Thanks Pyekett and Julia. I honestly was pretty sure it wasn't intended that way, so I'm sorry for even bringing it up.
Love the picnic analogy, by the way.
That being said, when you are in the middle of horrific circumstances, you get to interpret things as you see fit. When one's energies are stretched to the breaking point, nuance just doesn't have any play.
The pictures of the devastation are just unreal.