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News stories: New York Times - BBC
It's not that human deaths aren't heartbreaking... but this kind of thing clearly takes aim at the heart, and it finds its mark.
I don't feel ashamed to grieve places & things ever since 9/11, because I knew & loved the twin towers (used to work across the street, blah blah blah) and their destruction was a particular kind of heartbreak—different from grief for a person, but profound and intense nonetheless.
Of course, this is much more devastating for people who knew and loved this place, and more than that, venerated it as a sacred and holy site. Some of the crowd scenes of people just standing around outside staring at the ruin hint at the devastation that people are feeling personally...
I could try to say something philosophical about war etc. but I think I'll just leave it at this.
Why?
ReplyDeleteWHY?
It's a fucking tragedy, and it's horrible. Thing is, it's not little kids toppling one another's tinkertoy towers, this is real stuff.
ReplyDeleteI still want to send all the players to their corners to think about what they've done. Horrible brats.