Funny, we ain't all Egyptians

In the wake of the assorted terrorist incidents in London, and the interesting news - which took my by suprise, because I was not planning to move to the UK - that we are now all Londoners, I am relieved today to discover that we are not suddenly all Egyptians. I didn't want to move to Egypt.

That's right: after bloggers fell all over themselves trying to report the July 7th attacks in London, the attacks today in Egypt have been met with a crashing silence. Yet these attacks, too, were linked to Al Qaeda, and the death toll has now reached 88.

Look, I know this is just a matter of those kooky Muslim Arabs killing each other, but I'm confused about the math. How many Arab lives are equivalent to one Western life, and how many Western life equivalents does it take to make a story newsworthy in the Canadian blogosphere?

I mean, shouldn't we all be busy condemning stuff, and seeking partisan advantage, and speculating wildly, and joining cliché-monger Paul Wells in praising Egyptian "pluck?"

Nope. Silence.

Huh.

UPDATE:
Jay Currie, apparently annoyed at me for pointing out that we aren't all Egyptians today, attempts to take a shot at me.

Alas for him, I didn't blame the London bombings on Bush, Blair, or Iraq. If he'd engaged his brain before reaching for his keyboard, he would have realized that. Nor have I shied from using the word "terrorist" here, as I'm not constrained by any notions of impartiality - which again, he'd have realized, had he bothered to think.

No imploding heads here, Jay. Have you looked in a mirror recently?

Better luck next time.