VS Tricolore

I know it is a waste of time to make simple things more complex. But, this topic gradually becomes controversical now in Japan.

You must have the friends to superimpose Tricolore on thier Facebook profile photo. So might you.
The aim must be to support French people injured by the terrorists. It is a very simple reason.
Sad thing happened. We felt sad. So, we want to support the people involved. It's a straight feeling. We can understand and share the feeling. We don't have to discuss this issue any more.

However, soon emerged the people questioning of this action in Facebook.
They say, "Why is France special? How about Siria? The day before the terror in Paris, more people was killed there."
Hmm. Certainly the number of dead people is more in Beirut than in Paris.
You got a point. Maybe.

Immediately, the objection to this opinion has occured. "Yes. France is special."
Their reason is based on Realism. They say, "It is meaningless to compare the number of dead people. Like it or not, France (or Western country) has a stronger impact on the world. It is natural for us to think of France first."

We can easily anticipate the heavy reaction to this opinion from Sirian and thier supporters. I also dislike the realism.
But, from a simple statistic, I have to accept the biased opinion.
We must remember we are talking about the issue in Facebook.
Now over 30 million French people are using it. This number is far more than the population in Siria (About 20 million). I don't have the data of the number of Sirian Facebook users, but it must be less than 3 million(*).
It means Facebook users have the possibility to have French friends more than Sirian friends. That's why, it is certainly natural for them to focus on the the things in Paris.

I don't have French and Sirian friends. So, I don't have the motivation to add colors on my FB profile photo. It's a simple reason.
However, I want to add one more reason why I don't do that.
Because, French guys are included in the terrorist group. I am thinking French people have the unsolved problem which they have to solve by themselves. It has existed from 2005 riot in Paris. Many French people (their parents were immigrants.) have complaint to French society.
If still so, it might make complex feelings to wave Tricolore.


* Among the top 40 countries with FB users, No.40 is Norway. 3 million people are using FB there. We can assume there are less than 3 million FB users in Siria.