tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260238.post112528427417176951..comments2023-05-06T08:09:34.504-07:00Comments on Water Owl's Boons: Death, Hurricane and Poetry on DemandThidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00646429798550497140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260238.post-1125698680363482092005-09-02T15:04:00.000-07:002005-09-02T15:04:00.000-07:00Me too, Frumiousb and welcome! Glad you're here!Me too, Frumiousb and welcome! Glad you're here!Thidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646429798550497140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260238.post-1125383355598952712005-08-29T23:29:00.000-07:002005-08-29T23:29:00.000-07:00The thing that bothered me most about media covera...The thing that bothered me most about media coverage of Katrina was that they seemed to want a disaster to happen. I had that feeling from a lot of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260238.post-1125367330494230492005-08-29T19:02:00.000-07:002005-08-29T19:02:00.000-07:00Jenny, you're right about the starving people righ...Jenny, you're right about the starving people right here.<BR/><BR/>And the genocide in Darfur fills me with horror, and I don't really know what to do. So therefore I'm afraid I try not to think about it. <BR/><BR/>And plantgirl, I hope I didn't offend you or anyone else. I wasn't directing anything at you. Obviously people have direct interest in various things and therefore blog about them. Most of the wailing is in the media. I'll make that part more clear.Thidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646429798550497140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260238.post-1125366187121952422005-08-29T18:43:00.000-07:002005-08-29T18:43:00.000-07:00If you want global, try the attempted genocide tha...If you want global, try the attempted genocide that's happening in Darfur. It's not being called genocide, because the government is denying it's happening, and because it's not happening with knives, machetes, or guns, but by burning people's homes and fields and driving them out into the desert so they die from dehydration and starvation, but I think it qualifies.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I blogged about Katrina because I'm fascinated by storms and by watershed management and human stupidity. This potential problems from Katrina hitting New Orleans combined neatly into that package. Because it was in the US it was possible for me to track it as it happened. I would track any large storm that gave me similar access and had the same risk of flooding through human stupidity. I don't tend to blog about political stuff, but occasionally something catches my interest enough that I break that (personally imposed) protocol.<BR/><BR/>I understand the aspect of revenge involved in keeping someone alive until you can kill them yourself. I object to the waste of money involved in the process, to the emotional attachment to *how* this guy dies. Virginia wants him dead, fine, he's starving to death. I think that should be good enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com