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Facebook should offer solidarity flags for every country – or none at all

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I don't think facebook came up with this initiative. Rather people were doing it en masse and facebook integrated it into their platform, for the time being.

But facebook is just following the trend here, blaming them because there aren't enough sympathy buttons is extremely short sighted.

Of course. Just like ALL lives matter, let's take focus off the actual event and talk about how other people are feeling.

Let it be and start a discussion on the side about how things can be improved, instead of shitting on people who are suffering.

people have been dying in middle east for many years, especially in Palestine, but i've never seen such unified reaction from all over the world. are lives in france more valuable? is terror more awful in europe?

> people have been dying in middle east for many years, especially in Palestine

Exactly because of that. Sadly, terror in the middle east is for the moment, a given, since the seventies or so.

No, the lives are not valuable in France, but people sympathize more with people who they feel more in common. Some call it racism, I think it's human nature. Just like to care more about your family, than a random guy. Is that homeless guy's life less valuable than your mother's?

No, just less common. Humans tend to get used to even terrible things if they happen frequently enough.

I think it is 2 fold.

1) People care about what is close to them. If you had to grieve for every tragedy around the globe you could literally never experience joy. It's callous but true.

2) France is unexpected. Like when the tsunami hit Asia, a massive outpouring of support was witnessed there as well. Bombings in the middle east are 'expected'. (not saying that is right, or even true for Beirut, just noting what I believe is the general sentiment)

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