Death Toll

Possibly the sadest aspect of seeing people's lack of willingness to help is when we see news sources, who are supposed to be our link to what is happening in the world, burying the topic so heavily that when ten people die, it doesn't even make the list of highlights on CNN's list of highlights on their opening page. Has death truly become so monotonous? Or is it just that we've been hearing about death for so long in the region that it's no longer surprising or newsworthy? After all several stories are featured that reveal a much lower death toll, 8 People killed by a typhoon in the Philippines, One person shot to death as the result of a noise complaint, and many other examples. Maybe we have just become too accustomed to death continuing to plague Darfur that hearing about one more event that ended the lives of multiple people, no longer does any good.