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The two specific individuals mentioned in passing, Roger's sluginterview wife and father, are brought up merely as explanations for Roger's location at a couple points in time. Does he have any friends in "his" city? Is he on speaking terms with his neighbors? Hell, does he even order coffee sluginterview from a familiar face on a regular basis? Is he sluginterview worried in a personally connected way about anyone other than his wife and himself? Of course he is, I'm sure. But why isn't that part of his story? The whole piece is so detached from the vivid agony that comes through even in a Fox News broadcast that I'm tempted to think there's a bit of a psychological coping mechanism at work; Lord knows detachment can make tragedy more bearable, particularly in the short run. But this interpretation strikes me as a bit uncharitable. I'd prefer instead to believe that Roger wrote most of his article a few days ago, before the shocking human suffering gradually and hideously bloomed on our television sets.
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