Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Monday, February 21/2011

We're about to leave for Pyla - actually out on our way to the bus, but the rain starts, so it seems a bit pointless standing at the bus stop in the rain in order to go on the hash walk (me). Shame though, as J was to visit with Bill at the same time.

Television and radio are riveting though, as the violence continues in Libya. Heartbreaking pleas for world help from Libyans who report horrific events like security people going into hospitals and killing patients and medical staff. . We listen to the extreme distress of Libyans telling of the bodies on the streets over poor phone lines - it sometimes impossible to separate breaking transmission from accounts mixed with sobs. At the same time, as we watch BBC television with the sound muted the ticker tells of two Libyan fighter planes landing in Malta rather than obey orders to bomb their own people - while the footage on the entertainment news shows Lady Gaga arriving at some event in a transparent egg.
Bizarre juxtaposition!