December 29, 2004

Making Sense

Bryan at Arguing with Signposts... and Steven Taylor are both peeved at the tsunami Monday morning quarterbacking. Bryan writes,

The key thing that seems to be escaping peopel about this event is that this is a *once in a century* event. Not a very high priority on a list with a region facing civil war, poverty on massive scales, religious persecution, nuclear brinksmanship, and the other assorted second and third world problems of the region.

Steven comments,

The bottom line is that when something like this happens, we want to blame somebody or something. It is, as I noted earlier, a key part of our modern mindset.

"Two Hours is Not a Lot of Time"

"More on the Politics of Disasters"

UPDATE: Russell Roberts reminds us that President Bush didn't send his money to Asia; it was the money from every U.S. taxpayer.