The human capacity for greed and insensitivity never ceases to amaze me.

"Hey, did you hear about the bombings on the tube and buses?"

"Why yes, yes I did"

"I understand that all of the transportation network is shut down, and people are stranded"

"hmmm, let's double, no, triple our rates for tonite"

"right, we can exploit a national tragedy"

"brilliant!"