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Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

deepali — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:15:31 -0000

as someone who was also at a ground zero that day, i can fully relate to this. i have always hoped that we can get to the point where we turn our tragedies into reasons for ending other tragedies.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

move to portugal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:34:26 -0000

I echo everything Emily says Steve. I don't comment enough either, however your posts are often very moving, very thought provoking and usually spot on, this one is no different.
-Laura

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:56:06 -0000

And really, Curmudgeon, past thinking about the grand nature of good versus evil and man's relationship with God and the universe and whatnot there's really the simple fact that life's a muddle of relationships and every time one of them disappears, life's a little less. Like John Donne said, "any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind." - but it applies even more to those close to you. I am sorry for your loss.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:51:48 -0000

That's such a compliment that I hardly know what to say - I'm sorry I made you cry, but I understand why you felt that way. Thanks so much, Emily.

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bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:45:50 -0000

Thanks, Carrie, that means a lot to me. I always have thought that day we stop talking about inflammatory subjects is the day we aren't human anymore.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

Curmudgeon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:15:14 -0000

I lost two valued coworkers on 9/11, one on each of the planes out of Logan that hit the two towers. I remember that day, every move, every thought, every news item, better than I do yesterday. As I get older, the day affects me more deeply. I don't think of good and evil so much as I do the lives that have touched my own life, and are no longer there. I'm off now to join some of my former colleagues to toast to their memory.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

remodelingthislife — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:34:53 -0000

I don't think I comment enough here, mostly because almost every time you write something I don't feel like there is anything I could possibly add. I enjoy everything you write and your perspective is refreshing in this community. This is no exception and the post from last year made me cry. My point is, Thanks, Steve. Well said.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

Jenna — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:25:08 -0000

I do agree that the reason we are not seeing cures for more of the world's diseases is because there is too much money being made on their treatment.

I was pretty devastated really, when I finally realized that drug companies and hospitals aren't necessarily there to make us better, as much as they are there to make a profit.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

escapee — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:50:59 -0000

you know, I don't really think that there will ever be a cure for cancer. The drug companies are too invested in the expensive treatment of it. If there's a vaccine that prevents it etc they are going to lose a huge amount of income. Cancer is big business. Unless they can come up with a way that the cure makes them more money than than the treatment, there won't be a cure.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

FFB — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:31:11 -0000

I hope one day 9/11 will be seen as a day of hope that jump-started a new realization. When people realized that we need to change our thoughts and attitudes and figure out a way to work with each other not against.

I don't see this happening just yet, at not in the general masses. But it can be accomplished.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

Carrie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:19:09 -0000

Steve, I love your blog and share many, if not all, of your political views. Today's post really touched me, and I wanted to say thank you for sharing your view and not being afraid to talk about potentially inflammatory subjects. I'm quite sure that you'll be a permanent fixture in my google reader.

Re: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

greg the writer — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:07:56 -0000

Evil yet sleeps in the lurks of the human heart even as the light contests for it's soul. It is in us all but like mud in the bottom of a lake it stirs the most violently feat of influence. Spelling intended. By the way broke a frugal rule and bought an iPhone from whence this comment comes!

All the best with your vacation!