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| May pencils be more useful than candles in commemorating innocent victims and writing a different future. |
Some posts ago I said history is what happens while one is dealing with daily life.
Today I'll add that history is also what doesn't happen in our daily lives.
Sometimes breaking news will distract you from studying,
other times high hopes given by a candidate's speech will make you miss that lunch with your family,
and occasionally your cake will burn because history will hold the world's breath
from the rectangular perspective of a TV screen.
But other times its sadistic caprices will forbid you very simple things
....such as running.
And you won't know who decided it
why
when
and if you will be able to run again.
Because if one thing is clear about the war nowadays
is that we have lost all certainties about it.
And now that boundaries have faded away
"enemies" and "innocents" are no longer valid categories.
"Pat Cramer, 44, of Moorestown, N.J., who ran the race Monday, said he
and a friend would try to see some of Boston, agreeing that they did not
want the bombings to change their lives. “If you change your life, they
win,” he said, a common refrain after the Sept. 11 attacks although in
this case, no one knows yet who “they” are."
(New York Times, April 16, 2013)
