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It may not affects me personally but i'm still interested in the topic and the discussions it generates.
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what if you have family there ...
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you will hear about it from them, no one is going to news.ycombinator.com to find out the latest safety information
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And what if I don't have a family there but just curious how the locals from our hackernews community are doing ?
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and what about distant friends?
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I just like any new bing thing happening.

We had:

The Pride attack in Germany

The knfie stabbing in Paris

and now this

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You like it?
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Yea I like to monitor situations.
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