Mother nature is a cruel bitch. Nearly 150,000 dead from a tidal wave. We've seen it in the news, heard it on the radio and read about it daily in the papers. Damage in the billions of dollars. Possibly the worst natural tragedy in centuries. If the wave didn't kill them, the disease spread from the death contamination and pestilence did. It sure makes you ponder the frailty of the human condition. Mother Nature will always take care of herself. Like comedian Paul Mooney said once; "mother nature would shake us off like a dog shakes off fleas. " They have even predicted that a volcano in Africa could cause a tsunami by cracking and falling into the sea. The force would cause a wave so big, traveling at 600 MPH that would reach America and drown Manhattan similar in fashion to the motion picture "The day after tomorrow".
Doomsayers would use this a a platform to say that Armageddon is coming. God freaks would say that this is his way of punishment for man's sins. I lived through 9/11 and this dwarfs it in destruction and death toll.
Those of a more spiritual nature can practically "feel" the sorrow and possibly even the angst of those lost.
Politically, I find it ironic, that the United States, known in the middle east and Asia as "the great Satan" has donated or pledged in excess of 5 Billion dollars to the relief effort. 1 billion from private citizens. I guess Satan is a generous being. It must be his advertising budget.
I often wonder what type of "god" allows this to happen, and not at the hands of madman. What did they do to deserve this? Was it because they do not follow Christianity? I'm sure that churches in that circle might use that as a platform to further their cause also. Tragedies often spur megalomaniacs to use the situation to rally would be followers to their cause.
We truly are but so much stardust in the cosmos that we can be dashed away with a cleansing wave. How fragile we are. How precious is life, yet we neglect that fact as we stress ourselves silly over mundane inanities?
Ask yourself at the end of the day, "did I do anything to advance or enhance myself or my world today? Did I affect or touch anyone's life in hopes of a ripple effect?" If no, then maybe one might think less of griping about life and actually start LIVING it.
Those poor people in Sri Lanka... Those who only had huts don't even have THAT anymore. They were lucky enough to escape with their lives, if that. It's the victims. I guess that's the epitome of the word "victim". It's them we must feel for. May the find a better plane of existence than this.