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Another car bomb killed 34 in Turkey (wounding 125)

Duck Rodgers said:
It's pure economics, homie. People associate wealth with well ordered/well ran countries. Poorer countries are associated with chaos and where something like that happens. Turkey is still an up and comer economically....so there you go. If Dubai got car bombed, Western people would be shocked(well, the ones that know what Dubai actually is). Even domestically, that's the shock inflection line we're working with. We're all shocked when murders happen in certain wealthy neighboorhoods....we run those stories in our news for a few days....talk about what a great doctor he was....blah...blah...blah....maybe a week.....not so much elsewhere. You get killed in a normal neighborhood, you're getting 1 day(or even a few hours in places where the news is really rolling in) in the news cycle unless it's just a bizarro story.
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Good point. It's about the pyramid of social existence. Economic layer is the lowest ground. No bread and water, no tour in the museum of Louvre.
 
There was bombing today, on Istiklal Street, one of the busiest places in Istanbul and where I work and the only reason I wasn't there was because I took a vacation.

Most of the people I know are taking the side streets to get to work and they are really afraid. I know people that quit their job there. I know that my family is asking me to stop working there and I know that I am considering it.

Turkey is becoming a very horrible place to live.
 
Hekate said:
There was bombing today, on Istiklal Street, one of the busiest places in Istanbul and where I work and the only reason I wasn't there was because I took a vacation.

Most of the people I know are taking the side streets to get to work and they are really afraid. I know people that quit their job there. I know that my family is asking me to stop working there and I know that I am considering it.

Turkey is becoming a very horrible place to live.
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Wow that is truly horrible.. our thoughts are with you and your friends.
 
I am so sorry. I cannot imagine how frightening this must be. Why do people want to hurt others like this? I will never understand. My thoughts are with you all at this scary time and I hope you and all your loved ones stay safe, and I hope these terrible events stop now.

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Stoked said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/europe/brussels-airport-explosions.html?_r=0

Attack in Brussels. 34 dead so far in explosions at the Brussels airport and subways. Another 200ish wounded.

It has gotten to the point where I expect news of an attack everyday.
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And it's only going to get worse I'm afraid. There are many sleeping cells in Europe now waiting to be given the green light. The "Alliance of Civilizations" as some European leaders had advocated is not really working is it?
 
Jamezz said:
And it's only going to get worse I'm afraid. There are many sleeping cells in Europe now waiting to be given the green light. The "Alliance of Civilizations" as some European leaders had advocated is not really working is it?
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Funny thing is this was the concept Obama vocalized in his speech about this last attack. We have to unite to fight this. How do you fight an enemy that you cannot spot? Like there is no actual country to kill it. It can be anywhere, it can be about to do anything. And it feasts on the level of your fear, unease, your tendency to give up all hope on your government, the social codes and your security. You have to unite and keep living your life. You have to fight every time it emerges and then get back to your life. Like an auto-control mechanism. But common folk getting there is certainly is a big deal.
 
Some Utah people amongst the injured in Brussels:

https://kutv.com/news/local/3-mormon-missionaries-injured-in-belgium-explosion-church-officials-say

Three missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all from Utah, have been "seriously injured" in the Brussels airports, LDS Church officials reported Tuesday morning
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The injured missionaries are identified as:

Elder Richard Norby (66) of Lehi, Utah
Elder Joseph Empey (20) of Santa Clara, Utah
Elder Mason Wells (19) of Sandy, Utah
Fanny Rachel Clain (20) ofMontélimar, France
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