Beautiful photos, btw. It looks like a spectacular place. Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bob W > Sent: 10 January 2009 09:57 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Costa Rican earthquake > > [...] > > > > Don't know how many of you noticed, I don't think it has been > > a major > > story, but there was a 6.1 or 6.2 earthquake in Costa Rica > about 30 > > hours ago. [...] > > > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p192711468/h11d18ada#h11d18ada > > > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h2ec6d1d0 > > > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h3e6b8755 > > > [...] > > What bothers me most about all of this is that, if I hadn't been > > there last summer, I might well not have noticed. Or if I > noticed, I > > might well not have paid much attention. Assuming I am at least > > somewhat typical, that is a sad commentary on how inured we > > become to > > other people's disasters. > [...] > > I haven't read anything about it. It sounds like the classic > headline "Small > earthquake in Peru - not many dead". > > It's sad that this happens, but I guess it's inevitable. > There are so many > tragic things happening (and being reported), as well as our > own smaller > problems, every day that if we didn't filter stuff out we'd > all go mad. For > example, apart from the fact that Boris and family are over > there, how many > of us really pay any attention to what's going on in Gaza? We > don't know > anyone in the DR Congo, so do we give a moment's thought to > what the LRA is > doing over there? It's impossible to care about everything > all the time. > > Even if we volunteer and go to DRC or somewhere, what we as > individuals can > do is still limited. For most of us the best we can do is > contribute to > institutions that work to relieve and prevent suffering. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
