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I feel so much for those in Boston. It is so hard to comprehend why someone would do something like that to me. Bless the fallen. My thoughts and prayers are with them!
This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."
This is truly horrible. What was even more horrible than the bombings itself was that a thought flashed through my mind "at least it wasn't as bad as Sandy Hook". Really?!!! Is this the new world?
This is truly horrible. What was even more horrible than the bombings itself was that a thought flashed through my mind "at least it wasn't as bad as Sandy Hook". Really?!!! Is this the new world?
Sorry to say it, Pia but this is the new normal. You really are better off adjusting to it than being horrified every time it happens for now on. That's the truth, sad as it is.
My mom was at the finish line (near the site of the second explosion) about 5 minutes before in happened. She went to watch the finish during her lunch break and went back to work just in time not to be there. She was two blocks away when she heard the explosions and also saw smoke coming from the Kennedy library.
Both of my parents work in Boston and were evacuated shortly after.
This is a disgusting thing to happen but I am always inspired by the people you see running toward the explosion when it happens.
'Artist' is not a term you should use to refer to yourself. Let others, and your work, do it for you.
Sorry to say it, Pia but this is the new normal. You really are better off adjusting to it than being horrified every time it happens for now on. That's the truth, sad as it is.
Adjusting only makes it okay. We can't accept this and turn away.
'Artist' is not a term you should use to refer to yourself. Let others, and your work, do it for you.
Adjusting only makes it okay. We can't accept this and turn away.
Who said anything about turning away? I don't subscribe to that at all. But, if there's anything that can be done about it, you need to try and take emotion out of the equation. Look at the people who were out there helping the injured. They let rationalization take over and helped people instead of falling victim to emotion.
I'm going to do my best not to bring politics into this (and please don't respond to this part, because it could cause thread problems) but look at when something like this happens. Immediately, people make calls for things to be banned. Looking away from the Newtown shooting where banning assault rifles was called for, there are other situations in which the same thing has happened. Remember K2 aka synthetic marijuana? It flew under the radar for two years before the news caught on and all of a sudden, people were horrified and called for it to be banned. Nothing good has ever come from an emotional decision.
Point is, people should be vigilant. Beyond that, there's nothing else you can do except watch as things like this happen again and again.
Mr. B...seriously, your attitude is not what I think anyone needs at this time.
Yes, shit like this happens and will continue to happen, but to act like it's something we should understand as normal is not cool, IMO.
Jeff, you don't have to tell me. These are my thoughts on how to prepare for future situations like this. And, I feel for every one of the three who died and the 130 who were injured.
And, I'm not saying it has to be something that's felt right now. Not to be snide, but if you thought I meant what I said applied on the same day as the attack, that's ridiculous. It was meant for the future, when we're in the re-build and (hopefully) come back stronger phase. This is the time where we pray for those who are injured and mourn the dead.
Also -- my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions. Prayers also for the first responders, and other heroes who assisted at the scene, and in hospitals and for law enforcement personnel, who are already working to bring those responsible to justice.
April 15 -- not a nice day. My prayers to those murdered in Boston, in Kirkuk, and in the other Iraq cities that were the sites of bomb attacks yesterday.
Yes, Heretic. I'm in Azerbaijan and April 15th was very quiet here (thankfully - it's my b-day, you know) and then on 16th we heard about the Boston tragedy.
I don't even know about what happened in Iraq...
Got me thinking that there will be time every day will be called a mourning day by some group of people if not already. That's so sad.