Wednesday, September 28, 2005
A hurricane by any other name
Category: Life (musings)
I have no wish to denigrate those who keep us informed of the goings on in the world... there's plenty of others who do it far better than I can!
However, I wondered if this had caught anyone's attention or been mentioned in the news - Typhoon Damrey struck the Chinese province of Hainan and the the northern shores of Vietnam this week, with winds as powerful as those of Hurricane Rita.
It just caused me to ponder for a few moments: Do we get so caught up in the images of undoubtedly bitter times from the US because they involve a degree of loss to the material environment which is so similar to our own? Or more poignantly, are our attitudes actually saying that something is somehow less newsworthy if those who suffer the impact have less in the way of material wealth?
And what ever did happen to the famine in Niger....? Which by a roundabout way lead me here and here. Some more food for thought... ¶ 1:25 pm
I have no wish to denigrate those who keep us informed of the goings on in the world... there's plenty of others who do it far better than I can!
However, I wondered if this had caught anyone's attention or been mentioned in the news - Typhoon Damrey struck the Chinese province of Hainan and the the northern shores of Vietnam this week, with winds as powerful as those of Hurricane Rita.
It just caused me to ponder for a few moments: Do we get so caught up in the images of undoubtedly bitter times from the US because they involve a degree of loss to the material environment which is so similar to our own? Or more poignantly, are our attitudes actually saying that something is somehow less newsworthy if those who suffer the impact have less in the way of material wealth?
And what ever did happen to the famine in Niger....? Which by a roundabout way lead me here and here. Some more food for thought... ¶ 1:25 pm
