[Captain Peter Blood]

I think the problem is that because of TV the last 30 years or we have become desensitized about disasters in general. The numbers of people being affected are tremendous yet in one aspect it's just another TV disaster where the coverage is very over the top to the point of exhaustion to watch.
I think excessive TV coverage of events, graphic video games, etc. have just about numbed us as a group that we are beyond being shocked, shamed or bowled over by catastrophic events.
I know that I should feel more than I have been feeling since this thing happened about 10 days ago and I made a contribution to the relief effort but beyond that I just don't seen to have the kind pathos of feeling I should for a terrible disaster like this. I am afraid we as a nation we have become so numbed and desensitized by things we just don't give things like this much more than momentary passing thoughts and then we move on.
I know this sounds terribly cynical and I wish I didn't feel that way.

[T.L.Sink]

I think you make some good observations but you should not
feel guilty about being desensitized. This is a very necessary human defense mechanism. We cannot (nor should
we) absorb the full horror of the 24/7 inundation of tragedy,suffering and death which we see and hear. As T.S.
Eliot said, "humankind cannot bear too much reality." If
we are too indifferent we become callous; if we are too
sensitive we can go mad. The trick is maintaining a proper
balance. I think this is why we need a diversity of interests and activities in our lives.