Look, guys, we obviously all have differing opinions on the matter, but let's make a few things clear:

1) Not all members of a country/race/society are represented accurately by a single person. Sweeping statements made against Americans or other groups are rather out of place since they seem to be based on one person's reaction to one other person or one person's perception of another group, and NOT on their personal interaction with many members of that other group. I'd appreciate it if you kept the America bashing to forums dedicated to that purpose and not carry it over into here since it has no place here. Likewise I'd hope that the Americans don't make any comments about any other nations.

2) What happened was a disaster. It was a catastrophe on a magnitude that none of us can even comprehend since we have never had to deal with anything else even remotely similar. We ALL agree on that, I'm assuming. Let's keep that in mind.

3) While passing moral judgment on an application before you even use it seems to be the hip and happenin' thing to do, I would suggest that you break from the norm and actually <i>use</i> the software before you comment on it. While I do agree that a program made solely for the purpose of keeping a death count would be rather tasteless and worth condemning, from what I understand, this application's purpose seems to be to make people realize and comprehend just how MASSIVE a tragedy this was and enable them to donate to the relief efforts. I'd hardly call that tasteless. Now, granted, I myself haven't used it yet (I'm only getting a speed of 1-2kb/sec on the download right now for some reason), but if it turns out that it IS just a death toll keeper and I think it's tasteless and crass, I'll be adding a comment underneath my post here saying as much. So look for that comment by some time tomorrow, and if you don't see it or you see me writing a glowing report (or a mediocre one, depending on what's called for) it means that the program may very well have been created by someone for humanitarian purposes rather than sensationalist purposes.

4) Regardless of anyone else's views, don't forget that we should all maintain a certain level of courtesy if for nothing else than to create a better environment for fellow netizens. Taking potshots at other people or insulting them is never a good idea. While I can understand the initial gut reaction to consider this application vulgar, I would point towards my #3 and encourage you to take a look at it before you pass judgment on it since I'm guessing that very few of you did so. Again, I'll try and post here tomorrow with my assessment of the program.

Regards,
--Anubis