We passed by Jeju Island (South Korea) earlier today…that was probably the only exciting point of my morning, only being beaten by an early dismissal from my field research class.<\/p>\n
I’m currently sitting in the China post-port session, which has been turned into post-VT shooting time. A few speakers have said their words about it, and I’m confused as to some people’s reactions to the event. One girl is visibly very disturbed and crying, earlier having lead the Union in an ‘our father’. I’m observing about 3-4 more people (all female students) with some tears in their eyes. I don’t really get it – school shootings happen every few years, hundreds of soldiers have died in the middle east, and thousands of people die daily around the world – what’s with the emotional reaction? Do these people cry everytime one of these happens? If so, they’ve got to be depressed as hell – tragedies happen on an minute-by-minute basis in our world.<\/p>\n
Or maybe it’s a religious thing. I’ve always considered religion the “opiate of the masses” – <\/p>\n
Also, the East China Sea is not treating us well. We haven’t had rocking this bad since pre-Mauritius – even I am starting to become nauseous. Many people have their seabands and patches on, and we’ve almost run out of meclazine (only 5 packets left when I got mine at the purser’s desk).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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