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I had that feeling too. I went to the Russian embassy to lay flowers and there were much less flowers and sympathy notes than at the Embassy of Netherlands last year. Also, I have not noticed any changes in fb profile pictures after the Russian plane went down. People are people, nobody should die in terroristic acts anywhere.[/quote]

This is why--for all anyone knew for some time it was another unfortunate air accident.  If yesterday's rampage in Paris had taken place in Moscow there would be a far different reaction than for the plane downing.[/quote]

I agree.  It was days later before there was any official indication that it was more than an unfortunate crash. There was no moment like last night where we were all looking on in horror.

There are plenty of legitimate things to gripe about without scraping the barrel to come up with the number of flowers left at a memorial.  [/quote]

I shared my observation, don't exaggerate my post and make it sound as I minimized the French tragedy. The disparity in reactions is felt by many groups on fb (AA, Israeli, Lebanon), so let's not pretend that it does not exist or justified. [/quote]

Okay, you've shared your observation and that of all of your FB friends. PPs have mentioned several real differences, that it was a long time between the loan going down and attributing it to ISIS, France is a much closer ally than Russia, and people getting killed at a restaurant, sports event or band concert is different from a plane going down.

We're human, it's true, identifying more closely with some people than others, and reacting more emotionally to some events and than others.[/quote]
Okay, where did I questioned PPs explanations on selective sympathy? I actually found them insightful. You, on the other hand, did not contribute anything new except for the aggressive demeaning tone.[/quote]

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