tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post2663282853094280517..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Nearly midnightZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-2784420774007349562011-03-19T19:58:53.902+00:002011-03-19T19:58:53.902+00:00Indeed, there's an assumption that you give mo...Indeed, there's an assumption that you give money, it gets put right - but it takes years and in the meantime how do people live? It's devastating.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-2463556355162512412011-03-19T18:02:39.869+00:002011-03-19T18:02:39.869+00:00And far more perished after the quake in Haiti - b...And far more perished after the quake in Haiti - but you hardy hear about it any more, even though conditions are still appallingMOTBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-19954795976350388982011-03-19T12:47:00.389+00:002011-03-19T12:47:00.389+00:00It's strange, what provokes generosity. Afric...It's strange, what provokes generosity. Africa tends to get celeb backers, all keen to be photographed holding starving babies, but Pakistan didn't attract that sort of attention, I suppose for political reasons. I think there's a great sense of shock and sympathy for Japan, but maybe it's seen as wealthy and not in need of aid. I've donated, maybe not enough. A lot of American bloggers are campaigning for fundraising for Japan.<br /><br />So many natural disasters in the last few months, just dreadful.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-61072397774611328882011-03-19T11:35:51.978+00:002011-03-19T11:35:51.978+00:00It must be very difficult being Japanese at the mo...It must be very difficult being Japanese at the moment, trying to make sense of the cruel selectivity that follows great disasters. Some figures were published the other day (Guardian?) showing other nations' proportional giving to various disaster funds: what little there is stirring for Japan at the moment still far exceeds what was given for victims of the great Pakistan floods.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.com