When the video clips played last Friday on CNN my heart broke. I found it was very easy to cry, very easy to feel helpless and desolate as the people of the beautiful Japan were swept away like sakura petals in the wind...
'Why Lord?' I asked God in my prayers. 'What have they done?'
Praying for them to have the strength to rise above this pain is the only thing that I could do. I don't have the financial capability being a young girl who can't even afford college, to send donations even though my heart aches to fly to Sendai and pull those people from the waves that have long receded and hold them close and drive the chill of loss and pain from their hearts!
I was somewhat pleased with the way the rest of the world reacted. Everyone tweeted, #Pray For Japan became a trend within an hour of the disaster. Other countries sent aid in any form possible, people blogged, people held vigils, yes, people prayed... and I felt proud of humanity, we were there for our brothers, sisters, people of the same blood though we were miles apart.
And then a link on Gizmodo shattered that fluffy pink cloud of satisfaction... A comment had this link attached to it - http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg - and when I read it I was much more than merely horrified, I was utterly and completely bowled over!!
There still are people so low, so cruel, so evil that they make Lord Voldermort look like the Candyman! How is this possible? How is it that the world could be so dark?
When you see such atrocities living in the back of the people's minds you think, 'Hey, no wonder the world is destined for destruction.' Freaks like these need to be wiped out or their ideals will spread like an ugly cancer and consume us all!
I pray for the people of Japan, and even more so we need to pray for the people of America - at least the ones on that website - pray that the world not be held accountable for those that stoop so low as to mock an entire nation of innocent victims over a grudge against their ancestors. It's the same here in Sri Lanka, though the war is over, the Tamil people are still treated like lesser beings, after the death of the Tamil Rebel Leader, people celebrated their bloodlust in the streets and they will again, this year...
There are 50 people staying behind in Fukushima Daiichi braving death, putting their lives on the line for the rest of us, trying to stop the radiation. Heroes in Real Life, I bow before you guys in awe!!
The Japanese are a strong, innovative people after all they're the guys that gave us Yamaha and Sony, where would our music industry be if they weren't there to pioneer it?
We are praying for you Japan! May God bless you and be there by your side as you stand up from the rubble and once again become the proud people who create my favorite manga and manufactured my beloved guitar :)
'Why Lord?' I asked God in my prayers. 'What have they done?'
Praying for them to have the strength to rise above this pain is the only thing that I could do. I don't have the financial capability being a young girl who can't even afford college, to send donations even though my heart aches to fly to Sendai and pull those people from the waves that have long receded and hold them close and drive the chill of loss and pain from their hearts!
And then a link on Gizmodo shattered that fluffy pink cloud of satisfaction... A comment had this link attached to it - http://i.imgur.com/wbiJh.jpg - and when I read it I was much more than merely horrified, I was utterly and completely bowled over!!
There still are people so low, so cruel, so evil that they make Lord Voldermort look like the Candyman! How is this possible? How is it that the world could be so dark?
When you see such atrocities living in the back of the people's minds you think, 'Hey, no wonder the world is destined for destruction.' Freaks like these need to be wiped out or their ideals will spread like an ugly cancer and consume us all!
I pray for the people of Japan, and even more so we need to pray for the people of America - at least the ones on that website - pray that the world not be held accountable for those that stoop so low as to mock an entire nation of innocent victims over a grudge against their ancestors. It's the same here in Sri Lanka, though the war is over, the Tamil people are still treated like lesser beings, after the death of the Tamil Rebel Leader, people celebrated their bloodlust in the streets and they will again, this year...
There are 50 people staying behind in Fukushima Daiichi braving death, putting their lives on the line for the rest of us, trying to stop the radiation. Heroes in Real Life, I bow before you guys in awe!!
The Japanese are a strong, innovative people after all they're the guys that gave us Yamaha and Sony, where would our music industry be if they weren't there to pioneer it?
We are praying for you Japan! May God bless you and be there by your side as you stand up from the rubble and once again become the proud people who create my favorite manga and manufactured my beloved guitar :)
