"wave of mutilation"

its a pixies song. anyway, as the numbers rise in the toll due to the tsunami, i feel things need to be put in perspective...

let me throw out this question: if you could prevent the tsunami, would you? hell yeah! how about the daily death of 29,000 children? according to unicef (pdf) 29,000 human beings under five years old die of largely preventable diseases each day. we must each become responsible for the wave of poverty in our global system. the time is now.