Are you very desensitized to deaths in other countries?

I don't even bat an eye. It's a terrible thing and one of the very few parts of my personality that my partner dislikes: things like that simply don't touch me because I've seen and heard too many. I grew up in the UK when the IRA was still active, so reports of people being shot were pretty common. Then there was Ethiopia and the whole Band Aid thing: I still remember my father shedding tears in front of the TV when Bob Geldof finally woke the world up to the horrors of famine out there. I also remember not being touched by it (and donating to the fund, of course - I may be insensitive, but I'm not heartless!). The awful reality of modern life makes us insensitive to most things, I'm afraid.