notes at the end

the nurse's post-prank suicide story upsets me in two ways. one, it doesn't make sense (to me, at least) that this was more than just a contributing factor to a pre-existing condition. suicide isn't something that people just sort of do. and she apparently had the family's support after everything came out.

having said that, calling what these guys did a "prank" doesn't seem appropriate. pranks are funny, but i don't see the humour in what they did no matter how ridiculous it may have been that nobody caught on to their accents. i think these guys were just being assholes, and that everyone involved in letting their call through should be embarrassed.

---i totally missed the whole story of the jewish south african doctor on trial in abu dhabi. my heart goes out to the karabus family: the middle east is a cruel place and the international community should be doing something about this!

because the south african government doesn't appear to care about its citizens' rights.