The year that was in Bahrain - retrospective

For several days now, Sara Horton is giving us a review of Bahrain in 2005. Today, she wrote about March and I can no longer keep my peace. I do not know how Ms. Horton came up with her restrospection but I feel it rediculous to actually include in the highlight even the most trivial and parochial of the incidents and accidents. I am very certain Bahrain had more "history-altering" events than the items she has enumerated.

She seemed to be taking most of her "highlights" from the police beat.

I can't help but chuckle as this reminded me of an acquaintance who once told me that GDN is actually "Garbage Disguised as News".

I know the comment was harsh and unfair considering the reportorial and editorial team of GDN might probably doing everything to give us news-worthy stories. However, year-enders such as what Ms. Horton is trying to give us requires more than just selecting the most horrifying, the most scandalous, the most nauseating news. It must be about things that years from now can be looked back to for better understanding of why things turned out to be.

I am not going to append her list here nor shall I include a link. That would be an overkill.