You know why the Monitor posts it:
A mother wept on May 28 while holding a picture of her daughter, one of the children killed in the collapse of No. 2 Primary School in the town of Fuxin, where at least 127 students died. (Associated Press File)
Oh, she had such a beautiful daughter -- a rarity in a society where females are often aborted due to governmental policies restricting population growth and cultural values that favor men over women.
And I don't care about blame, readers. For one time, I just want to grieve....
"Quake victims' parents file suit; Chinese school collapsed in May" by Edward Wong, New York Times | December 23, 2008
DEYANG, China - A group of parents whose children were among the 127 killed in the collapse of an elementary school during the May earthquake that devastated western China have confirmed that they filed a lawsuit against government officials and a construction contractor. The lawsuit is the first filed by grieving and angry parents who say shoddy construction cost the children their lives....
The May 12 earthquake that left 88,000 people dead or missing. Up to 10,000 schoolchildren were killed as some 7,000 classrooms and dormitory rooms collapsed across the quake zone....All PRECIOUS and PRICELESS SOULS, readers, EVERY LAST ONE of them!!!!
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