Gaza again - sometimes the sheer reality hits you

Seeing the news, the latest bomb blasts of rather strange targets (which "will be explained later" by the men in black suits sitting safely in offices far far from the horror of it all) and this little child, perhaps a year or so older than my own grandson, his face distorted by the sheer shock of the shells and the destruction they had caused. He stared into the camera then gesticulated to where the full horror of what he had witnessed still remained - friends blown to bits? A home in ruins? But the camera didn't follow; and Just the image of his face remains. Another world yet still our world.

Really, what can anyone say?

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Jill1990 · 31-35, F

So, why do you watch the news? Do you feel obligated to hear how many are being killed ? Do you feel that I’m not acting responsibly because I switch it off ? I don’t understand why people are glued to the television every time there is some atrocity committed.

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@Jill1990 You probably don't catch all.of my posts, particularly as I tend to change my "screen name" every so often, but as I've said I actually watch very little news, don't buy newspapers and very rarely look up news on the net. Cut off in many ways, by choice. I just happened to see this. I was simply giving my reaction. Thanks.