The Return of the Son Of "Is This Just Me?"

Like most of you, I've been following the stories about the horrific loss of life in Southeast Asia from the Tsunami. One thing strikes me a being slightly odd about the coverage, though.

Every story I see on TV seems to revolve around what happened to the Westerners vacationing there. A Victoria's Secret model clings to a tree with a broken hip. People swimming for their lives. Some incredible stories, to be sure, but I can't help but feel that if it weren't for these people there'd be no story. Another case of thousands of little brown Asians killed by Nature, ho, hum. Just like the monsoon stories about Bangladesh or Calcutta.

As far as I can tell, no stations have interrupted their schedules for reports on this, yet over 40,000 lives have been lost!

When are we going to shed that lovely Liberal race bias that "they don't love their children like we do ours, so they shouldn't have so many"? As PJ O'Rourke puts it, just enough of me, way too much of you. These were human beings we're talking about. Some were saints, some were pricks - all are lost leaving families not knowing their fate.