How much do we care?

I think that going back to the posts to the blog from week 1, there are many similarities that I can find. I think that the very first blog post asked about how the war has affected us. As I was reading through the posts from week 1, one of the common responses to how the war as affected us, was that it does not really affect many of us. This is not to say that there was no one that posted about having a family member in Iraq or knowing someone with a family member or relative in the military. But it seems that if you do not know someone who is in the military fighting in Iraq, we do not pay much attention to the war. Like we discussed in class, many of the people fighting in the war are from less wealthy, southern, young boys. Many towns in the south have huge numbers of soldiers fighting in Iraq, many who have died. But in the town I am from, I do not know of one person who is fighting over in Iraq. But as soon as are town hears that a soldier from our area was killed in Iraq, then we seem to care and pay attention. I think that the common logic about any issues is to not care or pay attention to something, unless it directly affects us. Of course, once people step back and take a look at the entire situation, they will see that it really does affect them, if not directly, then indirectly. The money we are spending on the war is ridiculous, and that affects our taxes, and how much money we receive.