These disasters are just part of the natural world.
Gallows humor is needed psychologically, sometimes.
I like to point out the hypocrisy of the left in complaining about a few hundred soldiers dying to keep terrorists from killing us, but they have few complaints or demands to withdraw from dangerous areas of the world, like California (fires, mudslides, earthquakes, car chases)
I repeat my demand that the causualty rate is too high and everyone must withdraw from Sri Lanka (Ceylon for old codgers like myself).
I visited Ceylon once and wrote this song:
sung to melody of Tea for Two
Tea for you but not for me
since I saw that tea factory
I know how they do it in Ceylon
Never again will I touch the stuff
I saw how they do it and that's enough
I'm gonna drink much stronger stuff than teeeeeeeeee...
I find no fault whatsoever with FReepers who find humor in these situations- I am simply amazed by the ability.
Would be interested to hear about the tea...
Gallows humor, perhaps, but if we had seen a Sri Lankan website making jokes about 9/11 on 9/14, I doubt we would have been understanding. It doesn't seem appropriate.