NP - Fighting the Forces of Invisibility

[davemarc]

Just catching up on some email....

From: Doug Millison <nopynching at yahoo.com>
>
> Re the insurance, I do put a higher priority on people
> and feelings than on property.  If that makes me a
> "savage", so be it. Propery owners in NYC will be
> compensated for their losses, either through insurance
> or through government bailouts.

I think this statement should be reconsidered.  The trauma of losing or even
nearly losing property, one's home, one's place of business, or having one's
neighborhood become an unrecognizable toxic waste site, etc., shouldn't be
shrugged off as something that can merely be compensated for by insurance or
government bailouts.  The trauma is inextricably tied to "people and
feelings."  Furthermore, the costs of those payouts adds to the economic
ripple effect, which can also have a devastating effect on "people and
feelings."

d.