10.12.2005

Goddamn the information revolution

There's not a thing I can do right now about Pakistan. No one in Moscow cares. There are no tents set up to collect donations. Do they even do the whole donation thing here? But I can't help but to read about it. 30,000 dead, more families torn, years to rebuild, if at all possible. Where do I fit in, except as a bystander? Do I still deserve to enjoy myself here? Do I still deserve to fly to Istanbul tonight for 4 days of vacationing, staying at a hotel with a pool?
I'm not even sure that I'll remember it when I pack away my $1000 Gigabyte tonight. What kind of sympathy is this?

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