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Originally posted by nfotiu@Jan 4 2005, 03:54 PM
It does seem like this disaster for whatever reason has captured north america's attention a lot more than others in poorer parts of the world. It seems to be a bit of a fallout from the Iraq war/september 11 that the Americans are desperate to show they don't just care about themselves. I've been to a lot of the places that were hit, so it kind of hits home for me. Maybe enough people have been there, that there is a little bit of a personal connection, unlike Rwanda or Iran.
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I think part of it is there is so much amazing video of the actual event. I remember hardly anything of that Iran earthquake -- maybe one snippet of a wailing woman and that kind of thing makes a lot of people just change the channel.
Seeing those waves crashing in and the destruction and screaming and people getting washed away, some of that stuff we'll never forget. It also looks like such a paradise that has been destroyed. Bam, Iran doesn't have that "paradise" thing going for it and even worse, who had ever heard of it? Not me and not most people. Everyone has at least heard of India and some of the other countries.
How much effect does all those European tourists have on the amount of attention the event is getting? If they weren't there?