Posted on 2/8/2004, 2:39:16 PM by miltonim
Edited on 4/13/2004, 9:11:32 AM by Jim Robinson. [history]
IT IS A SAD TRUTH, illustrated almost daily, that the global village tends to be strangely selective with its bouts of conscience. Some humanitarian catastrophes are beamed into millions of homes and reported on the front pages. Certain conflicts are bemoaned by political leaders and debated at the United Nations. Yet in other places, disasters of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocidal slaughters seem to elude the world's attention.
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