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I was thinking today of the new year, of how hopeless and frightened I've felt for a while, and also of the attack in New Orleans.
I know some other members feel that way too. The closing narration of something I watched today as escapism helped anchor me and made me more mindful; I think it's a good piece of writing:
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices ... to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill ... and suspicion can destroy ... and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own—for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is ... that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone."
Rod Serling. "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
This post is intended as a personal, apolitical expression.
I know some other members feel that way too. The closing narration of something I watched today as escapism helped anchor me and made me more mindful; I think it's a good piece of writing:
"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices ... to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill ... and suspicion can destroy ... and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own—for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is ... that these things cannot be confined to The Twilight Zone."
Rod Serling. "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
This post is intended as a personal, apolitical expression.
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