ASLE's critique of the televised media's response to the SE Asian tsunami, with all the prominently displayed loss of human life, has been equally severe. The conspicuous lack of similar images from the war front in Iraq strikes many ASLE regulars as odd. One poster asks, "Is this death pornography acceptable because [the disaster] is 'natural'?" It is discomforting indeed that much of the human interest directed from this major catastrophe is because of the high ratio of Western tourists to poor unfortunate indigenous peoples. Analyzing the media representation of the tsunami, some at ASLE see it as "an editorial decision to determine how to 'market' death." But life goes on and tourism in the area is on the rebound. One white woman photographed while vacationing amidst the suffering strikes an ASLE poster as a "portrait of colonial indifference." Powerful stories of resistance have also surfaced: one indigenous tribesman whipped out his bow and arrow to shoot at a US military helicopter attempting to deliver "aid" to his tribe. Being that his tribe had resisted outside intrusion since Paleolithic times, we might take this as his way of politely saying no to corporate welfare.