lives we value, lives we don't

Just a quick state-the-obvious post. Last week, 30 British people were killed by bombs (the figure has since been revised to around 50, but the first figure was 33). Four days later, all the main news services are still covering it prominently. Yesterday, a similar number were killed in a Baghdad bombing (initial reports say 30). Only the Washington Post bothered to report it with any prominence. When a wealthy person is killed, web sites all over the world have prominent messages of condolence. But when an Iraqi gets killed, its gets barely a mention. No web sites showed solidarity in their hour of grief. And of course no mention at all of the thirty to fifty thousand people who starved to death yesterday.

Just stating the obvious.