Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas M. Sharp offered: > So, Susan Sontag has passed away - sad for her family and friends. > > There are people from many countries out in SE-Asia showing humanity with > their voluntary aid work and selfless dedication to helping people in a > tragic, catastrophic situation. > A lot more important than anything that Ms Sontag may have contributed to > the well-being of the world - and she got money for it too. > They, however, will remain nameless heroes.<,,,, Douglas mon ami, How true! And as I finished my drivel on this Susan Sontag topic, this crossed my mind. At this moment approximately 60,000 human beings have died in a few moments of horror! How stupid can we be bothering with drivelling discussions on some nothing situation! My goodness wouldn't it be great at this time of human disaster we might just concern ourselves with something far more important? Like? Is there anyone on list who might have family or friends in this disaster area? Or know of any LUG family member living near by whom we may help in some way? Not sure what? This is hard to understand because it's on the other side of the planet, but a few moments of new TV coverage by discovered amateur video is absolutely amazing what happened with such devastating force in minutes!. I realize there isn't much we can do physically, a donation possibly through our own Red Cross or Red Crescent organizations. But it's incredible what "Mother Nature" can do within a few moments of time. It also points up all the controls of security in the world for our so called survival are quite meaningless, if she, Mother Nature gives a twitch! ted