I'm truly sorry to have written so many mournful posts this year. I am actually having a pretty good one, work, family, man, dog, and self-wise. But death is a part of life; in fact it's the concept that keeps me from being truly calm and centered, the idea of losing those I love and of wasting my own life. I'm working on this.In the post below I wrote that human resilience never ceases to amaze me (yes, I realize I've just quoted myself, but hear me out on this one). Of equally morbid fascination, though, are the depths to which human ignorance can plummet, and the things that prevail in people's minds.
A 49-year-old man, Jack Price, was attacked last night in Queens because he was gay. He's now in a medically induced coma. I did not know him; I read about him in the news. This is also the anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death.
For lack of anything more erudite to say at this hour, what the fuck?
I just don't get it, on any level.
Whether or not you like Keith Olbermann, please watch this.
Kindness and compassion. That's what it's all about.
Sing of the past as you behold the dawn of hope in my eyes, for
It's magic meaning is a soft bed upon which my heart rests.
-Khalil Gibran
3 comments:
Thankfully, he's not dead yet. He's in a medically-induced coma. That said, I hope they catch these thugs and put them away for a very, very long time.
Wow -- thanks for telling me that -- I apologize for jumping the gun. Leaving that part out, I hope the rest of my blahhhg post still works.
And last I heard, they did find the guy.
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