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13 Oct 2023, 5:23 am
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13 Oct 2023, 5:41 am
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TwilightPrincess wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Out of an abundance of caution, neither my wife nor I went to the outdoor market this morning. Instead, one of our workers volunteered. He reported that while the merchants were all doing business, there were fewer customers than usual. We don't know if it is because people fear being attacked by Hamas, or because we had a 5.0 earthquake at about 08:24 local time.
I thought you were in the Philippines.
There are disgruntled Muslims in the Philippines.
But there's no Hamas, so the logical conclusion is that Fnord lives in Israel.
13 Oct 2023, 5:47 am
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
MaxE wrote:
TwilightPrincess wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Out of an abundance of caution, neither my wife nor I went to the outdoor market this morning. Instead, one of our workers volunteered. He reported that while the merchants were all doing business, there were fewer customers than usual. We don't know if it is because people fear being attacked by Hamas, or because we had a 5.0 earthquake at about 08:24 local time.
I thought you were in the Philippines.I live in the Philippines.
Since the late 1960s, terrorism has become a major problem in the Philippines. These terrorist attacks are often carried out by several Jihadist and militants groups with different ideologies and motives. Such acts of terrorism include Bombings, Domestic terrorism, Kidnapping, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Mass murder, Assassination and other types of attack. Terrorist groups like Abu Sayyaf, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Jemaah Islamiyah. The New People's Army maintains a wider range of operations across the country and launches attacks albeit on a lesser intensity than other rebel movements.
So maybe the locals are not afraid of Hamas, specifically, but one of the many other local Islamic terrorist groups.
But hey, this is the Philippines, so nobody cares, right?
13 Oct 2023, 6:10 am
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But hey, this is the Philippines, so nobody cares, right?
Welcome to the Not America Club 
You'll get used to it.I don't see news on current terrorist attacks in Philippines so I guess you're reasonably safe despite the initial fears?
13 Oct 2023, 6:17 am
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13 Oct 2023, 6:48 am
Fnord wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
MaxE wrote:
TwilightPrincess wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Out of an abundance of caution, neither my wife nor I went to the outdoor market this morning. Instead, one of our workers volunteered. He reported that while the merchants were all doing business, there were fewer customers than usual. We don't know if it is because people fear being attacked by Hamas, or because we had a 5.0 earthquake at about 08:24 local time.
I thought you were in the Philippines.I live in the Philippines.
Since the late 1960s, terrorism has become a major problem in the Philippines. These terrorist attacks are often carried out by several Jihadist and militants groups with different ideologies and motives. Such acts of terrorism include Bombings, Domestic terrorism, Kidnapping, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Mass murder, Assassination and other types of attack. Terrorist groups like Abu Sayyaf, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Jemaah Islamiyah. The New People's Army maintains a wider range of operations across the country and launches attacks albeit on a lesser intensity than other rebel movements.
So maybe the locals are not afraid of Hamas, specifically, but one of the many other local Islamic terrorist groups.
But hey, this is the Philippines, so nobody cares, right?
No body cares for 3rd world countries, only for White 1sr/2nd countries.
Doesn’t ring a bell? Hmm?
13 Oct 2023, 7:34 am
13 Oct 2023, 7:41 am
It's natural that people are more interested in things that directly affect them than in things that don't - and that people know more about things that are close to them that about things that are far away.
That's why I pay a lot of attention to Boo's comments on politics in Middle East.
Especially that Lebanon is at risk of getting sucked into all this 
13 Oct 2023, 7:54 am
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13 Oct 2023, 9:48 am
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
No body cares for 3rd world countries, only for White 1sr/2nd countries.
Doesn’t ring a bell? Hmm?
Doesn’t ring a bell? Hmm?
World travel is pretty new still. I've thought for years, and have more recently seen articles about it, that people will eventually mix to become one skin tone and one bone structure. (Well, mostly.) Eventually people won't fight over the melanin content of their skin anymore. Nor for oil.. nah, future wars will be fought over water for survival, inhabitable territory because some places are heating up fast. I've read that by 2050 there will be 1.1-1.3 Billion climate change refugees.. the largest mass migration of humans ever - people who need to leave hot drought stricken areas if they're going to have food/water at all. Still too soon for one skin colour then.. so racism will likely still play a significant role in the world, but eventually we'll all look pretty similar unless something keeps us apart and people stop mixing. And with how badly we've screwed up the planet, we may end up Much more accepting of any potential reproductive mate just to keep the species going.
But for right now, yeah, I'd agree that racial prejudices play a role in most of the world's perceptions of conflicts in developing nations. It's a simple fact of the reality we live in. Like the family guy skin tone memes.. I'm sure Americans are taught via media influence that Israelis are freedom fighters and Palestinians are terrorists or whatever - especially if all they consume is fox news, which can be pretty overtly racist. Reality is much more complicated.
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13 Oct 2023, 10:05 am
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With all respect, I don't think the fact that Armenians from Karabach are light-skinned makes the rest of the world particularily interested in what's happening there. Geography still plays the first violin.
And perhaps $$$$ from resources or trade from a geographic region is the first note.
Not a place 'merica can exploit for profit = they're not bringing you any freedom or democracy and you can fight amongst yourselves as long as you wish.
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