[lit-ideas] Re: How Weird is the World
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 21:56:55 -0700
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11463490
"They opened indiscriminate fire on the tankers, many of whom ignited on the
impact of the bullets."
Many of whom?
Pakistan's President Ali Asif Zardari said the incident was "counter-productive
and unacceptable".
How many lorries set afire, how many people killed would be acceptable or
productive?
Do you think Orwell was right, that when people lose track of what things mean,
they lose track of what things mean? Lorries are people, and people die in
ways that are merely "counter-productive"?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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