{"id":1390,"date":"2015-01-12T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2015-01-12T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:56:08","slug":"twelve-mourned-as-two-thousand-are-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/twelve-mourned-as-two-thousand-are-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Mourned as Two Thousand are Forgotten"},"content":{"rendered":"

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic
\n~ Josef Stalin<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"March<\/a>
March in Paris for the Charlie Hebdo murders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Millions marched – a world looked on in sympathy
\nAs is right and proper, for the Paris Twelve who were slain…
\nAs they were remembered, in another land two thousand lie forgotten
\nBut a footnote in the news that week they remain.<\/p>\n

The death of millions but a statistic are
\nHe should know: the words of Stalin lie true
\nThe death of one a tragedy – or as in Paris, twelve
\nThe world shrugs at 2000 in Nigeria, we identify easy each with a few<\/p>\n

As the twelve dead in the Charlie Hebdo massacre bring millions to the streets, the Nigerian town of Baga has had small problems akin to Paris, bar their death toll is 2000. Where are the marches for Baga?<\/p>\n

Ref: The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic ~ Josef Stalin Millions marched – a world looked on in sympathy As is right and proper, for the Paris Twelve who were slain… As they were remembered, in another land two thousand lie forgotten …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,102],"tags":[1575,1579,1578,1576,1573,1574,1567,1566,1580,128,122,1577],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-rights","category-islam","tag-charliehebdo","tag-jesuisbaga","tag-baga","tag-boko-harem","tag-charlie-hebdo","tag-je-suis-charlie","tag-jesuisahmed","tag-jesuischarlie","tag-jesuisnigeria","tag-nigeria","tag-paris","tag-victims-of-nigeria-massacre","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-mq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1395,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/why-cheap-laughs-come-at-a-cost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1390,"position":0},"title":"Why Cheap Laughs Come at a Cost","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th January 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Much is made of the controversy over the Muhammad cartoons. 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