Perceiving death

How different we perceive 32 students killed on a college campus, which horrifies us, compared to 127 killed across Baghdad, which feels like another day in an unfortunate war. Us v. Them, maybe. Or Here v. There. Or Aberration v. the Commonplace (i.e. war). Interesting.

clipped from news.yahoo.com BAGHDAD - Four large bombs exploded across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 127 people and wounding scores as violence climbed toward levels seen before the U.S.-Iraqi campaign to pacify the capital began two months ago.