Really tired about Syrian news

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Not that I'm not interested in world affairs - in fact, listening to the news multiple times a day might be at fault, but I'm just sick of hearing all those gory details. It's not that I don't empathize, either, but one can only endure so much...

I prefer to read about conflicts than watch them. It does get tiring especially from western media sources.

IMO, it is better to get one's news in print, not on video. TV, YouTube, etc. present pictures which are intended to provoke strong emotions.

I mostly listen to it on the radio, but I guess yes, even without the visual element it's still graphic. It's just that every single day it's about the same thing "people killed..." and the only difference is in the method.

they're hyping you up for military intervention

This is also my viewpoint. Desensitizing you and making you tolerant of foreign intervention and the occupation of foreign land.
Good thing China and Russia are making it difficult. I don't believe in foreign intervention or land occupation.

Just pray so a big celebrity dies. Then your news casts will focus on that.

Vexcalibur, nooooo... this makes me tired due to all the reported death, but that would bore me to death!

I don't see what the US has to gain by intervening in Syria's issues.
All it will be is more spending money and possibly American lives on other people's problems.

Nations are fictional entities. There is no "other."

Maybe in your world......

Hello!
We just had a mass murder in colorado.

That event gets even more coverage than Syria.

So we already have a media "counter irritant".

Wasnt that mass murder good enough for you?

( as Russell Crowe screamed to the crowd in the coloseum in the movie "Gladiator" - "Are you not ENTERTAINED?")

I think what I said is factually true. People, cats, dogs, and trees exist. Nations and communities are social constructions.

Graphic images of the things happening in Syria now won't cause too many emotions with me. I've seen a video of a man's heart being tossed around, I've seen portraits of dozens of decomposing people found in a Libyan sewer, I've seen videos of actual improvised executions, starving children, and I've seen plenty more. Whatever is happening in Syria now can't be nearly as bad as what I've seen so far. I'm not really touched by anything.

It does bother me that this creates strong emotions in orders, especially because they use a method of framing to link these things to Assad's government, implying that Assad is behind all massacres, that the rebels are all honest freedom fighters, and that Russia and China are just collaborators with frozen hollow spaces where their hearts should be. I've yet to hear a bad thing about these rebels, and their links to Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda certainly haven't been mentioned in any local news broadcasts here in ol' Europe. At times, all news sources here - especially the public ones - seem like propaganda. Reminds me of the time they reported on Gaddafi's death - compared to earlier months, Tripoli's "crowds running through the streets partying" seemed rather quiet, as the streets were completely empty.

So what if they are social constructions? I think you're confused with what constitutes real or not real. You can objectively define a nation and community in many ways. Just look at the many ways the USA is defined. It has a geographic range, it has a population, it has a set of rules, etc. It's a term describing a physical entity much like we have terms defining particular businesses, for example. Just because it doesn't fit your dog or cat example, doesn't mean nations and communities don't exist.

Honestly I don't give a s**t about Syria. I'm tired of USA intervening. Let Europe spend the money.