Besides, some members of the Lewis and Clark, Corps of Discovery reported that they found dog quite tasty and a welcome change from bison.

The woman getting her hair done... probably just a case of being dumb about basic physics and the passage of time.

The "punishment" in Pakistan? How very horrible (as is the burning of wives for their doweries) I can't grasp the "logic" of a culture that accepts that sort of thing.

The accidental bombing of wedding party? Ghastly, and inexcuseable.

But Little Hawk is absolutely correct in his assesment of the presentation of these stories. If it bleeds, it leads. Money IS the true motivation for the presenting of this kind of news. With the exception of the news from Pakistan and the acts of burning wives in India, we don't NEED to know about these sad events. The fact that both India and Pakistan have The Bomb and have aspects of their respective cultures which clearly demonstrate a lack of concern for the value of human life is very scary and somethng we SHOULD be made aware of. To what end, I truly don't know.

:(

CB