work for them.

[Zigenare]

Have I missed Ziggy's thread about the shooting in San Diego?

I thought I'd sit back and give someone else the opportunity. You know how touchy some people can be regarding the followers of that particular Abrahamic Branch.

[WTFH]

Have I missed Ziggy's thread about the shooting in San Diego?

[vwdan]

I apologise if I haven't met your hand-wringing threshold.

Is there a reason why nobody has mentioned the massacre of ~250 christians on the island of Sri Lanka by Islamic Terrorists?

Just asking in case I missed the snowflake memo.

Are we keeping it hush-hush, lest we offend?

Absolutely outstanding. Cognitive dissonance at its best (worst).

[Paddy]

“Not mentioning it on here” doesn’t mean no one cares.

And in the OP’s case, mentioning it on here doesn’t mean that he cares either, it may or may not simply be an opportunistic dig at whatever group he wants to have a dig at, at the expense of other victims.

There was so much bull-sh** coming out from the media I did not want to bother commenting. In particular, the media were pushing the government line that the attackers can't be locals.

It reminded me of when I used to holiday in Luxor every year. The day before the massacre at Hatshepsut, the whole city was quiet and many guides advised tourists not to travel to the East Bank. Obviously many locals knew what was about to happen.

The next year when I returned, there were very few tourists. A taxi driver said we knew massacre was going to happen but we never thought it would affect the tourist trade. Unfortunately, that is the mentality of some uneducated people in foreign places.

[Old Greg]

I'm flattered, but nope.

Suit yourself.

[Zigenare]

And if I up the mark to 7/10?

I'm flattered, but nope.

[Old Greg]

Nothing to do with Trolling but thanks for your input - however erroneous it may be.

And if I up the mark to 7/10?

[Whorty]

Of course people care. The religion of the victims is irrelevant (not all victims would have been Christian) - almost as much as the religion or perceived cause of the perps is also irrelevant. Let's just remember that innocent people were murdered by idiot, cowardly terrorists. The terrorists are no more representative of all Muslims any more than the IRA, the bloke in NZ or the bloke in Norway are representative of all Christians.

People have lost their lives and loved ones. Point scoring over this is sad and a bit pathetic.

[Zigenare]

2/10 for trolling.

Perhaps people don't comment on it is because there is nothing to add as it's not a novel situation like New Zealand and their response.

Nothing to do with Trolling but thanks for your input - however erroneous it may be.

[BlueSharp]

2/10 for trolling.

Perhaps people don't comment on it is because there is nothing to add as it's not a novel situation like New Zealand and their response.

[Old Greg]

The family and friends of the victims.

Clearly not them.

[Zigenare]

The family and friends of the victims.

I apologise if I haven't met your hand-wringing threshold.

[meridian]

Grow up.

Was I wrong? Your OP started out asking a reasonable question (debatable, but reasonable), but then descended into the usual dig.