Lawrence of Cyberia offers this quote, by Yossi Sarid MK, Former Israeli Minister of Education, in We cannot let death have dominion, as Quote of the Week:
We are still trying to count, and to remember them as individuals, but with so many dead, it’s hard to keep track. You wish you could remember them all, but you can’t. But we’re making an effort, because to lose count is to lose one’s humanity.
He juxtaposes this quote with a photo of the “Coffin Display” arranged by Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace.
I’ll add this quote to the mosaic of pain:
“We don’t do body counts” General Tommy Franks, US Central Command.
