Imagine sitting on a beach and enjoying a day in the African sun or driving along the water and then you are incinerated to death instantly because some vandal decided to puncture an oil pipeline running along the shore......
According to this news article from CNN , not even the head of the government in Nigeria offered condolances or outrage or anything even close to it....after finding out about a blast of an oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria which was caused by theives trying to steal oil by drilling into the pipeline....
CNN.com - Nigerians shrug off�pipeline blast - May 13, 2006
Gas pipeline explodes, up to 200 die (2:20)
(For those with a broadband connection...watch the video of the aftermath)
This article made me sad. I guess when you live in a country where deaths due to various different circumstances happen on a regular basis, one becomes "hardened" to the fact that "it just happens".
I am glad that I can still have empathy when even one person is killed or dies for whatever reason....even if they were a killer who was executed for just cause. Or seeing a dead animal on the road....even that makes me sad...
But maybe that is just me.
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