India . . .

[pegkerr]

Oh, how terrible.

Sending a prayer of peace and healing for you.

Tea, dammit.

(isn't anyone on my friends list paying attention?)

Comments

[ame-chan.livejournal.com]

I have not read news for days.

Thanks for the heads up. Prayers indeed. *sigh*

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I read the news online and in the newspaper first thing in the morning and only afterwards if it comes up for a specific reason (like this). So no, I wasn't paying attention; thanks for pointing it out.

[madlori.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am. I was going to post about it a little later when information was more complete.

[liadan-m.livejournal.com]

Don't have the news on, but google news is covering. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[rachet.livejournal.com]

I was hoping to hear a bit more before I posted. And as I read that post, I read about the doctor who blew up his building in NYC yesterday so his ex-wife wouldn't benefit from it, I read about the ex-police chaplain in the Cleveland area that is now in jail for several years for rape of several young girls, I read the headline about the woman getting crushed in that tunnel. And I read the article about the boy who helped his ex-girlfriend kill and dismember a fellow classmate and his 45 years in jail for doing so.

So my head right now is kinda blurred in horrible news.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

I love that icon. v true.

Listening to CNN right now -- the news keeps getting steadily worse. The pictures are horrible.

[sternel.livejournal.com]

I'm trying not to think about it until later, because my commute home involves a tunnel beneath the East River and a train ride of an hour and a half.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Why do you think people on your friends list are not paying attention, just because they choose not to post about it?

B

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Because of the contrast with how everyone reacted to the London bombing last year. That story everyone was following and talking about; this one no one seemed to be even noticing.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Oh.

B

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Probably there are more people on your f-list in London than in Bombay.

I only know one person in Bombay. (He's fine.)

India

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

This sounds like something I would care about a whole lot, but I got up this morning as per usual, read the day's *Star Tribune* also as per usual, and came into work. So this is the first I've heard of India's tragedy. Can someone send me to the nearest and best link, so I know what's going on? Thanks.

Nate

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[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Look anywhere. It's the lead story on all the news.

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[dd-b.livejournal.com]

When playing catch-up (as I so often do about news stories), I find news.google.com to be an excellent place to look. If it's not one of their top stories, a search nearly always turns it up.

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't been paying attention to much lately. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

How awful.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting about this, Peg. Ya'll pretty much are my news source.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I was in a meeting for the last few hours.

[joelrosenberg.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm paying attention; hadn't blogged on it, though. Horrible, of course; it'll be interesting to see if this ties in with the Srinigar terrorism.

As to why some folks -- not necessarily those on your friends list -- aren't talking about it, there is the rather interesting topic on, mirabile dictu, Democratic Underground: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2381900&mesg_id=2382205

"Silence on this board stems from difficulty blaming this on George W. Bush."

Unsurprisingly, some folks there have already overcome the difficulty.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Just finished helping the son do summer school homework, went into kitchen to make lunch, spouse had TV on, I lost my appetite so here I am, trying to climb down again. Argh argh argh.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

I am paying attention; I don't have words.

[origamilady.livejournal.com]

*nod* horrid stuff . . . .
for days like today I am incredibly grateful for a website like http://www.heroicstories.com . . . . so often the news that we hear is all so negative -it's nice to hear positive stuff every once in a while.