If there are links to such vids, it would be interesting to view them.  A few are here:

http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html

total adjusted yet again.

humour most certainly does have a place in tragedies such as this. providing it is not made at the expense of others. there's a common phrase in english

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if you don't laugh, you'll cry

speed probably, as a non-native english speaker, isn't aware of this aspect of the language/culture.

humour is often used as a shield against suffering. my "cthulhuism" comment was an attempt to use humour to defuse a volatile situation. 6of1 picked up on it and carried it on. if MRJ had been present you can guarantee that he would have been to the one to so do.

Indonesia have revised their total and the total is now standing at over 112,000

Indonesia: 79,940
Sri Lanka: 22,800
India: 7,330
Thailand: 1,975
Somalia: 120
Burma: 90
Maldives: 67
Malaysia: 65
Tanzania: 10
Seychelles: 1
Bangladesh: 2
Kenya: 1

It's almost incomprehesible, the amount of poeple who have died..... it's so tragic.

I just went to the worldvision.ca website and donated some money.... i'm actually thinking of sponsoring a child... it's only $33 per month, which i can easily afford...

I agree with 6of1, a light hearted chuckle, not aiming directly at the situation, is a good thing, not a bad thing.

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Some things never change around here, do they ??

No they don't.  

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Total update : 121,000 But some official say, it's a FAR away number, it's currently THAT only because they are still counting the bodies. Some already avaluate to over 200,000 dead. And that, without counting those who may die of sickness or other sanity problem. And still over way 25,000 people without news. Over 10,000 missing were in vacation there: 2000 From United States (45 are known to be dead) 1500 From Swizterland (spelling?) 1000 From Germany 600 From Italy And from two douzens other country. Even if still most of those are "missing" simply because they can't find a phone, it's likely there will be dead from every big country of the planet.

What about the aussies speed?

Indonesia have givin up counting the dead, and are concentrating on getting aid to the survivors.
theres some videos as well which show how much damage was done, there scary

there was a page on the bbc site that had death totals for tourists, but i cant find it just now,