It is sad, but true that it is almost impossible to lift up a newspaper without being informed about bad news. War, poverty and world hunger - it is the media's daily ration of social problems. How welcome to read of this ray of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy press.
"Outrage in cyberspace as the US Navy describes the MySpace generation as "alien life forces". They spend their lives in front of screens meeting foreigners and are therefore less willing to sign up and kill them, a Navy study reports." (Times, 2 October) RD
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