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I guess most of you have heard what happened in Iran the other day... Calling it a disaster is a bit of an understatement, when the number of dead are feared to number around the population of a medium-sized Swedish city and the number of wounded twice again that many, it passes the point of being a disaster and becomes something totally incomprehensible.
The sheer scope of it all... I can't even begin to understand it! All I feel is a deep sadness at the loss these people have suffered and will continue to suffer. Words are insufficient to properly describe what is happening there.
I'm afraid there's not much I can do, other than send these people my thoughts, though that is of course wholly insufficient, as none of them will ever even know it... :'-(
With things like this in mind, our lives seem so short and fragile. So why do we do so many stupid things, hurting each other, and ignoring each other? Why do we get so mad at each other all the time?? Why do we harbor all these stupid grudges??? :-[
Why???? Our lives are too brief for that kind of sillyness...  ??
"Du och jag är miraklet här..."
-Thomas DiLeva
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
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It is funny how tragedy on a grand scale tends to cause the most adamant differences melt away. At times like this it is the humanity we all share, collectively as a global people, that crystalizes and shines brightly as the pure spirit that is within us all. All we can do is pray for the fallen and hope for the hurt.
Lenny, please know that I am thinking of them and you as well.
You have a kind heart.
Huggs tight.....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Sadly, the death-toll may be double what they first thought.
My thoughts are with them as well... The best we can do is hope,
and send them best wishes, even if they can not hear it.
You said when you'd die that you'd walk with me every day
And I'd start to cry and say please don't talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me
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Steve
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Really getting into it |
Location: London, England
Registered: November 2006
Messages: 465
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Marc wrote:
>>It is funny how tragedy on a grand scale tends to cause the most adamant differences melt away.<<
Oh, I wish you were right, Marc. My country immediately offered expert help to Iran. The response, publicly made, was that help was welcome from any country except one. In their dire distress even help from the USA is welcome to the Iranians, but not from Israel.
How unutterably sad.
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I didn't know that. It wasn't in the news over here...
That's so :'-(... Life, and the preservation thereof, should be the most important thing, far beyond ideologies and dogma. Undeniably, peoplle will die as a result of this refusal. One can only hope those responsible will receive suitable punishment for that at one point or another.
And, thank you Marc...
Hugs:
-L
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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The scope of this has been so underestimated from the begining. The international search teams are finding no survivors in the rubble.
My heart goes out to all those who have died and the family and friends they leave behind.
A moment of silence.
Kevin
"Be excellent to each other, and, party on dudes"!
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e
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On fire! |
Location: currently So Cal
Registered: May 2002
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It is ridiculous that a country would refuse assistance from even it's worst enemies after such a tragedy. How can any government allow its own people to suffer when help could be given? This could have gone so far to ease the tensions and to create at least a little goodwill between the two peoples. It's a pity that the government of Iran can't see this.
On another note, I am really thankful that the US and especially the california governments have taken precautions and enacted laws to help prevent such catastrophies here in the US. The earthquakes centered in and around LA in 1987 and 1993, and in SF in 1990? were stronger quakes, but the number of injuries and deaths weren't anywhere near what they are in Iran and often other parts of the world.
Think good thoughts,
e
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