Aid Relief
Coverage since Dec. 26 has focused mostly on the aftermath of the tsunami disaster --- and rightly so. It'd seem inappropriate, somehow, to focus on other things.
Lots of people have made mention of the tragedy in their blogs, discussing plans to donate to the relief effort and encouraging others to follow their example. But then again, an equal amount of people have ignored what's been going on in the news and continued to detail the little events of their lives.
Sadly enough, that's just the way things go.
Couldn't help but think about a scene from Hotel Rwanda, where jaded journalist, Joaquin Phoenix voices the truth to a hopeful Don Cheadle, who believes the television footage of the massacre will force people all around the world to action.
Phoneix tells Cheadle: ''If people see this footage, they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners.''
I read a review about the movie, where the critic said it seemed as if Hotel Rwanda tried too hard to evoke an emotional response from reviewers --- when it shouldn't need to.
What happened was horrible and it should have compelled us to action when it first occured. But years after the fact, watching the movie for the first time...it's too late to be moved to tears.
We should have been moved beyond tears and into action long before a movie like this came along to remind us of how horribly we humans treat one another.
Lots of people have made mention of the tragedy in their blogs, discussing plans to donate to the relief effort and encouraging others to follow their example. But then again, an equal amount of people have ignored what's been going on in the news and continued to detail the little events of their lives.
Sadly enough, that's just the way things go.
Couldn't help but think about a scene from Hotel Rwanda, where jaded journalist, Joaquin Phoenix voices the truth to a hopeful Don Cheadle, who believes the television footage of the massacre will force people all around the world to action.
Phoneix tells Cheadle: ''If people see this footage, they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible,' and they'll go on eating their dinners.''
I read a review about the movie, where the critic said it seemed as if Hotel Rwanda tried too hard to evoke an emotional response from reviewers --- when it shouldn't need to.
What happened was horrible and it should have compelled us to action when it first occured. But years after the fact, watching the movie for the first time...it's too late to be moved to tears.
We should have been moved beyond tears and into action long before a movie like this came along to remind us of how horribly we humans treat one another.
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