A Moment of Sorrow

On Sunday night, the Doc was sitting on a bench on the hotel lawn when a German guy walked up to him to strike up a conversation. When I walked up to them he had just started telling about the enormous tsunami that had struck Malyasia, Sri Lanka and India as a result of the massive seaquake. The loss of life is horrific, especially because these countries have no public information system for emergencies which might have cut down the losses drastically. Let us observe a few moments of quite and prayer.

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I am astounded that countries that are willing to spend billions of dollars worth of resources to "defend" their people from "enemies" do not think enough of these same people to try and protect them from natural disasters that visit them and kill thousands every year.