Tina Bishop
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06:49:18 pm on February 10, 2010 |
For the past months our TV screens have been filled with scenes of the tragedy in Haiti. Even as we watched the agonies of the Haitians and saw the incredible destruction, it was almost impossible to believe that it was true. Here was a “reality show” that was the real thing. There is no happy ending to that scenario. How long will the networks spin out the story?
Ironically, in the USA the Haitian disaster seems to have taken second place, in TV coverage. Yes, it’s been snowing here. In Washington everything is paralyzed under a record blanket of snow. Airports have shut down along the Eastern seaboard. In major cities budgets for snow removal have long been used up.
Have we forgotten that it’s February? Our TV screens are literally whitened with coverage of the “Snow Threat”. The way we carry on, one would think we’d never seen a snow flake before. How would we behave if we were hit by a real Haitian-style disaster?
Not too well, I suspect. Would we have the same remarkable courage and stamina of the Haitians? I hope we will never be put to the test.
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Peter 7:56 am on February 12, 2010 | # |
Right on target! It’s true, we are remarkably soft.