In a message dated 30/12/2004 00:28:12 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Thanks Lynn. David, this is *precisely so*. The scope of the disaster > is beyond comprehension; within the space of a few hours, Mama Nature > managed to polish off as many people as the US Army in Iraq during > close to 2 yrs of effort. And it is galling in the extreme, that > there's very little one can do about it (either "it", for that > matter)... > Tamara, I believe that you are right. Something that we said here, at home, as soon as it happened, was that when one person, a friend dies, before their time, you can't believe it and have to talk to someone almost to make it real. When, what is likely to be over 150k people die it actually because 'beyond belief' - I spent this morning watching a series of programs on World War I where they were talking of deaths in the 10s of thousands each day - at one point, a man a minute was dying - and I just sat there numb by it - it's as though I'm trying to find some personal experience I can hook these numbers onto in order to understand what it means. So, I suppose we all cope about this in the only way we can - whether that is to talk about the disaster or to make something in order to show we are alive ... I don't know - what I do know is that it was with the utmost horror I saw the news yesterday where they were showing that people are back on the beaches sunbathing and when interviewed are saying 'well, you know it is my holiday' - ok so they can't all do relief work or get flights home but I just feel that this is true heartlessness. Then what really turned my stomach was last night they were showing adverts on tv for holidays to the Maldives and Indonesia. Now we are just watching the History Channel as there are no holiday adverts on that and watching programs on Wars for 'light relief'. Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
