Seven-month-old Mihag Gedi Farah at an aid camp in Kenya It makes crowing over Phil Goff's miseries and tales of embezzling gay vicars seem so banal. The wretched plight of those in far off lands and our helplessness in ameliorating their sufferings is not something we care to dwell upon for too long. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God Have mercy upon the suffering of East Africa Update : I have changed the first sentence in this post to, hopefully, remove any ambiguity in my intent when first I wrote it. The examples in it mean nothing, they just reflect things I had read while grieving this human tragedy and how hard it is to contemplate.