On the plight of the Somalians

When Satre spoke of his idea of a radical freedom to choose, he clearly did not have this in mind--the kind of absolutely stark choices between two impossibly, inhumane fates: “If they stay in Somalia, they will die of hunger,” he said bluntly. That’s what the choice comes down to for many Somalis: Do they risk starvation at home or torture and rape while fleeing?" (reported by Kristof for NYT).

This decision-tree left me cold.