Estimates by the UN say that probably over a hundred thousand have been murdered in the genocidal war in Darfur, Africa, in the past year (item on the second page of the paper this morning); Man on trial grabs gun, kills judge and two other people in an Atlanta, Georgia, courthouse (24 hour coverage of the event and the ensuing manhunt on HSN, CNN and FoxNews).
100,000 murdered Africans are less newsworthy than 3 murdered Georgians.
I shall retire to Bedlam...
pearls before swine...
