Why We Should Show Support to Paris
I've seen a few posts on social media seemingly critical of people’s sympathetic responses towards the Paris bombings, particularly people changing their profile picture to one of the French flag in relation to attacks and atrocities that occur in Syria, Iraq and in other places around the world on a daily basis. There could well be an argument that this is because of Geography. Paris is geographically closer to the UK than Damascus or Aleppo which is an undeniable fact. Another argument would be that the media is biased in reporting Western terrorist events such as Paris more than Syria or Libya and again there could be argument supporting this. I've also seen posts questioning how convenient it is that Syrian or Egyptian passports belonging to the alleged bombers were found at or near the scene of the attacks at the Stade de France. To understand that last point, look at Science and in particular gas explosions. Explosions explode, forcing everything in its path outwards and...