Hello Fellow Travelers!
I have been more silent than usual the last few and stymied about what to write about since I heard about that Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage! When the ire of those who are incapable of speaking or walking is raised to the level of action, one can only imagine the collective anger shared by the able-bodied (that would be you) populace.
My snarking and complaining about anything and everything is possible in large part because I live in this country and I am fortunate enough as as American citizen to be alive and possess the constitutional directive to make any comment I can come up with. We're all protected by the Constitution. I'm trying to make lemonade (yum!) out of brain cancer (Thanks, Dr. HA!), but I wasn't sure I needed to fight so hard to stay alive in a world where burning people alive and filming it could even happen! I mean, what's the point? Then, it came to me: That is the point!
People all over the country, all over the world are rejecting genocide as an act of war!
Placing live humans in cages and setting them ablaze was something I had only read about (Stephen King- "The Stand") until this week. And thanks to cancer (Thank you, astrocytoma!) I was forced to reexamine life itself and reprioritize my beliefs. And no, I have not, nor will I, watch any ghastly video. Viewing any images of executions or murders will not improve my physical condition or increase my knowledge one iota so I refuse to watch!
I have to fight for my place on the planet to do my tiny part to save the planet!
It has to be fought for, for my son and my nephews and nieces and my PS and all the PSes all over the world!
A world where humans are burned alive is a world I cannot accept. I will fight for the right of every human being to be treated humanely. In "Shark Tale" Martin Scorcese (Cartoon/Fish) tells Will Smith (also Cartoon/Fish) where Will's character falls in the food chain. When "Fishy" Scorcese shows "Fishy" Smith where he falls on the chain (far below the lowest sea-dweller), "Fishy" Smith responds, "That's messed up!" Well I'd fall far below "Fish" Will Smith right now. I watched a CNN documentary about Auschwitz last night. My 2015 take-away from Auschwitz? Simple. I'd be the first to go. I'd qualify for murder/testing on by Nazis! Before there was an Auschwitz. In Germany, in WWII that's what happened to quiet handicapped people! They were gassed! In trucks!
Kayla Meuller volunteered to help people across the world because she was American! And so is her family. My best friend's husband professionally helps veterans in Prescott, his dad does in Payson, AZ. All three are heroes. Kayla must have been very brave.
We're Americans. Helping is what we do.
PS- To the Meuller Family: We have your back, The World
I have been more silent than usual the last few and stymied about what to write about since I heard about that Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage! When the ire of those who are incapable of speaking or walking is raised to the level of action, one can only imagine the collective anger shared by the able-bodied (that would be you) populace.
My snarking and complaining about anything and everything is possible in large part because I live in this country and I am fortunate enough as as American citizen to be alive and possess the constitutional directive to make any comment I can come up with. We're all protected by the Constitution. I'm trying to make lemonade (yum!) out of brain cancer (Thanks, Dr. HA!), but I wasn't sure I needed to fight so hard to stay alive in a world where burning people alive and filming it could even happen! I mean, what's the point? Then, it came to me: That is the point!
People all over the country, all over the world are rejecting genocide as an act of war!
Placing live humans in cages and setting them ablaze was something I had only read about (Stephen King- "The Stand") until this week. And thanks to cancer (Thank you, astrocytoma!) I was forced to reexamine life itself and reprioritize my beliefs. And no, I have not, nor will I, watch any ghastly video. Viewing any images of executions or murders will not improve my physical condition or increase my knowledge one iota so I refuse to watch!
I have to fight for my place on the planet to do my tiny part to save the planet!
It has to be fought for, for my son and my nephews and nieces and my PS and all the PSes all over the world!
A world where humans are burned alive is a world I cannot accept. I will fight for the right of every human being to be treated humanely. In "Shark Tale" Martin Scorcese (Cartoon/Fish) tells Will Smith (also Cartoon/Fish) where Will's character falls in the food chain. When "Fishy" Scorcese shows "Fishy" Smith where he falls on the chain (far below the lowest sea-dweller), "Fishy" Smith responds, "That's messed up!" Well I'd fall far below "Fish" Will Smith right now. I watched a CNN documentary about Auschwitz last night. My 2015 take-away from Auschwitz? Simple. I'd be the first to go. I'd qualify for murder/testing on by Nazis! Before there was an Auschwitz. In Germany, in WWII that's what happened to quiet handicapped people! They were gassed! In trucks!
Kayla Meuller volunteered to help people across the world because she was American! And so is her family. My best friend's husband professionally helps veterans in Prescott, his dad does in Payson, AZ. All three are heroes. Kayla must have been very brave.
We're Americans. Helping is what we do.
PS- To the Meuller Family: We have your back, The World
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