Virginia school shooting
My condolences and prayers go out to those who were shot or injured in the Virginia school shootings, and all the friends and family members of those victimized by such a terrible act. I just don’t understand how human beings can treat each other like this. How does someone end up in such a mental place, one that gives no regard to life? I was telling someone earlier today that I am a huge proponent of self-responsibility. Regardless of a person’s woes and anger, innocent people never deserve to be harmed. These sort of horrific and definitionally evil acts–which occurr EVERY DAY in other countries–have no excuse. Society, peers, it doesn’t fucking matter; we as humans have the responsibility to treat each other with respect and compassion. There is no sense to violence like this. I can’t help but feel misanthropic when fellow humans display apathy and cruelty to this extent, but as skewed and fucked up as the world is, it’s still a beautiful place. People need to remember that all life is sacred, and when a person influences any point in reality, by whatever means, it causes a ripple effect. I am You and You are Me. As One Being, how can we harm ourselves? I hope and pray that the world is coming into balance. It must.
~Raven~
January 11th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Honestly…I can understand the thoughts that may have been in the minds…of the ones who did the shootings…I may be wrong…but I have so many thoughts…
…if they were hurt inside, they were taunted in school…everyone hurt them so terribly and deeply to the point…where they felt so alone, so hated, they closed their minds…and they killed others, thinking, hoping…that they could influence someone else who may relate…they didn’t want to be shadows anymore, they wanted to be known…they just…wanted that pain to be visible, to open the eyes of those who taunted them…
if only someone was there to tell them, how much pain it would cause…someone should have been there to comfort them, and show them…that they weren’t alone…that someone does care…
sometimes I feel..like all Humans should die, Earth should die…free her from her misery, everyone, be free…those with hatred…feel the pain they’ve been causing, mabye have another chance to have Compassion….
April 20th, 2007 at 1:58 am
Warning! long post …
Wretched! Though i know not one of these people i cry for them anyway.
….This is precisely why i’m such a raving anarchist..fighting to our last breath to bring about Change. Positive change. Genuine Improvement around the globe. i think it will help put an end to these kinds of things, or, at least if life was better, they might happen a Lot less often.
…heh..i wish these living nightmares made sense too, but, imho? Though the world is a lovely place..for some…it isn’t very kind for the majority..life can be awful harsh & cruel, and one by one they loose hope.
To have no hope whatsoever causes people to do all manner of terrible things, especially if the person also suffers from some form of mental or emotional damage.
i suspect this is what happened here.
*shudders* ..i guess..the only way to fully understand why they do these things..is…if we experienced what they did & thought the same way?
Crikies..i know what it is to loose hope at a very young age..my home life was all fucked up & it made me Self destructive..BUT..the thought of ever hurting another never crossed my mind. i only blamed myself for not being strong enough to shut out the pain as if it didn’t exist. & when i failed to end it ..the only place to go from there is Up. i became an EMT :)
This work brought hope & purpose back into my life, the ability to help others when they need it most..until just recently anyway..
No matter what Political poles say Crime is Up, and so is Violence..Alarmingly increasing..& one day..i crashed. Hit the wall. i had seen so much..too much..
Terrible things that people do to one another..that i could not help nor stop..no matter how hard we tried.
This particular day, only a block away from where i live, the parents killed their little girl. Repeat offenders they were. We had tried so hard to get them help, then we tried to get her out of there when they refused the help and kept on hurting her, and..the bloody court sent her right back to them. Now she is dead at 5 yrs old, and i….(a First Responder, so i was first on the scene) will be a long time getting over this. Problem? Yea.
At that moment..for the first time in my life, had this awful feeling..i wanted to kill them both…but..of course i didn’t act on it. Instead i told my boss & asked for PTSD leave & now i try to remember to breath in and out every day & await their trial.
While some people desperately want help, & a little TLC..the fact remains that some do not.
….The hardest thing for moi is having to face the fact that no matter how hard we try there will always be some whom will not be helped…and these are usually the ones whom take their problems out on others.
There really are some people out there whom simply can not understand even the concept of Love..i guess they never did..and that in itself is another tragedy
All we can do for them..is try to turn their hearts with our Will…if enough people would set their sub-conscious on autopilot, sending a constant healing/loving energy into the many layers of this world, it might do something. This is not as crazy as it sounds, the Red Robes have been doing it for aeons, but..they are too few. Recently it reached a global awareness & more people everywhere are joining this effort every day, and one day..who knows..we might have enough & it just may work
Blessings to You and Yours
April 19th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Yeah I agree with you however the ideal world, I do not think will ever be the real world that you and I live in. It has always been like this and will continue like this for all time. It sad you know but everyday you can make a difference to balance out the scales a bit by like you said about remembering that we as a people are One Being and sending out prayers for the Divine to help ease the cries of humanity. For every good thing there is bad thing, good cannot exist without evil. I believe that only way we know good is through evil acts like the tragedy in Virginina. Sometimes it takes something catastrophic to happen to bring a community together putting all differences a side to establish a powerful bond of brotherhood between neighbore and neighbore. Anyway I could write about this for many hours but I must clean out my fish tank otherwise my Alpha fish is going to give me “the look” while cocking her head back in forth in digust like she is Miss Attitude. :)
Blessed Be,
Michael