[extropy-chat] news in perspective

[Lifespan Pharma Inc.]

This may be a bit tasteless to say but the New Orleans lost city by 
water is much the same to its residents as the loss of
Bagdad or Beirut to war has been to their residents.

Amara Graps wrote:

> spike:
>
>> ps The news on in the background as I write.  Damn that
>> flood in New Orleans is bad.  {8-[
>
>
> Yes, it is bad.
>
> And so is the ~1000 people in Baghdad who died on a pilgrimage
> during the time of New Orleans' terrible misfortune. (was that
> reported?)
>
> And so is 200,000 people who died in the tsunami.
>
> Death is bad. And I wish the American media would learn to put
> news in perspective. Even Boing-boing has gone over the top (I
> don't remember them reporting this much after the tsunami for
> example).
>
> Amara
>