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[valkryor]

I first saw this link about earthquake in China on May 12th posted to AppleGeeks, but I didn't follow it until I spied it again on Neil Gaiman's blog. I'm going to give you full warning: if you have a soul and any sense of empathy, it will make you cry.

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[3-obsidian-fish.livejournal.com]

thank you for sharing that, as hard as it was to read.

i don't think it's easy for people to understand natural disasters and devastation of that magnitude without something tangible that they can relate to.

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

When the mounting numbers of dead were rolling in just after the quake (30,000 then 40,000 then 51,000, which was the last number I heard of being reported), it was tremendously difficult to put a human face on it or even associate it with people instead of, say, livestock.

There's very little tangibility to the devastating human experience when it's that big.

[3-obsidian-fish.livejournal.com]

i can't even imagine 30,000 dead cows, sheep, or anything else.

i just can't.

i'm so grateful i work in an industry that reminds me of the importance of the individual... it's too easy to lose touch with people en masse.