tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821626455426629918.post6009914141987515521..comments2023-11-07T17:44:00.649-08:00Comments on Building Bridges of Oneness: Bridges all over the WorldEmily VanLaeyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926437084636415151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821626455426629918.post-40351166214950005692011-03-22T00:02:21.571-07:002011-03-22T00:02:21.571-07:00Sorry to hear about your niece, hope she is on the...Sorry to hear about your niece, hope she is on the mend. <br /><br />I don't think that "this kind of tragedy may pale in comparison to the crises in Japan and Libya..." In fact, the opposite.<br /><br />The car accident resulted in the death of one person and serious injury to another. The events in Jspan and Libya resulted in death and serious injury for thousands of people. <br /><br />But the death in the car accident was no less a death than any of those in Japan or Libya. Nor is your niece's serious injuries any less serious than those of affected people in Japan and Libya. <br /><br />It's not "a numbers game". In fact, you could argue that the car accident was somehow "worse" because it had a direct negative impact on all three of the three people involved: a 100% direct negative impact. <br /><br />By "direct negative impact" I refer to those people who 'personally' died or were injured as a result of the events, and I exclude people such as friends and family upon whom the impact is "indirect" ie happened not to the person zirself but to a relation or friend (This is not to minimise the pain and suffering of those experiencing indirect impacts; but this comment focuses on the direct impactws). <br /><br />In contrast to the 3 out of 3 mentioned above the events in Japan and Libya had direct negative impacts on much smaller percentages of the population where the events took place. I don't know the actual numbers, but it's absolutely certain that the direct negative impacts as a percentage of the population in the cases of Japan and Libya would be substantially less than 100%.<br /><br />So in the sense discussed above, the event itself, the car accident, was more efficient, more tragic so to speak, than the events in J. and L.<br /><br />And as you say, your love for your sister and her family is more tangible than your love for people you don't know. <br /><br />masterymistery at <br /><a href="http://cosmic-rapture.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">cosmic rapture</a>masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821626455426629918.post-8874302580494156592011-03-21T12:35:41.917-07:002011-03-21T12:35:41.917-07:00What a great blog! Just what is needed to make the...What a great blog! Just what is needed to make the new age happen--the work that needs to be done! : ) You write from your heart and that resonates with everyone. <br /><br />DeborahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com