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Istanbul airport...
Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Monday, July 11 2016, 14:11:07 (UTC)
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....I remember the surprise in the voices of US reporters that the Istanbul airport was open for business the day after the attacks which killed people and destroyed buildings....people got on with their lives...they didn't gather at the scene to turn it into a shrine...they didn't hold hands and lower their heads in prayer, they didn't pile flowers high or leave Teddy Bears or dolls, or light candles...no grief counselors were made available.....people, adults, were expected to take the tragedy in stride and carry on...the airport wasn't shut down for two weeks, thousands of flights weren't cancelled....

Is that because Turkish people are less spiritual than Americans? Are they less sensitive to suffering, are they more callous and unfeeling?

If that had happened at an American site the entire country would have been "traumatized" and set to babbling for weeks.

Is it because American "sensibilities" are fake...are meant only for show? Do Americans know they are "sensitive" or spiritual only when they make a public demonstration of it? Is that why athletes point skyward when in front of fans?

Americans, white Americans, the ones who believe they own the country, are a sorry lot when it comes to actual human emotions....they don't seem to know what those are, at least not instinctively....they know, sort of, what they are SUPPOSED to be, but not the actual thing. You can sense it when one of them gives you that "hug"....we've all experienced it...the one where they touch you like you had leprosy, gingerly at best and then ever so quickly....I remember when it was thought quite revolutionary for teachers to have students turn and LOOK at one another...or hold hands and tell your neighbor your "real feelings"...or sit on the floor GASP!

a sorry lot.



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