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September 1, 2005
Reflections on New Orleans
I want to write a much longer post about New Orleans, especially about the network and cable news coverage, but with my senior seminar meeting for the first time tomorrow, it'll have to wait a few hours or days. KF asks "how the rest of the world can be going about its business so nonchalantly," and I think many of the commenters are right: for many of us, the level of disaster in New Orleans is incomprehensible. I know that I'm overwhelmed, almost silenced by the images that I see, by the stories that I've heard.
Posted by chuck at September 1, 2005 1:39 PM
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Remember, the rest of the world--including America--went about its business in a relatively nonchalant manner after the tsunami as well. For some reason it's hard not to.
Posted by: Matt at September 1, 2005 9:43 PM
Yes, and the terrible tragedy here has obscured the fact that hundreds of Iraqi people also died this week. I know that I do go on (teaching, meeting with new colleagues), but I'm also attuned to the fact that these tragedies have put me on edge and generally made it more difficult for me to concentrate. I don't fault people for moving on in "a nonchalant manner." I'm just not sure how they (we?) do it.
Posted by: Chuck at September 1, 2005 10:09 PM