Oh, Nice, beautiful, vibrant Mediterranean city, where many different people appeared to live peacefully together, where hidden in your depths was insanity that cannot be described in words.
Suicide bombers. But he wasn’t. The man killed a woman in a head scarf first. Then the 80+ others. Mentally unstable is a mild description. He was a husband and father. But he beat his wife. He never spoke to neighbors.
It is even more disturbing that he acted alone.
Sometimes a person will be found to be acting alone but perhaps strongly influenced by a radical organization such as ISIS or any radical Islamic group or any RADICAL group wishing to destroy all those who do not embrace and adhere to their beliefs. The KKK was not Muslim. This man was a father of three and very, very angry. His neighbors say he was not religious.
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There are no words other than shock and horror and despair and outrage and fear to apply to the Nice massacre. Hearts around the world are aching for you.
And of course, now, unfortunately, many Muslims, many Tunisians, many people of color, in Nice will be regarded with more fear and loathing and suspicion. ISIS, any radical religion, ANY radical religion, is a virus, a cancer, a disease for which a cure looks ever more distant.
How did this happen to our world? Does it even matter? It has happened. Now what?
Still stunned by all this. The image of a little girl, dead, covered with a blanket with her doll beside her sticks in my head. How could a father of 3 kill and main so many children who were out to enjoy the music and fireworks? The elderly, tourists, neighbors – no one spared, as if his anger and rage gave him the right to take the lives of others. Hard to comprehend.
I read in the NYT that we have to start making individuals feel included in society, create programs for the young, teach better ethics in schools, value the individual. So many feel worthless and angry. It is a huge job. So sad for you to have seen these things. The NYT is suggesting that we try not to see too many images that create so much fear. Hard to do.
Very sad, there is so much trouble in this world.
Is there ever. And those in charge do not seem to grasp what needs to be done to fix it. Immigrants do not feel welcome in our countries, do not assimilate easily, are feared and shunned. Our family values are shot, our sense of ourselves is shot, our hopes for a better life only belong to a few. But if you are an American, count your many, many blessings!!! You earn more than anyone anywhere on average, you have access to so many things that others do not, and yet, we have a society now that is very unhappy with its lot. I as a kitty am content with my lot and my life and wish I could give that to others.
We miss the words : it’s awful and scary. Purrs
Words seem so inadequate these days. One wants to be positive and I, as a kitty, am pretty good at that, but what I see around me does affect my day. I just try to be kind and thankful for all the good things that exist with the inevitable bad.
We are heartsick as the death toll mounts. Horrible, horrible!
And he acted alone. He was not an ISIS suicide bomber.