Blog Entries tagged 'burma' http://www.rednow.com Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:02:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rednow.com/blog/more-compassion-fatigue-ironically.html <p>An article on&nbsp;Time.com&nbsp;tells about the fatigue that many people are feeling over the past few weeks. &nbsp;On this site this fatigue has been called &#39;compassion fatigue&#39;; Time calls it &#39;disaster fatigue&#39;. &nbsp;The sources for this fatigue are often seen to stem from two places: overexposure by the media and over-solicitation by charitable organizations. &nbsp;It&#39;s also a term referring to overworked physicians or caretakers, and to oversimplify the situation, th [...] gabe suffering compassion fatigue china burma http://www.rednow.com/blog/compassion-fatigue-613.html <p><br/>Something strange has been happening the last two days. It is insignificant in our everyday lives, our eating and drinking and working and sleeping lives. Yet, the ramifications of this phenomenon are far-reaching, and hold sway over what<br/></p><br/>it means to be human, especially what it means to be human in the 21st century.<br/><p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>Cyclone Nargis, one of the deadliest cyclones in history, struck Burma early this month. Last week, international ire and frustration arose a [...] gabe news compassion china burma