tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post1768732493326438046..comments2023-08-06T07:02:49.496-04:00Comments on Little Steps Home: In Which I Have An Opinion That Will Not Make Me FriendsAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-73143469410303163062013-05-09T14:59:24.739-04:002013-05-09T14:59:24.739-04:00They've finally buried him somewhere secret. N...They've finally buried him somewhere secret. Now I pray that they manage to keep the burial site secret.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-76278715755709360132013-05-09T14:57:21.963-04:002013-05-09T14:57:21.963-04:00I don't think you're a terrible global cit...I don't think you're a terrible global citizen. Even though I pay attention to these things (I kind of can't help it given my job with a newspaper. I'm not a reporter but I'm surrounded by them so some of it leaks into my head no matter what!) but there's so much and it can be incredibly overwhelming and depressing.<br /><br />There are so many things that you look at and it's *horrific* and you can't help but think that there has to be *something* that you can do but it's always so complex and it can really make you despair for humanity. There doesn't seem to be a good solution for so much that goes on in the world.<br /><br />I remember that, the Amish shooting. Things like this always make me think of the Doctor Who quote (I'm a nerd): 'Don't worship me. I'd make a very bad god.' There'd be a lot less mercy going on under my divinity.<br /><br />I feel like people believe that they somehow have the capability and/or the right to punish people that have done evil things even beyond the grave. I have no idea where this has come from though.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-35120269205253774682013-05-09T14:41:08.397-04:002013-05-09T14:41:08.397-04:00Thank you.
I understand the Muslim community not...Thank you. <br /><br />I understand the Muslim community not wanting anything to do with him. They already get blamed for every terrible thing that is done by people who 'look' Muslims (or who happen to be Muslim). They literally can't decry and condemn the actions of these few enough to satisfy the fears and prejudice of the people around them. No matter what they say it doesn't seem to make a difference. And with something like this I'm sure that they understand that any action that they take is going to be seen as approval or admission that he was 'one of them'. So all they can do is back away. It's very sad.<br /><br />According to reports today he has finally been buried in an undisclosed location. Here's hoping that it stays undisclosed and we can start focusing on something else.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-43114737381197093732013-05-08T08:17:39.623-04:002013-05-08T08:17:39.623-04:00I'm glad you shared your thoughts on this, Amb...I'm glad you shared your thoughts on this, Amber. I enjoyed reading this. <br /><br />I think part of it is that they just want to reject him completely. I was glad to read a story this morning about a man offering to donate his plot in VT. It's near where his mom is buried and he wrote:<br /><br />“The only condition is that I do it in memory of my mother who taught Sunday School at the Mt. Carmel Congregational Church for forty years and taught me to love thine enemy."<br /><br />Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-35142083184337125882013-05-07T16:45:13.909-04:002013-05-07T16:45:13.909-04:00Well stated. It's true what you said: how we ...Well stated. It's true what you said: how we treat his body after it's no longer his reflects more on us than it does on him. I'm remaining intentionally uninvolved (I'm a terrible global citizen, I know), so this is the first I'm hearing about it.<br /><br />There's a PBS special on the Amish that has a segment that I absolutely love about the shooting that happened at one of their schoolhouses in Pennsylvania. Many of the Amish went to the funeral to show respect for the parents of the shooter, and it quotes one of the Amish as saying something along the lines of, "I'm glad I'm not God because I would not want to be responsible for judging that man." I find it applicable in relation to most people who cause terror.<br /><br />In some ways, this falls back on a sense of entitlement that is overwhelming our society. <br />"The justice that used to be good enough (either life in prison or the death penalty) is no longer good enough; we're entitled to more justice than that." (I put it in quotes because I'm putting words in other people's mouths.) According to our founding fathers, we are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's it. End of story. <br />seashmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698552238049211687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080372433953859587.post-29265863635810557182013-05-07T16:33:05.961-04:002013-05-07T16:33:05.961-04:00Very well said!
I wanted to write something simil...Very well said! <br />I wanted to write something similar to this on Facebook but blaming Muslims. Of course I couldn't.<br />I understand why Muslim communities in the US don't want to bury him in their Muslim-only cemeteries fearing that non-Muslim Americans will think Muslim communities in the States support what he did. Unfortunately, American Muslims are still living like their are foreign to the country. And it is something they are alone to be blamed for. They have to have a louder voice if they want to be more effective in this country. <br />No doubt this guy is a criminal and what he did had nothing to do with Islam breaching but he should be buried somewhere weather he was a good or bad Muslim. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com