I'm all right... Jack

i was talking with a friend this morning about the bigotry that we westerners have when catastrophes happen in third world or poorer countries. if 9-11 had have happened in Iran or Sri Lanka, not many folks would blink an eye. unless a big name suchas Bob Geldof did with with Live Aid, gets behind a cause, people are complacent, content, and just a little indifferent and hardened to what goes on in other peoples back yards. yet why are none western lives worth less than an Englander or an American? They ain't, yet its generally the way of the world of if not on our doorstep it don't affect us, what's THAT got to do with me? The devastation that went on in Asian on Sunday, we cannot even imagine. many don't care enough to want to.

And in the midst of all this tradgedy, when so many human lives were wiped out in a single day, I can't also help but note, that the Iran earthquake of last year, was also at this time people Call Christmas, and exactly the same date: Iran Earthquake 2003

Not in our back-yard? Human tragedy is a human condition, and no one, is immune. We may never feel the earth move (we rarely get even tremors in UK) and be plunged into catasrophe, but a human tragedy is a human problem, and one day it could be us, or those we love. Would that too be a case to look away? or if it was our kin folk, would it only then become a tragedy?
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