I don't actually think I can do anything about it. What would you have me do? It isn't that I "don't care". I care as much about things that happen as any other person does, but I cannot do anything about the pirates in Somalian waters or the Taliban fanatics in Swat. Oh, I can get upset about such things, yes...and I do...but what exactly do you want me to do about it?

You know, the Viet Cong and NVA sometimes did terrible things to civilians in Vietnam. The USA and the ARVN also sometime did terrible things to civilians in Vietnam. In either case...very upsetting.

In a political sense, I had to come down against that American war. I do not feel it was justified, and I am glad they lost it and had to leave that country. That doesn't change the fact that BOTH sides committed terrible acts.

Both sides have caused innocents to die in the present wars too. I am simply saying that those wars have been caused by the West's need to control the oil. That is the primary cause of what is happening. What the Taliban is doing to those schools? That's one symptom of a much larger illness. Of course it's awful. So what do you want me to do, scream and rave about how awful it is? Will you then feel that I "care"?

You have no idea what I really care or don't care about, you're just bugged that I don't choose to rave on about the specific things that push your particular buttons, that's all.