[arkady_renko]

Why do people joke in a thread like this? (Not you.) The anxiety level in Tel Aviv just pegged.

A_R

[Oldeconomybuyer]

15:04 PST KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- A large explosion rocked a major shopping mall in the Kuwaiti capital early Saturday, according to a security official.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the explosion was heard shortly before 2 a.m. (6 p.m. EST Friday) at Souq Sharq, one of Kuwait's largest malls.

It was not immediately clear if the explosion was caused by a missile or if there were casualties.

[nevergore]

Gallows humor....It's a tradition on F.R.....

There are few times that it is inappropriate...death of a child etc.

Get thicker skin if you live on FR......

NeverGore

[lonevoice]

Why do people joke in a thread like this?

I don't know. It's about as appropriate as joking would be if a missile had just exploded in downtown Chicago and we were waiting for casualty reports.

[Ichneumon]

Why do people joke in a thread like this?

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." -- George Bernard Shaw

Some of us are perfectly capable of seeing the humor in things even while we fully appreciate their seriousness -- and vice versa.