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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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16 July 2005 - 10:50 pm
I don't want to delve too deeply into this, but on July 7 terrorists killed 55 people in London. This was a crisis of world-wide import and it continues to dominate the news more than a week later. Today, terrorists killed 59 people. The attack made headlines, but all the previous evidence about Iraq leads me to believe that it will be out of the news cycle by the end of weekend. It saddens me a bit when I consider that what has become the norm in Iraq would be epic if the events took place somewhere else.
It is entirely rational to more closely identify with those whose lives more closely resemble your own. Finding a mate would be a very different prospect if this weren't true. Yet it is unforgivable that so many of us value some lives more than others based on nothing more than stereotypes and biases.
I hope that I am proved wrong. I hope as much zeal goes into investigating the suicide bombers in Iraq as has gone into the investigation in London. I hope we continue to hear about this attack in Iraq for as long as the London attack stays on the news. But I expect none of this.
Posted by on 16 July 2005 at 10:37 PM
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