http://www.bloggernews.net/16124 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/16124#comment-15297 rita varkalis Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:59:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16124#comment-15297 Why isn't the news media outraged at the number people killed in Iraq this week? I have heard it said that the VT killer had de-humanized his victims. Are we doing the same thing to the victims of the senseless violence in Iraq? Who decided those lives are less valuable than those of the VT tragedy? Why haven't we been flying our flags at halfmast for all the soldiers who have died in the past four years? Why isn’t the news media outraged at the number people killed in Iraq this week? I have heard it said that the VT killer had de-humanized his victims. Are we doing the same thing to the victims of the senseless violence in Iraq? Who decided those lives are less valuable than those of the VT tragedy? Why haven’t we been flying our flags at halfmast for all the soldiers who have died in the past four years?

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