Over 200 people died in Baghdad in terrorist attacks and not ONE person posted anything regarding this tragedy in FB. Yet, I have no doubt that if two days from now there will (heaven forfend) be a bombing somewhere in the West, there will be slew of postings and memes about how this is nothing compared to the bombings that Iraqis have to endure on a daily basis.
What this proves to me is that Westerners are only interested in victims of terrorism to the extent that it has something to do with them. Or, put in a different way, we out here in the Middle East are not important as ACTUAL human beings, but rather as bit characters in a larger Western morality play.
What this proves to me is that Westerners are only interested in victims of terrorism to the extent that it has something to do with them. Or, put in a different way, we out here in the Middle East are not important as ACTUAL human beings, but rather as bit characters in a larger Western morality play.
