People in Canada are affected by this too. It's called empathy. While there are events just as terrible all over the world, the media doesn't report on them. So, because people are aware of this--it affects them. It's not mind control. If you hear about 20 kids gunned down in a school and feel nothing you have no empathy or connection to your fellow human beings, especially if this occured in an area of the world where you live. Mind control? Are you fucking retarded? It's just a bunch of kids that got gunned down. That IS shocking, because in north America that pretty much doesn't happen with victims this young. A friend of mine had to pull over when she heard about this on the radio. She's 29 and has a 9 month old infant, so it hit home. She's not American, nor does she live in America--in fact, she was born and raised in Bulgaria.

What's wrong with people?