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Monday, September 25, 2006

News overload

These days, news headlines will invariably include reports of people having died from accidents, sickness, or violence. In one instant, deaths can number in the dozens. A few years ago, in the thousands. But even if the news only reported one tragic death, how is it that I can usually breeze through that reading without feeling anything significant? How desensitized have I become?

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