I grabbed Express this morning and was deeply saddened. The news has been awful lately. A lot of death. Unnecessary death. Existentially, I know death happens all the time, everywhere, it's a cycle. Death isn't any more unnecessary than life. Emotionally, it's hard to take in every day. Some days it's easier to distance oneself. Somedays...not so much. I find myself thinking of odd things - thoughts tangential to the sad and awful stories. Usually, it's the photographs that make me wonder. They are truly arresting, showing horror and destruction. We shouldn't shy away from such appaling images because this is reality. But it's hard not to wonder about respect for the victims and their families. Would you want to see a loved one on the front page of a paper, dead and trampled? I don't think so. Is it news? Is it callousness? It seems distasteful. Yet, somehow, also necessary in our insulated society.
( 08:00 FH | news. what is this world coming to? )