Zia's blog: 'Outrage over radio tsunami spoof'

Monday, January 31, 2005

Nice to see a city with its own experience of horror and death showing the kind of compassion it would have expected from us. Or not.
Quote from the song: '...I just saw her float by, a tree right through her head, and now your children will be sold to child slavery...'

At 6:09 pm, Zia said...: There are thousands of causes that need to be brought to people's attention, including world hunger aswell as the effects of the tsunami. It is important to let each individual decide how to prioritise their causes themselves, with knowledge.

There are no official figures regarding the number of people around the world who lose their lives to starvation, but the estimated figure is 24,000 each day. Poverty is an issue that was put on the same level as slavery and apartheid by Nelson Mandela in Trafalgar Square this week, as he urged world leaders 'not to turn the other cheek'.
Today, the number of confirmed deaths from the tsunami stands at 230,000.