Glenn Clabo
Well-Known Member
However...this morning I have a completely different set of feelings...
I didn't think too much of this a week ago...just another day in Boston.
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Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Dear, oh dear. My heart goes out to everyone involved or touched by this horrible event.
How brave do you have to be to blow up an eight-year old child? What philosophy or political standpoint thinks that the world will be a better place by killing a child? I just can't fathom it. Thankfully.
How brave do you have to be to blow up an eight-year old child? What philosophy or political standpoint thinks that the world will be a better place by killing a child? I just can't fathom it. Thankfully.
Glenn Clabo
Well-Known Member
Rob...
Yes...who would do something like this? What kind of evil coward? I can tell you that most of us here started out sad...but it is quickly moving to mad. The thought of a young boy killed...many families torn apart...while just having fun on a day that is locally cherished...brings tears to the strongest of us. If you aren't from Boston it is hard to appreciate what Patriots Day signifies. Day starts with the reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, then off to the Boston Marathon and an 11:00 am start of the Red Sox game at Fenway...then after the game a rush to see the end of the marathon...the first day of spring vacation for the kids, the day is all about partying and feeling that summer is right around the corner. That is what this day was...
Yes...who would do something like this? What kind of evil coward? I can tell you that most of us here started out sad...but it is quickly moving to mad. The thought of a young boy killed...many families torn apart...while just having fun on a day that is locally cherished...brings tears to the strongest of us. If you aren't from Boston it is hard to appreciate what Patriots Day signifies. Day starts with the reenactment of the Battle of Lexington, then off to the Boston Marathon and an 11:00 am start of the Red Sox game at Fenway...then after the game a rush to see the end of the marathon...the first day of spring vacation for the kids, the day is all about partying and feeling that summer is right around the corner. That is what this day was...
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
And will be again.
Ralph Thornton
Well-Known Member
I agree with the previous comments. I just can't understand how anyone can think this is acceptable.
Stephen McCullough
Well-Known Member
The good outnumber you, and we always will
Yes, sadness and anger.
The comic Patton Oswald posted the following on Facebook.
"I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."
But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). 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."
Yes, sadness and anger.
The comic Patton Oswald posted the following on Facebook.
"I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."
But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). 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."
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Nihat Iyriboz
Guest
So sad...
Pete Askew
Admin
Yes, I can see why and it goes well with your other series.
