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Socks · 08-19-2002, 10:29 AM

The pictures were so disturbing because something finally affected us.. The US government does a great job of keeping things level, so when something like that happened it rocks us all out of our slumber.. What kills me is that pictures like this are taken all over the world and we care so much less.. People say it's because "we can't do anything about it" but I for one haven't done anything about the WTC incident either and that's not so far away. To say that the US people don't care about the rest of the world is ludicrous too.. There are SO many US and Canadian citizens in other parts of the world right now helping people out with their own problems too..

The other day I saw a picture of a woman whose house was destroyed by the flooding, just crying.. She was 74 years old, and every little thing she had saved during her life was destroyed. She had no bank account, everything she had was in the house. So sad.

Then I remember a story retold to me through an essay by Michel de Montaigne (everyone should read his essays!) of a man in Roman times I believe who came home from a trip to find his village destroyed.. He went to his home and found his wife and children dead in the yard and his house burnt down.. He left and was walking through a town when someone stopped to ask if he was okay.. He explained what had happened, and the man said "Why don't you look sad?" and he said "Because everything I am is inside me, they only took my things, they haven't taken anything that was truly mine." I think this is true.. Even his wife and family were a part of him as much alive as dead.. They helped him become who he was, and so were a part of him.. Nobody could take that away from him.

Thanks for the post Chris

08-19-2002, 10:29 AM
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	The pictures were so disturbing because something finally affected us.. The US government does a great job of keeping things level, so when something like that happened it rocks us all out of our slumber.. What kills me is that pictures like this are taken all over the world and we care so much less.. People say it's because "we can't do anything about it" but I for one haven't done anything about the WTC incident either and that's not so far away. To say that the US people don't care about the rest of the world is ludicrous too.. There are SO many US and Canadian citizens in other parts of the world right now helping people out with their own problems too.. The other day I saw a picture of a woman whose house was destroyed by the flooding, just crying.. She was 74 years old, and every little thing she had saved during her life was destroyed. She had no bank account, everything she had was in the house. So sad. Then I remember a story retold to me through an essay by Michel de Montaigne (everyone should read his essays!) of a man in Roman times I believe who came home from a trip to find his village destroyed.. He went to his home and found his wife and children dead in the yard and his house burnt down.. He left and was walking through a town when someone stopped to ask if he was okay.. He explained what had happened, and the man said "Why don't you look sad?" and he said "Because everything I am is inside me, they only took my things, they haven't taken anything that was truly mine." I think this is true.. Even his wife and family were a part of him as much alive as dead.. They helped him become who he was, and so were a part of him.. Nobody could take that away from him. Thanks for the post Chris