Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Makes me Sick to the Stomach

Sadness



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Every once in a while someone cracks. In a population of 300 million, I'm actually a little surprised it's so rare.

But seriously, things aren't so bad from an historical point of view:

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/2007_03_19_New%20Republic.pdf

Al said...

Things may not be bad from a historical point of view...yes it's true. There are wars and whatnot that are far greater than the death of 33 (I believe) students.

But still isn't one life just enough to call it "bad".

I think of Annie Dillard "time for being" she talks about mass numbers but in her book she is innately talking about human significance and frailty. When does this become important?