I find the Why-don't-you-show-support-for-the-bombings-in-xyz-last-week camp intriguing. These terrorist acts took place "local" to us. Local being Europe, the west. Our local news agencies are covering them the same way that the local news outlets cover the atrocities in xyz. Just so happens that most of the world's news is made up of our "local" outlets. I am sure the people in xyz show the same amount of sadness for us as we do for them when it happens. "Shame, that's a terrible thing to happen. Pass me the toast please." Do I want or expect sympathy from every corner of the world? Nope. Offended by those who don't show it? Nope. So then, why do those get offended or whine when we don't show it to them - albeit on a near-daily basis? What makes me laugh is the number of British who whine on behalf of those in xyz but are really just armchair activists.