One thing which has struck me forcibly me is that the complete and quite
recent razing of an entire city (Grozny) to rabbit level captured nothing
like the same attention or grief. But I am not surprised by that, merely
note it. Some animals are more equal than others, and it's worth
remembering in all the rhetoric about democracy and freedom.
I know the focus on this event is partly because we all know that this
concerns us in its implications and will continue to do so for some time.
But so did earlier events. Perhaps it just didn't seem like it did. But
as the telecommunications companies say in their glossy ads, we all live in
one world.
Best
Alison
Alison Croggon
Home page
http://users.bigpond.com/acroggon/
Masthead
http://au.geocities.com/masthead_2/
|