Urban Anomie @ Taipei (台北健頭)

The huge toll (now more than 15,000) resulted from the Dec. 26 big earthquake near Indonesia is so astounding. I hope people in Taiwan will show more empathy than indifference. (Overheard: where is the earthquake? Oh, in Indonesia.... not our business) an sad anetdote.

Or like this... imply life is precious only when *our* people are involved...(一名台灣人的寶貴生命)

From 中時電子報

船夫機警 救14台客一命
李南燕、陳世財、周敏煌/綜合報導

南亞海嘯奪去一名台灣人的寶貴生命，另有14名台灣旅客，昨天早上原本已上船要出發到珊瑚島，船夫機警發現海水異常高漲，速速回航，旅客幸運躲過隨後而來 的大海嘯，避開滅頂他鄉的厄運，僅有三人輕傷