Hell is not Mother Nature. She has been around long before we ever existed, and will do so even after we’ve gone. On a planet floating in space, we may be the most intelligent passengers, but we are passengers no less.
The universe has no compassion - it just is. Things do not happen because of cosmic vengeance or divine retribution. There’s no malice, no motive and no calculations.
China: Quake left 18,000 buried in one city - China earthquake- msnbc.com
Quake survivors now face exposure danger - World - smh.com.au
But Hell is indeed other people (“No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre) …
Burmese Army stops locals trying to give aid - World - smh.com.au
Myanmar Restricting Aid Delivery - New York Times
Who by their actions should have marked out their places in it, if there is such a thing. But for Hell to exist then so must Heaven. And if so, divine benevolence. But there is no divinity. Not when blameless souls perished, or lay dying, while selfish parasites live out their lives on this earth in comfort and luxury.
Though if Hell is other people, it also manages to shine a light on those who are selfless and on other nations’ largesse even as their offers of help are being rejected.
Monks aid cyclone victims - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
RAAF touches down with Burma aid - World - smh.com.au
UN chief presses Myanmar to accept more aid - International Herald Tribune
We can’t all be completely selfless, but we can definitely be a bit more caring and considerate in our daily lives and lend a helping hand when we can, even if it’s for the smallest of favours. Disasters will happen and evil people will continue their evil ways, but at least we are not adding to the bad stuff that happens everyday.
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May 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Yeah, it kinda hurts when there is no actual balance of good and evil taking place.
The sufferers will continue to suffer, chaos would just happen there and here and control would never just happen in time.
What a world we live in.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Sometimes it really feels like that there is no balance because it’s always the bad stuff that we hear about. But I’m optimistic - humanity in general is decent to each other. If not, our species wouldn’t have propagated like it did.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I can only remember a saying by some famous soul which goes like this…
Only when the power for love overcomes the love for power, there will be peace…
Bless us..
May 15th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I heard a quote regarding the sea (sorry I can’t source this) “Neither cruel nor benign, just indifferent.”
Nice juxtaposition with the actions (or inactions) of forces like the Burmese junta making the situation worse.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Kelvin: Cheesy but true.
Lad Litter: yeah that’s how I feel too - nature is just doing its thing. It’s how we act during and after that defines us.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
It’s really sad to see how the situation in Myanmar is being handled, but I’m glad to see that they are slowly accepting some help.
May 16th, 2008 at 1:21 am
bad stuff make entertaining news
May 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
bunnygoeszen: still not through the woods yet, seeing as how a second typhoon is coming.
random regular: hmm, I wouldn’t call it entertainment. More, a morbid fascination with death and destruction. And that really says something about some of us.