All I hear at work is complaints about the gas prices.

When coworkers or customers bring up the topic, I point out the school we bombed. Everyone agrees its evil. I wonder if complaining about gas prices is just the professional way to complain about the "war" in Iran. I probably missed that little social cue. I hope that's the case; that most people are self-censoring and not just completely selfish.

But, have we Americans become such cowards we can't just openly talk about how fucked it is? It feels like it.

I do agree, this is not exclusive to Americans.

But I think its normal to have more of a reaction to Gas prices that affect you personally. Knowing that there are people dying somewhere is kind of abstract and probably won't create any emotional reaction.

There are ways to do that. Reading stories of victims for example. But you would have to willingly listen to those. You don't have a choice with the Gas prices.