Ed Leafe wrote: > Not at all. The cartoon reflects the fact that we value the lives of > Americans greatly, and really don't care about the lives of anyone > else. If all loss of life were equally tragic, we should have the > same response, but we don't. > I think that's pretty much true of ANY group of people. You basically can only care so much, and you "use up" your caring for your people, first. We all SHOULD care for everyone equally, just like all God's chilren SHOULD have shoes, but it just ain't going to happen. IMHO.
> 32 innocent people were slaughtered by a madman in Virginia. This > merits days and days of front-page headlines, and 24-hour coverage on > TV. Yet this past Wednesday, in a country with less than 1/10 the > population of the US, 233 were killed, with 183 of them in a single > incident. This follows 85 killed on Tuesday, 51 on Monday, and 65 on > Sunday. That's over thirteen times as many tragic deaths - why aren't > they newsworthy? Why aren't Americans saddened and shocked by these? I know this is cynical, but I honestly think if something happens EVERY DAY it's not news. (65 on Sunday, 51 on Monday, 85 on Tuesday). When I turn on NPR, and they say "In today's news, a car bomb exploded in Baghdad, killing 17 people and injuring 20.", I think: "That's not news. News would be: 'Today, no one was killed in Baghdad.'" Ditto for Middle East. It is tragic, it is wrong, but you just go numb after a while. Finally, the headlines for VT will also all be gone in 2 weeks, but that doesn't mean the deaths aren't important or tragic, it's just not news any more. -- Vince Teachout Caracal Software www.caracal.net 518-733-9411 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
