No thread about the Lahore attacks?

Barmy Army · Thu, 5th Mar '09, 9:50am

Mad. Unprecedented.

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This isn't big news around the world?

Taluntain · Thu, 5th Mar '09, 2:59pm

It made headlines everywhere, but a) most people don't really care about anything going on in India or Pakistan and b) fewer people care about cricket. At least that's the situation here since we have practically no Indian/Pakistani immigrants and no one is interested in cricket. So only the political angle is of any interest, but even fewer people care about politics and terrorism in Pakistan.

Tassadar · Tue, 10th Mar '09, 11:52am

Yeah that was insane, first time in ages a national sports team gets targetted by terrorists.

Harbourboy · Tue, 10th Mar '09, 5:33pm

Madness. But we take Talutain's point in that piece of terrorism was not really that different from all the other shootings and bombings that are going on constantly around the world. It just hit us a bit close to home because of our close folllowing of cricket in particular.

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