Let me start this by saying my prayers go out to the families of those that lost love ones in the Boston Explosions yesterday, as well as, to those that were injured and survived the mess.
That being said, after watching the same coverage like four times because all my television programs had been taken over, I decided to play Bingo on Facebook which is my way of relaxing. Now, for those of you who don’t know…Bingo has an area for conversation where most people say “Good luck”, “Well done.” and maybe “This game sucks today.” Yesterday, a few of the players had turned the conversation area into a discussion about the news in Boston. I don’t want to hear/read about that when I am playing Bingo. It was distracting. Out of the corner of my eye, I catch this comment, “And there were children there. The day is supposed to be fun for children.”
As you can guess this comment touched a nerve. Here is why:
This was before they knew that a child was one of the victims (not that the timing makes a difference.)
Why does a child being at the event make it any worse then an adult? Look at it this way, with enough therapy, a child might get over the trauma (should they become traumatized by what happened) and the adult may never get over it. The event in question was not aimed toward children. This was a Marathon with adults running in a race. Just because a child was in the audience and happened to witness the bombing or explosion or whatever does not make the situation worse then anyone else witnessing it or the adult who sat right next to the explosion as it occurred, in my opinion.
Before you start busting me again for my feelings on children (No, I don’t hate children!) If something like this happened in a McDonald’s Play-Yard or a Children’s Fun Zone of sorts or somewhere deliberately aimed toward children, then I can completely understand when you reference the children.
I am very sorry for the young child that lost their life in the explosions. However, I do hope that is not the only person we hear about in the news.
I guess there was also an Earthquake on the border of Pakistan. I pray for all the innocent people who lost relatives or were part of that situation as well
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