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I read something very sobering on Facebook yesterday. It was a repost of somebody's tweet. It talked about how, after everything was done and the police and others went in, the most unnerving aspect for them to deal with was all the cell phones ringing... the victim's loved ones were desperately trying to contact them and find out if they were ok.
Different things affect people differently, but as long as you have sympathy and empathy there really isn't a wrong way to react. Your reactions are natural, they are what they are. This particular thought stopped me in my tracks. I can't explain why this and not as much the tragedy to begin with. Maybe because it showed me how deep these tragedies go. It drove home the point that the victims are not only the ones killed, but it reaches far deeper. This is the aspect that I cannot stop thinking about. Both the direct victims and the indirect victims.
I am going to respectfully request that everybody leave politics out of this thread. There are plenty of other threads for that, and they are active. Please reserve your political comments for those threads.
Thank you for reading.
Different things affect people differently, but as long as you have sympathy and empathy there really isn't a wrong way to react. Your reactions are natural, they are what they are. This particular thought stopped me in my tracks. I can't explain why this and not as much the tragedy to begin with. Maybe because it showed me how deep these tragedies go. It drove home the point that the victims are not only the ones killed, but it reaches far deeper. This is the aspect that I cannot stop thinking about. Both the direct victims and the indirect victims.
I am going to respectfully request that everybody leave politics out of this thread. There are plenty of other threads for that, and they are active. Please reserve your political comments for those threads.
Thank you for reading.