tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post8731452697418411342..comments2008-08-20T16:06:14.693+02:00katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16975826433125245969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post-4577384970875006372008-08-20T16:06:00.000+02:002008-08-20T16:06:00.000+02:00

I think it is in <I>Animal Dreams</I> that Barbara Kingsolver makes the point that we haven't evolved to be able to handle, emotionally, all the disasters that are happening all over the world. She makes the point in a story with a character who reads the newspaper and usually ends up in tears. I'm the opposite--if I read terrible news, I don't cry, I just feel bad that I'm not doing anything

Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post-35939384609478011622008-08-20T08:14:00.000+02:002008-08-20T08:14:00.000+02:00

You have a great talent for asking meaningful questions!<BR/><BR/>I keep up with the world through Time magazine and, once in a while, the Brazilian magazine Veja. <BR/><BR/>I always want to become an activist, but haven't found the time yet ;-)!

Lilianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809018728037248794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post-59070354703885329312008-08-12T20:31:00.000+02:002008-08-12T20:31:00.000+02:00

One uses it to carry on intelligent conversations.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I don't know what to do with the information a lot of the time. Sometimes, it makes me change my habits a bit. I know, just a tiny drop in the ocean...

Meg:http://www.blogger.com/profile/15358873589726139210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post-85136753491194906832008-08-11T09:11:00.000+02:002008-08-11T09:11:00.000+02:00

Hmm, thanks for the link.<BR/><BR/>The voyeurism aspect is one of the big reasons I hate the news here (I'm sure it's the same other places, too.) So much of it is about local stuff: crimes/accidents/tragedies/abuse/etc, which are horrible, but I can't stand the way they show tons of images, then interview the people who are affected by it. It feels so invasive. and not particularly useful for

katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16975826433125245969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992304.post-90499699297669954762008-08-11T04:49:00.000+02:002008-08-11T04:49:00.000+02:00

Honestly I am basically an ostrich like you for exactly the same reason. I honestly find I cannot handle the way so much of it is presented in the mainstream news. I rely on my husband to mak sure that I know the really big stories, and funnily I find that reading blogs keeps me quite up to date, I often know news before the man....I also prefer to find out things I can do, rather than wallow

orenetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.com