Monday July 11, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

It is important to look at events in other parts of the world to gain perspective on our lives and events that touch and influence our world.

Yesterday was a typical day around the world.
A train derailed in India left approximately 40 dead and over 100 injured.

In a second derailment in India authorities are still tallying the number of dead and injured.

A boat sunk in the Volga and the toll is at 170 missing.

In India, bad train wrecks killing hundreds of people happen pretty often. Hundreds die because of human error and carelessness.

Train wrecks and boats that sink are not natural disasters, they are not acts of God. They happen because of poor building and poor infrastructure, because of carelessness and unwise decision making.

Here comes the perspective: Far more people have died in train crashes in India this year than in the total of all the revolutions in the Arab world.

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