Comments on: RIP: Byron R. Fouty & Alex R. Jimenez

By: archangel

archangel — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:33:27 +0000

dear Shaun, thank you for this. I agree. When any of us have been on daily vigil, it hurts like hell. I am glad their parents will receive their boys to be able to bury them. That will help the families, over those who never find their loved ones.

Regarding the pain people feel at this sad, sad ending... my refugee aunt told me long ago that she knew she was damaged when she could not cry anymore. And that she was healed when years later, beholding a small child who ran to her, she was able to cry again.

I think we are, most of us, still able to cry. Nothing frozen. But broken. Open. Perhaps.

I am glad you carried the lit candle for all this time. For all of us who did. And are. And will.

with kindest everything,
dr.e

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:07:41 +0000

Actually, we're numb, which is why this story doesn't cause outrage. We were numb already — and disenchanted or disheartened — before the 2006 elections, as the results show. Why numb? Thousands of people have died, that's why.

By: runasim

runasim — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:20:25 +0000

Thank you, Shaun, for this post.

God, how callous and oblivious we've become.
We get worked up about lapel pins while our young people die, and their families are shattered.

Suicide bombers and lethal explosions in Iraq don't even raise an eyebrow, anymore. Those things are just background noise, while we argue about gaffes and video clips.

I wonder if we'll ever face up to what our Iraq adventure costs, in money, our social fabric and the numbness of our souls.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:33:29 +0000

I was thinking as an appropriate gesture, maybe Chevron, Exxon or Mobil could donate money for their funerals and headstones?

Seems the least they could do.