lucky to be alive

23 Nov 2014 20:46 #1 by Blazer Bob
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I can't even imagine.


metro.co.uk/2014/11/23/head-teacher-surv...s-confusion-4959139/


..."Ochwodho says the extremists separated those who did not look Somali from the rest of the passengers.

They were then made to recite the Shahada, a tenet of the Muslim faith declaring a oneness with God.

Anyone who couldn’t was forced to lie in a line. Two gunmen proceeded to massacre the group by walking from opposite ends into the middle.

Ochwodho, who is the headmaster of a private primary school, played dead in the middle of the line.

He believes both gunmen thought the other had already shot him."...

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23 Nov 2014 21:29 #2 by otisptoadwater
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Imagine having to deal with the survivor's guilt. This has to be the kind of experience that crushes men's souls and motivates them to do every bit of harm it takes to exact revenge (could there ever be enough?).

Depending on which side you're on it's right or wrong; no matter where your loyalties and heart lie people have been at war with each other since before recorded time. Could mankind ever evolve to a point that war would never be required again? I doubt it, it's not in our DNA. We are hard coded to collect, preserve, and defend. It's what we do. Do unto others before they do unto you or suffer the consequences of your own inaction.

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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