*Since Saturday morning at the least some 42,519 people have died in the region of Gaza. Palestinian & Israeli.
*The Wall Street Journal has told us that 1 Million Ukrainian’s and Russians have died since the annexation of some territory bordering Russia and Ukraine, and with the warfare escalating more soldiers and Ukrainian civilians will be dying daily. According to Hamas governments Ministry of Health over 99,637 people have been wounded in Gaza since Oct 7th,2023. According to the United Nations @19 people are killed every 24 hours in Gaza.
* Last week @ 955 Mexicans & Migrants on the move to the American Border were murdered, some horribly. That is an approximation by the Ministry of the Interior, which admits the figure is probably very low. The Government and Mexican Police simply cannot know for sure just how many migrants are being murdered, or disappeared by Mexican and International Cartels. That is approximately 46,000 people dead annually. That is a very conservative number as well.
This outrage you folks? I am upset that this sort of thing has been going on since I can form a memory. Death and destruction making the news, and becoming common place to us all. Looking at our diplomats discuss these horrible events and they don’t seem visibly disturbed at all. I know its their jobs to be calm and collected, but damn it, people are dying everywhere and I just don’t know what to say anymore. It’s like being a priest who has to tell a family why God allowed their parents to die to early and in a horrible way too. Anger towards God for allowing it to happen is the alternative to good logic, that would say shit simply does happens.
Psychologists (Psychiatry Times) tell us that during and since the pandemic 1st struck the publics attitude towards illness, death and perceived destruction have changed. Less emotion is invested in a persons social perception of loss, be it personal ,business or national in scope. People are far more distant from events, especially horrible historic events, and misinformation and social media applications introduce the public to far off concepts and easy answers to some very deep personal questions like death of a loved one-how-why-responsibility. How can I deal with obviously significant loss?
Reality has been distorted and logic often does not have a key position in decision making anymore. Death is something many of us fear. But the often caviler attitudes people have regarding the wholesale slaughter of many people seems unfathomable. One death, especially a personal loss, people can perhaps understand, but tens of thousands becomes more difficult to imagine. The mental issues people are facing is in fact real and challenging to us all. Perhaps the only thing we can all do is be human, and listen, learn and comfort others in need.
Selena Gomez is recorded saying “if you are broken, you simply do not need to stay broken”. A little help from others will certainly not hurt. If the death of many people outrages you, be outraged. Speak up, be logically emotional and talk about it. Reality bites, but only if you do not understand it. Grief is an expression of love after all.
If the world is in shambles and you cannot cope, concentrate upon your mental health issues, your family as well. Think small, not to say unimportant but surely manageable.. Think about your own local concerns and never fear of asking for help.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
skaszab@yahoo.ca
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