The sights and sounds on the TV of Haiti cannot
but cause anyone to cry at the sight of the such terror.
Death is never a pretty sight and anyone who says
how nice someone died peacefully is totally an illusion.
We all become less aware of death due to the constant
repeated sights on films and TV. Only if one works
in professions where life changing events occur regularly
can one get a glimse of the despair of humanity.
The sight of my mother lying dying, the light in her
eyes going out while the world went about its
business, not caring that part of one’s life was
fading was a personal experience. This is being repeated
thousands of times in Haiti only in terrible circumstances.
The people in Haiti are many, seeing the bodies dehumanizes
the dignity of the individual. The danger is that
people become just numbers, not individuals who
care, think and feel and are not just a consumer product
to classify and stereotype.
The sight of a little girl being got out alive after nealy
a week under a huge pile of concrete, dusty but alive
brings hope of the human spirit and its ability to
survive. We are a world community
with individuals.
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