Pray for Paris...but what about Beirut

I have already answered this in another thread, so I will just copy + paste it:

Lots of people have been making this argument and I get where they're coming from but at the end of the day if you're saying that the fact that "all lives matter" means that there should be equal coverage, then every murder ought to be covered. But I don't see anyone saying that, so what's the real basis for this argument?
I don't think unequal coverage means anyone is saying that one person is more important than another, it's just a reality that:
A) In countries where terrorist attacks are less likely to happen and occur less frequently, attacks tend to provoke more of a reaction. Of course the media jump on stories they know will grab more attention, they have no moral compass.

B) People tend to care more when they identify more closely with those affected (not saying this is right) so when a Western nation is attacked people in the West care more. And since the West dominates mass media and social media, it seems like the "World" cares more.

I also don't think people should be making this a racist issue; every time you label something as racist when it isn't, it makes the fight against real racism harder.
People seem to forget that 200+ white Russians were killed in a plane crash quite recently and no one made much fuss. I haven't seen anyone mention it in this thread either...

I have already answered this in another thread, so I will just copy + paste it:

The whole thing is completely ridiculous. People don't care about places like Nigeria and Lebanon and other third world places because if they did, they would be mourning some tragedy on Facebook every.single.day. It's only normal that Western people are more shaken by the Paris attack, seeing as this sort of this doesn't happen on our doorstep very often, and seeing as this is an attack on all of *Western* civilization and everyone knows it could've been their city so it just hits close to home. The whole ISIS thing, they attack one European city, they attack all of us. When people get murdered or bombed in some third world country that we know nothing about, nobody thinks 'this could have been me and my friends' or 'our country is next' ttherefore it is normal that we don't stay up crying about it. We can't cry about everything that goes on in the world every single day. We are all more concerned about what happens to us than what happens to people on the other side of the planet.




Basically, people are so upset by the Paris attack because Paris being attacked means all of us on the continent are in danger and can expect to be attacked here in the UK soon. Countries in the Middle East have deadly attacks/bombs going on all the time but it doesn't mean we are in danger in Europe. If European cities got bombed or terrosists shot some people on the regular, there wouldn't be as much of a shock and outrage going on right now.

Where have I said that? But they deserve more recognition than what they've gotten

More than anyone else's and at the expense of countries with bigger death tolls?
It's a completely disproportionate and shamefully selfish reaction.

So your argument is that since all lives should be acknowledged then it should have been mentioned? That still doesn't really explain why all murders should not then be covered. But of course, you can't cover all murders because it would be impractical.
The question is why you feel that this particular incident ought to have been mentioned? If the answer lies in numbers, you get into the question of how many lives must be taken for an incident to be deemed worthy of news coverage which doesn't sound right to me.
My point is that ideally one incident should not be treated with more importance than another, but realistically and practically this is bound to happen.

I don't agree that the Paris bombings should have got as much media attention as it has done, bearing in mind the attacks in Iraq, Lebanon AND Kenya.
Kenya has also been attacked by terrorsts in the last few days, but "Oh no, African's are used to suffering - we don't give a **** about them"

Only white lives matter evidently..

I'm sure some of you will know that there was an attack by IS in the capital of Lebanon, as well as in Paris.
I have been really disgusted at how little the media have paid attention to this attack, as well as the attack in Baghdad. Surely some of these news channels have an obligation to make us aware of worldwide terror attacks, especially when these channels are a public service, such as the BBC.

Surely all innocent loss of life in the context of a terror attack should be documented for us to see, rather than overlooked.

My personal opinion is that Lebanon is viewed by the West as a country with a much larger Muslim population than France, a "Muslim country" if you will, despite the fact that Muslims are only just a majority in Lebanon. Therefore, perhaps the media don't want to highlight that IS kill MUSLIMS too, as well as non-Muslims, as that would detract away from the media's narrative of "Muslims VS the West" and would also detract away from the fact that IS and Islam are not the same.

What are your views on this?

Attacks on Paris will have massive geo-political consequences.
Beirut is essentially a warzone. Bombings happen all the time.
We're also in the West, so naturally Western media focuses more on stories closer to home.
This has nothing to do with racism or thinking some people's lives are "worth more than others". If you honestly believe that you're probably a bit thick.

Completely agree with what has been said here. It's so sad that the other attacks have not had much media attention at all, clearly shows which lives matter more to people.

What happened in Paris was horrendous, and I'm not disputing that, but it makes me sad that no one is really caring for the other people. The terrorist attack in Kenya resulted in 147 dead, more than the Paris attacks. I really don't like comparing two atrocities, but I just wanted to shed some light. Pray for the whole world

Can you cite the evidence which demonstrates that only white people were killed in Paris?

Including other Muslims, apparently.

Erm no. Beirut has been relatively 'peaceful' up till Thursday

I don't agree that the Paris bombings should have got as much media attention as it has done, bearing in mind the attacks in Iraq, Lebanon AND Kenya.
Kenya has also been attacked by terrorsts in the last few days, but "Oh no, African's are used to suffering - we don't give a **** about them"

Only white lives matter evidently..

More people died than paris. It's quite evident who's lives mattered more.

Also quite evident neither of you know what you're taking about. The Kenyan university massacre happened in April and it received a lot of coverage...

Yeah, relatively. Still absolutely nothing like an attack on the streets of Paris.

Muslims kill other Muslims everyday with bullets,bombs and machetes, that's nothing new. The reason why the Paris attack matter more is because it could of been us, we are a European nation with a sizeable fifth column ourselves and that attack could've easily of happened in London or Birmingham or Bradford. When we look at the French we see ourselves but when we see Muslims killing each other its just animals being animals fulfilling their natural urges. The Beirut bombings I belief was done by a Sunni in a Shia neighbourhood and I'm sorry if it sounds harsh but sectarian violence (Northern Ireland was political) is what primitive people do. I don't know why but this attack has affected me (not directly at all) more than any other terrorist attack that I've ever heard about, at the pit of my stomach I feel anxiety and in my arms I feel anger. I want to do something but there's nothing I can do, I've got to wait till I get over it but it's already been 2 days.

Also quite evident neither of you know what you're taking about. The Kenyan university massacre happened in April and it received a lot of coverage...