Actually we don't value the lives of American babies at all.
--- Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S YA-02 > 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > > > The conclusion I get is it is a narrow minded slam > against the Iraq > > war/invasion and narrow minded in the sense that > it selectively > > focuses > > on what is important as far as 'human' life is > concerned. Focus on > > 'human life' and tell me what the cartoon is > portraying encompasses > > all > > unnecessary loss of 'human life'? > > 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. > > 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? > > Are these Iraqi lives not 'human'? Or are they not > as valuable? > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
