Aladeen Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Not that I am agreeing with Tearloch or anything, but does anyone else find it sad that when a bomb kills a few people in the States everyone and there mothers seems saddened (as they should be), but this sort of thing happens every day in Iraq and Syria and most people couldn't give a rats ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllHailSmyl Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Got a video... VIEWER WARNING... EXTREMELY SCARY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoGuitar Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Everybody always drops their Camera in shock. It's the universal reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan87 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Not that I am agreeing with Tearloch or anything, but does anyone else find it sad that when a bomb kills a few people in the States everyone and there mothers seems saddened (as they should be), but this sort of thing happens every day in Iraq and Syria and most people couldn't give a rats ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Distance does make a difference, makes it seem like it couldn't happen to us, even though it could. And yes it is a bit sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Kent Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Do you care more about your neighbor who was robbed or the guy on the other side of town? It's not because of a lack of empathy on people's part whatsoever. It's both natural and normal to prioritize unfortunate events that are geographically closer to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Great another thing America needs. USA probably has the worst of luck these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan87 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Right you are. But then lets say there is a Syrian person on this forum who says he doesn't care about explosions in Texas or Boston, because for him, what's happening in his country is more important. Do you not think that there would be people on here who would rip into him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTania Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 If the guy with the camera knew that was a fertilizer plant I'm surprised he did not know enough to get farther away. Chemicals are scary things when stuff goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odjickwillkillyou Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Actually, the fire would not have turned into an explosion had the fire crew not tried to extinguish it with water. The Ammonia Nitrate combined with various other chemicals that were later exposed to water caused the explosion. The town is so small that they have a volunteer fire department that was probably not completely aware of how to fight this kind of fire. I learned a long time ago while learning damage control and fire fighting in the Navy that certain extinguishing agents DO NOT mix when fighting certain kinds of fires. Sorry to sound like Fire Marshal Bill, but it is important to know some of the facts. And yes, loss of life is unfortunate no matter the time or place. Especially when those lives are completely innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 It was terrorism. No doubt about it. Alex has video of Old McDonald sneaking back to his farm, and a bunch of cows wearing backpacks and talking on cell phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverCanucksRock Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Not cool at all. I am American and NO country deserves this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverCanucksRock Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Oh and there's no such thing as coincidences, either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Could you elaborate on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 How 'bout 'dem Drones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverCanucksRock Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I saw the video of the explosion on CBC and they blurred out the left and right sides of the video, WHY? Is it cause there really is something on the left side of the screen so they had to blurr the right side too, to make it look less conspicuous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Fertilizer eh. So that's what happens when you light a massive pile of animal feces on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I saw the video of the explosion on CBC and they blurred out the left and right sides of the video, WHY? Is it cause there really is something on the left side of the screen so they had to blurr the right side too, to make it look less conspicuous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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