The newspapers here are covered in cheerful smiling images of people who died the most hideous of deaths. People thousands of kilometres away are weeping for people they never met. The death toll is followed like sporting scores and there's a weird interest in the fact that we're the planetary centre of attention for a moment. I've been guilt of some of these things, but for me it stops here. I'm fed up with vicarious grief porn. Unless family or friends were damaged or killed, back off, shut up and live your own life. The donations will help and those who so desperately need them can now focus on their rebuilding and healing. But the sadness is their's, not yours or mine. Tragedy should not be a spectator sport.
