Well said, David. Some will argue that you are gloomy and morose, but when +/- 150,000 people are dead through forces of the planet, not of man, one must recognize that reality. Those that politicize such a catastrophe are voices to be shunned. They have no value and demonstrate man's lowest nature. It is a time to mourn.
"The world's generosity has indeed been amazing, but sometimes we use our compassion as a self-enveloping fog to obscure our view of the abyss. Somehow it's wrong to turn this event into a good-news story so we can all feel warm this holiday season. It's wrong to turn it into a story about us, who gave, rather than about them, whose lives were ruined. It's certainly wrong to turn this into yet another petty political spat, as many tried, disgustingly, to do.
This is a moment to feel deeply bad, for the dead and for those of us who have no explanation. "
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