This is a response to my sister-in-law's post ("Deller Update: Small Player"). The women she spoke of made me so angry. I started to leave a comment on her post but it turned into its own post because I just could not believe how asinine and how small in their thinking some people are.
As I was reading the beginning of the post I thought of people in our parents' generation telling the story of "where I was when JFK was shot". I think that is a perfect comparison.
How can we as a human race not be effected by things happening in our world? And if we are not effected by things that we see and hear (but possibly do not experience first-hand) how would there be any change in the world? I was not in New Orleans when Katrina hit, but watching those helpless people on TV sure got me angry. I donated money to charities to help the victims.
I wonder if those "women" watch the news. They shouldn't. What do they care if it didn't happen to them? And do they go to church? They shouldn't do that either. Again - all just stories of how it happened to someone else. It should have no effect on them whatsoever.
How disgraceful would it be to simply forget 9/11? Ask any Jewish person about the holocaust. Chances are they will have a lot to say. Even if they weren't there. But their parents or grandparents may have been. Their PEOPLE were there and they have vowed to never forget so that it will not be allowed to happen again.
If human beings didn't LEARN, where would we be? Nowhere. What if we never learned from our parents' mistakes? And they from theirs?
There is nothing "cliched" about being effected to the point of being forever changed by something. This was an attack on our PEOPLE. An attack on our COUNTRY. An attack on OUR FREEDOM and our way of life.
And if it didn't effect you - then I feel very sorry for you. Be effected. Learn. Be the change you want to see in the world.
As I was reading the beginning of the post I thought of people in our parents' generation telling the story of "where I was when JFK was shot". I think that is a perfect comparison.
How can we as a human race not be effected by things happening in our world? And if we are not effected by things that we see and hear (but possibly do not experience first-hand) how would there be any change in the world? I was not in New Orleans when Katrina hit, but watching those helpless people on TV sure got me angry. I donated money to charities to help the victims.
I wonder if those "women" watch the news. They shouldn't. What do they care if it didn't happen to them? And do they go to church? They shouldn't do that either. Again - all just stories of how it happened to someone else. It should have no effect on them whatsoever.
How disgraceful would it be to simply forget 9/11? Ask any Jewish person about the holocaust. Chances are they will have a lot to say. Even if they weren't there. But their parents or grandparents may have been. Their PEOPLE were there and they have vowed to never forget so that it will not be allowed to happen again.
If human beings didn't LEARN, where would we be? Nowhere. What if we never learned from our parents' mistakes? And they from theirs?
There is nothing "cliched" about being effected to the point of being forever changed by something. This was an attack on our PEOPLE. An attack on our COUNTRY. An attack on OUR FREEDOM and our way of life.
And if it didn't effect you - then I feel very sorry for you. Be effected. Learn. Be the change you want to see in the world.
2 comments:
Well said. I could not have said it any better.
I agree Missa. Having been in New York at the time, I can tell you that no one there that I knew acted as if 911 were a cliche, and appreciated the support and prayers of the rest of our great nation. Shame on anyone who suggests we forget 911 or any tragedy for that matter. I think the saying goes, "He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it." I guess some people cling so tightly to their opinions that they alienate others. Boo to those small-minded and insensitive people. Hopefully they will learn and grow and change.
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