Thursday, April 19, 2007
Lives Lost at Virginia Tech
I have stumbled across a online memorial to those whose lives were taken from them by sick twisted deranged man. Honestly, seeing the faces, the smiles, the life, it changes how you see the events. 33 stops being a number and becomes lives.
I wish we could do the same for the war in Iraq. Show the faces, tell of the lives, and understand the loss. Make the horror not about numbers because then we can forget, then we can step away. We should not, must not, forget that these are people's lives, hopes and dreams shattered in a cold staccato of violence.
We, humans, are better than this. We can be better. We must be better.
Jacob
I wish we could do the same for the war in Iraq. Show the faces, tell of the lives, and understand the loss. Make the horror not about numbers because then we can forget, then we can step away. We should not, must not, forget that these are people's lives, hopes and dreams shattered in a cold staccato of violence.
We, humans, are better than this. We can be better. We must be better.
Jacob
