I want to start this off with a firm warning that if you are sensitive in your opinion on what has happened recently, this may not be the blog post for you. I know that there have been terrorist attacks in many places recently. However, I will be focusing on the ones that happened in Paris.
I would like to first address the reason I believe that the attacks in Paris have been more socially acknowledged by society rather than the attacks that happened in places such as Lebanon and Turkey. France is by no means a third world country. France is rather developed and mirrors the United States in a lot of ways, therefor when Paris was attacked, it was a shock to the entire world. Until recently, when the city of Paris is mentioned, thoughts of peacefulness, cheese, safety, and wine come to mind; not danger, explosions, terrorism, and fear. I feel like that is why social media seems to be covering those attacks as opposed to attacks in Lebanon where it happens so much the world had become numb.
Next I would like to address the unnecessary attack on Syrian refugees. Many people, whether uninformed or informed poorly, are convinced that these attacks were brought on by Syrian refugees. This not only has little proof to its accuracy, but rather has more evidence pointing in the OPPOSITE direction of that argument. Fake passports were found on the suspected assailants bearing identities of Syrian citizens that had died months ago. It is most likely that the terrorists posed as Syrian refugees to gain passage into France. Of course, that to anyone would sound like a good reason to deny any Syrian refugee safe passage in order to prevent further acts of terrorism. It is a very valid argument, and I have no preventative measures against that other than not letting the refugees enter. A friend of mine tried explaining to me that “If I gave you a bunch of grapes, and told you that one was poisoned, would you eat them anyway?” Well newsflash friend, humans aren’t grapes. I have a better metaphor for you. A veterinarian is called to care for five very sick dogs, but is told that one has rabies. Does the vet refuse to care for any of the canines, possibly leading to the death of all of them? No. The vet does all that they can in order to save as many as they can. As should we. If these refugees’ situations are rough enough to travel treacherous journeys to escape their homeland, refusing them passage could very well lead to their deaths. I guess our government believes that it is better them than us.
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