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Have you heard about the tragedy in Las Vegas

I just found out about Las Vegas.. Stomach turning. Unreal. That a person could be so selfish, so vile and cruel as to slaughter dozens and horrendously injure hundreds because of their own petty issues.

People are butchered everyday, but something so close to home and so senseless as this has a tangible impact.

We have to take these lessons to heart. Apply them to our own lives. We have to attempt to leave this world a little better than where we found it, in whatever small way we can, we can each make a contribution.

Return humility for arrogance.
Return acceptance for judgment.
Return compassion for cruelty.
Return courage for fear.
Return love for hatred.

Where there is life, there is hope. It's never too late. ✌🙏
CaptainCanadia · 41-45, M Best Comment
It's a fucking horror. I can't imagine being present for that. 58 people killed and 400+ injured. We need to start reaching out to each other, identify mental health issues, and [i]help people[/i].

Right now it's just too easy for anyone who is miserable and alienated and wants revenge on the world to grab a semi-auto and wreck havoc.
FCNantes · 22-25, M
& the UK what?
SW-User
@FCNantes billions of $ in arms sales to the Saudis
FCNantes · 22-25, M
The UK has done many terrible things as well.

SweetMae · 70-79, F
🙏 It isn't too late but we can grow weary with so much evil in this world. Thank you for posting this.
I've been hearing about it and seeing news posts throughout the day, of course, with the accompanying political commentary.
The last time I thought, and probably said, there's not much can be done, because we're not even on the same page about the problem.

Half of us believe there are too many guns in the wrong hands.

The other half believes there are not enough guns in the [b]right[/b] hands.

The numerical reality is that there are more guns in more hands than ever before. And so it goes.

I'm just so tired of people dying. Can I say that, at least ? 😞
SW-User
Beautiful message homie
It really is disturbing
Virescent · 22-25, F
Powerful post. I think everyone needs this. It breaks my heart to see such acts of violence out of hatred. I know most people are not like this--that the good outweighs the bad. People can make a difference. Stop letting the negativity take weight, let positivity run your lives.
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I am worried too. This church shooting. How does anyone shoot dead an eighteen month old and see it in any way justified? What happened to protecting those weaker than ourselves? When did it all become about making strangers pay for our own failures?
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
@SW-User :( I hear you
silentwriter180 · 51-55, F
Yes, it is never too late. We just need to find the wisdom within the heart.
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
Xuan12 · 31-35, M
I'm still wondering why he did it. Was he just ill, or was he ill with a motive, so to speak.
Xuan12 · 31-35, M
@FCNantes Football Club Nantes, yes? You are French? I'm sorry about what happened in Marseille. I don't mean this hostilely, but I want to point out that French colonialism has, and continues to have a profound effect on many of todays regions. Many border and cultural tensions in places like Africa and the Middle East have been enflamed by the vestiges of colonialism, predominantly French and English. The US is the preeminent power today, yes. But the roots of many of these issues were layed by those powers before. But this kind of blaming isn't going to fix any of it.
Xuan12 · 31-35, M
@Virescent No excuse, yes. But still one cannot help but wonder at why.
FCNantes · 22-25, M
@Xuan12 France's a superpower...
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Sad but true
SW-User
um... what happened there?
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
You are so well spoken and you have a heart of gold.
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
@JaggedLittlePill 😊 Thank you sugah 😚

 
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