Carl
I completely endorse everything you say and thankyou so much for saying it. I had been framing a response in similar terms over the weekend and have come in to work this morning to find your posting which was so welcome and echoed my own thoughts and feelings.
May you enjoy a relaxing holilday.
Mary
Mary Keogh
University of Central Lancashire
Student Services
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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I find myself feeling saddened at the responses to the events in America. I
can relate to the comments about the comparison with the death of Diana,
since I too have felt this, and talking about it with a group of 10
counsellors in a supervision group, they also felt very similar upon hearing
the news as they did when they heard about Diana. This is not to compare the
death of 3 people with the death of, according to tonights news, probably in
xs of 5000,(although I for one do not wish to go down the route of measuring
the differential worth of human life), but far more basically, to compare
the sense of unreality that either event had actually happened. Regardless
of one's personal views of Diana (& unless one knew her well personally, I
do not know how any valid view could be formulated), there was a feeling
that someone in her position should not have died like she did. The events
of this week are of a similar nature. I heard a news reporter commenting
that if the story had been presented as a film script, it would have been
rejected as too improbable. We have all, especially in the UK, lived with
terrorism for many years, but this action has shifted the boundaries to a
totally different level that had previously been beyond our ability to
conceptualise.
The meaning that I have of 'couldn't care less' is that I couldn't care less
whether they were Americans, British, Arabs, Japanese, Muslim, Christian,
Jew, Satanist or Atheist - they were all sentient human beings, some 'good',
some less so, but surely none of them bastard enough to deserve what
happened to them or to leave their families with the grief of their loss.
Both as a counsellor and as me I have a fundamental belief in the worth of
each individual, even if I do not agree with their beliefs or values or
condone their actions, but such a monumental lack of compassion as the
sentiments that have been expressed leaves me feeling that I may be totally
out of touch with reality and living in some sort of fantasy, fairy-tale
world of my own.
If the length of this posting or the views expressed within it cause
offence, then so be it, but I apologise for and regret that I will be unable
to respond to any replies since I am off on holiday tomorrow morning and
will therefore not have access to my emails for the next 10 days, by which
time the moment will have passed and it will be too late to respond, though
I will read all responses (if there are any) on my return.
Carl
"I am a tapestry;
Threads of relationship flow through me.
I am part of everything I see;
Everything is part of me.
Thank you for being part of my tapestry"
The Wordsmith.
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