I was discussing with someone and he brought up the fact that while the tsunami issue has been escalated, there are other humanitarian issues that have been largely ignored by the public. Like the ethnic cleansing in Western Sudan. He asked: who decides whose lives are more important?

I guess whenever humanity is destroyed at the hands of other men, politics comes into play. People like to adopt the ostrich mentality and bury their heads in the sand. Interference brings problems and possible retaliation, but a tsunami on the other hand, is an act of God. An act of God unites humanity to protect its own.

It may be hypocritical to have double standards but I feel this doesn't mean that the tsunami victims shouldn't be given as much help as they can get. It just means we need to be more aware and proactive to what else is going on.