Between Tragedy and Statisctic
The tragedy of every single death, therefore, seems to depend, in order to be registered and noticed, on being told, dramatized, recounted
Yesterday a plane crashed in Brazil. Everyone on board died.
In today's paper, I read about some of the passengers and crew who have perished. I was moved by all those life stories that were interrupted so suddenly, by all those futures that will not happen.
I was especially touched by the story of a three years old gir…
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