No matter the race, creed or colour
Of those peacefully assembled there
There can be few acts of greater evil
Than the massacre of people at prayer
No matter the race, creed or colour
Of those peacefully assembled there
There can be few acts of greater evil
Than the massacre of people at prayer
I disagree Biggus. The massacre of people is wicked. The fact that they were praying rather than eating or singing or kicking a ball is completely irrelevant as far as I can fathom. I object to the thought that it makes it any worse, as though it somehow could be worse to die in a perceived act of sanctity.
For those who believe,
no explanation is necessary.
For those who do not,
none will suffice.
Great poem Biggus that wasn't a philosophical tract, and therefore not worthy of any criticism. Or, might I say any criticism is not worth regarding in light of the heartfelt intention of the poem itself.
Obviously as a person of faith I disagree, but thanks for your thoughts
Thanks Ekimhtims much appreciated
Well said, Biggus.
My heart goes out to all affected.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Fu cking hogwash. My heart goes out etc etc. None of you are honest enough to say you read the story and felt sad for a second then carried on unaffected. This pseudo empathy for every event that makes the news whilst whistling a tune through every tragedy every second that doesn’t make the news is nauseating in its sycophantism.
For those who believe,
no explanation is necessary.
For those who do not,
none will suffice.
You never heard a politician say at this time our thoughts are with .. add dead persons name. You read the news and felt something breifly like we all did. Don’t sanctimise yourself with something deeper because it made the news. Thousands of people died that day in unjustified ways. Find this ****e nauseating in its ultimate insincerity. Save it for Facebook
For those who believe,
no explanation is necessary.
For those who do not,
none will suffice.
Jerrybaldy, it is presumptuous of anyone to judge the merits of another's intent, but you're invective's against kiz paws in particular, and others by extension, are just hostile. Feel free to feel nauseated, but no need to puke in another's lap simply because you worked your own tummy up.
[Jane Austen after British soldiers had been killed in the Peninsular War:] "How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!"
(From a letter to her sister -- i.e. probably not meant for public consumption)
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Why are people (and the news media) obsessed with terrorist attacks? Perhaps it is because the randomness seems threatening. Perhaps it is because human evil is fascinating. Perhaps we relish playing at a grief that doesn't affect us TOO closely (remember the public ululating when Princess Di died?).Spring and Fall
Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 - 1889
to a young child
Márgarét, áre you gríeving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leáves, like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you will weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sórrow’s spríngs áre the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It ís the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.
Certainly we can all empathize with the terror of being in that mosque.
All of us are doomed. It is the blight that man was born for.
Should we care more about the deaths in that New Zealand Mosque than about Anna Karenina's suicide or Prince Andrei's death? Do we?
Of course we should care more, and furthermore we do.
I'm stunned by the bile from Jerrybaldy and the attack on Kiz, she certainly didnt deserve it, she is always kind and thoughtful in her comments.
And how dare you presume to know what I care about or who I empathize with.
People do care when tragedy strikes, so dont judge others by your own standards.
I'm stunned by the bile from Jerrybaldy and the attack on Kiz, she certainly didnt deserve it, she is always kind and thoughtful in her comments.
And how dare you presume to know what I care about or who I empathize with.
People do care when tragedy strikes, so dont judge others by your own standards.
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