oh so it's ok if people are killed, the problem only arises when terrorist groups do it
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There is quite a difference because the actual goal of terrorism is different, ya know ?

Wasn't the discussion over what was newsworthy? If the news just focused on the worst thing by numbers you would have 24/7 coverage on the lack of mosquito nets for under 5s in Africa... Thrilling TV

Isn't every single thing in your post unconfirmed though?

Not everything, and I am being overly cautious with the word as I've seen how people can easily get their knickers twisted when something is reported but is false

The Australian Police as I mentioned earlier in the thread control the release of information extremely carefully. Thus, majority of the info I reported ITT came from live streams at the scene from bystanders and twitter reports from people on the scene

If we were to only report what Aus media reported, for about 17 hours all there would be to report is that there is a hostage situation, things like demands and number of hostages, whether the some were released or escaped was never revealed throughout the entire day and night, and majority of people at the scene had confirmed 2 dead and others seriously injured just after the shootings but it took the media much longer to report that

So I just gave what appeared to be the most credible up to date information from the scene, but tagged it with unconfirmed because it had not been confirmed by the police or the media

Yup, that's exactly what I said

Our own Sept 11......really?

From what I've read the guy appears to be some random lone nutjob, who also practiced "black magic" and was a serial sex offender.

There are some aspects of this which appear Kafkaesque. People exited the cafe in the middle of the night, under bright theatrical lights. Where they were ushered off is a man in a natty business suit with a white object in his hand. Curious to have occurred at the precise location of one of the movie sets for the filming of the 1999 Wachowski production.

Can't make money if you kill off the enemy completely, it would create zero conflict. The fact IS is growing is a huge gain for the industry.

Obviously the last thing the US govt wants is the conflict to end, more war means more use for their ******edly huge military budget. Unless the armaments are in play and being actively used to kill then wtf do you think happens?

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