Something here is very wrong...

Does anyone else have a great deal of trouble reconciling the emphasis placed on the death of Terri Schaivo and the complete lack of emphasis placed on the repulsive genocide happening right now in the Darfur region of Sudan? How is it possible for the Bush government to value one 'life' (the term is questionable in this case... in my view, Terri had already died 15 years ago, only her body remained) so heavily that the President himself took the time out of his busy vacation schedule to fly back to DC and sign a Bill for that one person, yet completely ignore the tens upon tens of thousands of people dying elsewhere? Is the value of an African life really that much less than that of an American to these people? An estimated 180, 000 people have died over two years. This after Rawanda, a short decade ago. Where is the collective conscience of the West? Genocide is not a local issue. It is not an issue to be handled by one government. Nor is it a crime merely against those directly affected. This is a crime against humanity in every sense. I fear that this generation will be known for a few things: the proliferation of the internet, the war on terror, and the complacency in turning a blind eye to half the world starving, dying of under-researched and preventable diseases, submissive to the whims of irresponsable or actively dangerous governments. All when we in the West and in Europe are readily able to put a stop to the madness.

I find it reprehendable that if 5 people die in a school shooting it gets coverage for weeks on end, while 20 thousand more people die on the other side of the World. The thinking behind this? 20 thousand died last month. 20 thousand more will die next month. Whats the point of reporting on something that isnt changing? Some logic there. At this rate it will never change.