Istanbul

[Thirteen]

This warrants its own space.

Again, it could have been anywhere, and how often does my own family stand outside (curbside) to check in for long security lines at major airports?
The terror the travelers must have felt and are still feeling is awful.


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[medpedspouse]

I agree! Having just flown in to the airport in Brussels, some family members thought I was crazy to do such...but, sadly, reality is that it can happen anywhere. While there, I found out about Orlando.

I try not to allow myself to think too long about the amount of hate in this world.

[oceanchild]

I flew into that airport a year ago, almost to the day. They have more security than any place I've ever been. Just goes to show how little you can actually do if someone is determined enough.

[rufflesanddots]

Very upsetting. I've read some details but may take a break for a while. I am not really sure what to do as a citizen. Love on all my peeps and hope for the best? How depressing.

[SuzySunshine]

I read an article today that said as safe as airports are they are still the most unsafe place - there are so many areas that can't be protected.

Here is what I don't get - why hasn't this taken off like other attacks. Why not changing profile pics on fb, etc?

Sad, very sad all around.

[ladymoreta]

I read an article today that said as safe as airports are they are still the most unsafe place - there are so many areas that can't be protected.

Here is what I don't get - why hasn't this taken off like other attacks. Why not changing profile pics on fb, etc?

Sad, very sad all around.

Desensitization? I don't know... I think we're getting used to it?

[Sheherezade]

Here's my take on why these don't get the same outpouring of emotion that Paris did:

Americans suck at geography. There is a war in the "Middle East" and any country that seems close to that in their minds gets lumped in with the areas that are at war. We don't post "Pray for Aleppo", even though Syria is arguably the worst crisis out there right now. It's just not surprising that bad things are happening there, so we don't get shocked when people die.

Now Paris? That seems far away to most people. It's a place many people still imagine spending their ideal vacation or a romantic honeymoon. When terrorism hits that, it makes war and danger seem closer to us personally. So, we post "pray for Paris" as a way of protecting our "safe world".

Istanbul hit me mostly because I had family members in the area (they are OK) who are doing a lot of world travel this year. Turkey was on their list of places that people think are dangerous but they don't think they are and they scoff at those that do. Frankly, Turkey is NOT on my list of places I'd travel right now. Too many enemies, too much unrest.

I'm sad that so much of the world is becoming dangerous in my mind. It shouldn't be that way. My young adult kids think most everywhere is potentially a target, having grown up entirely post 9/11 in our culture of wars and terror. It's so different than the world I entered when I left high school --- hell, I spent the summer of my 18th year wandering Europe aimlessly staying at hostels and jumping on trains and meeting new people. Nowhere seemed "too dangerous" to my young mind in 1985.

So.....pray for peace, people. The world didn't used to be this way. It really didn't.

[corn poffi]

I read an article today that said as safe as airports are they are still the most unsafe place - there are so many areas that can't be protected.

Here is what I don't get - why hasn't this taken off like other attacks. Why not changing profile pics on fb, etc?

Sad, very sad all around.

Location location location. If this would happened in Europe, the US, or Canada, it would be all over the news. *Middle East = terrorists, so who cares?*

*said with extreme sarcasm*

[SoonerTexan]

^agrees


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[ladymoreta]

I'm sad that so much of the world is becoming dangerous in my mind. It shouldn't be that way. My young adult kids think most everywhere is potentially a target, having grown up entirely post 9/11 in our culture of wars and terror. It's so different than the world I entered when I left high school --- hell, I spent the summer of my 18th year wandering Europe aimlessly staying at hostels and jumping on trains and meeting new people. Nowhere seemed "too dangerous" to my young mind in 1985.

So.....pray for peace, people. The world didn't used to be this way. It really didn't.

I think there's a lot of overexposure going on. There are a lot of bad things, but really the world is safer than it ever been. We haven't gotten it right, but we are trying, and we will get better.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a..._peaceful.html

[MrsC]

Sadly, it's just far enough east to matter less. Although I think the 24 hour media cycle here pretty much dictates what we care about.
I'll admit I've been avoiding the news for a while now. I'm far too hormonal and it literally keeps me up at night.

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