omg haha you are so funny, writing useless crap over stuff that involves the safety and dignity of human beings to look cool.
seriously if you dont have anything usefull to comment, dont comment at all, nobody is going to miss you if you dont
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It's the internet. What kind of comments did you expect?
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So what if hes from Syria or Egypt and the Farmers protest in your country seem very trivial to him? Would you respect his opinion or do you just post here to seek attention and affirmation of how shitty your situation is? There's bigger things going on in the world today im afraid, things that overshadow your local problem.
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Philippines. You realise that people can care about more than one thing at once, right? Just because you're worrying about the situation in Syria doesn't mean you can't worry if the weather will be good for your day out.
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How did my country relate to any to Syria, I'm more worried of this country's corruption...
Before I could care less about other countries, I should try to correct my own country first...
I'm not nationalistic in any way but these politicians are just plain gorillas...
I don't tend to meddle in other country's affairs is what I mean, yet what do you think I'm not
nice enough of a guys to show sympathy? This is the Internet, to the others who bash on me what would you really expect...
I said "meh" because of the brutality and not of ignorance...
I hope this corrects everything.
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What's this, derion, a race on whose country is fucked up the most? If one isn't interested he's not obliged to comment stupidly. If you see a funeral of somebody you don't know you just walk away, you don't pop in to tell everybody you don't care because you don't know the dead and somebody more important than him just died anyway, do you?
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Here's a hint. Stop commenting stupid shit before you say something that crosses the line and gets you suspended.
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There's not being interested and then there's being a dick about it. He's very close to crossing the line. If you don't have anything to contribute, don't comment.
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You don't have to agree. Stop trying to be an idiot, you're succeeding too well at it. There can be discussion about it, whether you agree or not, but being a dick about things like this is uncalled for. I don't see why people like you insist on making those stupid comparisons. "Oh, I see, agree or GTFO. BAN ALL THE MEHS." Context, genius.
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Exactly. Context. In the context of things, "the bigger picture", or even on a very small scale the OP's problem might not matter to someone at all. Shouldn't they be able to say that as well? "I don't care", although in more popular terms, is forbidden now?
How does Steamgifts select their staff exactly? You call me an idiot, stupid, and speak in a condecending tone. Always a nice way for a supportmember to keep a levelheaded discussion going. You might have the power, but try to use it wisely and not spoil it on your delusions of grandeur.
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Are you dense? Its not that he isn't interested or doesn't care thats the issue, its that he is rude about it, he could have I don't know, wrote nothing?
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you are a really ignorant person.
if someone doesnt give a fuck about my country state then they shou7ld ignore this post whatsoever, not go into it and screm "man i dont give a crap about what is going in your country" that is something very rude to say considering we are talking about the dignity and liberty of such ignored and sometimes poor people.
jade call you stupid because you ARE stupid, just because he is a mod doesnt mean he must be a walking hugbox.
what would you feel if for some reason your family or someone closed to you got attacked, tortured, prived of his liberty etc., you try to speak about this and everyone tells you "man we dont care about what is happening to you, go whine somwhere else"
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my post rather show sympathy, I didn't really actually define it but the horrid events disgust me....
also I just post to bump this topic in the first place, since it was way down when I saw it...
its not like I said like "Fuck off IDC less about your country!"???
P.S I was offline and dind't have time to reply, however why would you guys make such
accusations to one expression I deem?
Its not like I think it about like This.
much apologies jade here have some apology cookies.
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Sounds like things have come to a head over there. Stay safe.
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considering how people get arrested on sight or even attacked brutaly in the worst caes, i dont think ill provide much help :p
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How does that make you better than the meh guy up top
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i wish i could provide help to the people there, but i cant do much, except raise awareness, bogota and other places where this si going on its pretty far away so i cant really travel there withouth skipping a lot of important stuff, and even if went there there is barely anything i can do, except protest, which would lead to the police probably helding me for protesting.
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So? If you as a citizen do nothing, then it won't turn in good things... If all the citizens are going to be like you, you will end up as slaves.... Someone needs to do something..
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there is really nothing i can do, seriously, im triying to be realisitic here, i have already raise awareness on the problem, but its not like i can give myself the luxury to travel to bogota which is pretty far away from where i am, and even if did manage to get there, what should i do that thousands of other people havent done already?
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Not quite. If those who are supposed to guarantee the safety of the citizens are likely to attack them (on sight, that's serious business wtf!) regardless, they're not only not encouraged to help, but also discouraged from doing so. Unless some citizens organise themselves in some sort of group able to stand against police, they can't do much, and if they do organise it's likely to degenerate.
That is, unless he is making the thing look bigger than it is, but we have no element to prove it while there's some evidence of him being right. It might not be heroic but honestly I can't blame him.
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It always amazes me when I read about things like this on the Internet. I don't know whether it is because Colombia is a non-English speaking country or something else, but things like this rarely get reported on our news (in Britain). I hope it all works out ok mate, take care, be safe and just keep playing video games until it blows over/ the apocalypse.
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I think he was mentioning we don't hear about Columbia much, not that we don't hear about our own corruptions.
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I didn't say never, just rarely. And yes, I have heard about Syria, but really there is no comparison. Syria is a civil war in a region where we have a vested interest/are currently operating/liberating/occupying. Colombia is Latin America. We seem to turn a blind eye to Latin America (remember Pinochet?) especially in matters of government corruption.
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Never heard of Malvinas? Thats far from settled and directly involves uk
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The Falkland Islands? The Islands whose inhabitants had a sovereignty referendum recently which Argentina claimed do not have a right to self-determination.
Yeah, we hear about this, but like i said unless we have a stake in it, it rarely gets a mention. Just like the recent earthquake in China. Barely a mention in the UK press. I'd rather hear about what's going on around the world than all the celebrity-centric "news" we have foisted upon us.
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you know as a side note, there is a revolutionary force in colombia called farc ep (fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia - ejercito del pueblo) which would translate to (colombian armed revolutionary forces - peoples army) im still surprised they havent taken advantage over this situation
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I wish chuck norris died and was forgotten, so these god-awful jokes would come to an end.
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This happened in Brazil some months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsBff36o-Nk
It started with protests against the bus fare raise and ended up against the whole situation.
The violence of the police against the people and the press was the spark that brought the people to the streets.
Good luck there. And I hope the farc stay away from this.
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I'll be honest, I don't care much about other countries unless it directly effects me, its not like i can do anything about it personally. On the other hand I hope you and your loved ones make it through it all right, tribulation always is hard. I guess keep your head low and if you see a big crowd outside of a business or something wait for it to disperse (so you don't get caught in a riot or something and get attacked by authority or w/e). I didn't bother to read the article ( don't know spanish, too lazy to google translate). Good Luck.
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Sad really, world is crazy, to the people saying meh or who cares, it could be you tomorrow.
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colombia is the third biggest economy in south america, and unlike some other third world countries the poverty rate here aint that big
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It's third world for Latin America though, with Chile/Argentina being first world and Brazil/Uruguay being second/middle. The thing about the modern world though is that even in "third world" countries, there are some very rich and successful areas and many people within said countries are actually very well off. A great example is India, where there are millions of people richer than most Americans, but at the same time there are 500m people in destitute poverty living on scraps.
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The fact that you took the time to tell others about the situation in Colombia is good. It shows you care and that you want to do something about it, and that means you have a good heart. Unfortunately, there are many countries in a similar situation, right now, and that distracts people from focusing on any one country. Also, the media is careful to keep quiet about a lot of stuff, so many people remain unaware of what is going on.
Here are some things you want to remember:
1) The quality of a person's life is measured by what is attempted and accomplished, not by its length or possessions acquired.
2) There is no veil between the supplications of the oppressed and God.
3) These kinds of trials and tribulations will eventually come to every nation. Just do your best to do the right thing.
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There should be a rule to keep religion out of internet, maybe with the exception of religious sites.
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I don't often watch the news so I had no idea what was going on. I'm from Argentina so I feel even more responsible for not knowing about it :/
Some of the people that wrote comments in this thread should be banned from the site, making jokes and spewing shit about a serious matter should be punished.
At least know that most people from South America aren't bad/idiots and we support your country.
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No, earthquake activity. Although it's been about a century since the last bad one, so it's not an overwhelmingly terrifying threat.
Japan is actually kinda nuts, as the entire country lies on fault lines and is one of the most densely populated places on Earth.
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Not sure if you're from california, but wildfires don't happen everywhere - it hasn't happened in my area - although now and then a major city might get ravaged (like Malibu. But people want to live there for the ocean view). So California isn't susceptible to fires everywhere. Wildfires are even necessary in order for certain forests to sprout new trees - the heat from the fires opens the seeds up.
The good thing about California is that no matter the hot day, the night ends cool. I suppose the upper extreme may get a bit baking in the summertime, but it never gets literally freezing cold, which can be a strong point for many people.
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not literally but yeah, my country colombia is in pretty much the heat, after all th farmers decided to stop working because santos was giving everything away almost for free with almost no benefits to them, the whole country has been in a mess, then alot of college students and other people started riots in bogota (capital city) which led a lot of violence, apparently the police took this as an opportunity to abuse their powers, bogota is of fire, people are being held against their will and attacked on sight, stolen from their belongings its really a lot of chaos out there.
here is a video of what is going on in here, police brutality at its finest
news report on the subject
confession of a college student who got attacked by the police for triying to help a minor being held for no reason
this is all in spanish, but most of the stuff is shown, not told
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