I want to scream and yell, shout at the top of my lungs, hammer my fists up against something, anything. I want to curl up into a tight ball and cry. I want to run outside and play in the sun, forgetting all my fears and worries. A range of opposing emotions, that I don’t understand, or do I know where they have come from. I feel emotionally drained, and yet even feeling such, I have not been able to satiate my need to read the news. I just keep pouring over the pages, reading, tearing, hoping that the resolution will be a swift one, praying that the casualties will not rise, that we will not lose another life. Then there are the questions that keep plaguing my mind. ‘Is war truly a necessary evil? What should we do when democracy fails? Are we doing the right thing? What would have happened had we not gone to war in the past? Were would we be if people like Hitler, Stalin and so many others, who names presently elude me, were not stopped?’ Questions with no easy answers, and answers with many opposing facets.
Posted by munin at Marzo 26, 2003 01:53 PMthe only way i've been able to cope with this is to avoid it all. sometimes, the only way to deal with something is to avoid the pain in the first place. i'm sorry you are so sad. i believe if you don't try to cut back on the coverage, you'll begin to feel worse. please, take a break for a few days. i promise if there was something you need to absolutely know, one of us will tell you! *hug for you*
Posted by: nicole on Marzo 26, 2003 06:12 PM"Is war truly a necessary evil?"
If I could answer that question, I would be one enlightened individual... I'm not one for outright avoidance of a major issue; such as war; but cut back on the coverage a little. Turn off the TV and read a book. That's all I know to do for now. :-\
Posted by: Susan on Marzo 26, 2003 09:09 PMno easy answers? no, no answers, period. the thing about the unthinkable, is it's best left unthought -- i'm with nicole here, i say cut down on the news consumption, listen to some good music instead. if you must watch news, do it as cynically as you can - play "spot the propaganda", that's what i do when i'm subjected to inescapable bits of news. f'rinstance, "coalition forces". doesn't that have a nice, helpful, friendly ring to it? spin doctoring at its finest, that one.
Posted by: @feckless on Marzo 27, 2003 05:50 AMI will echo what's been said here and advise, no news or minimal news. It's like salt rubbed into a wound. It can offer no insight, no answers, nothing uplifting. The war is going to go on whether you try to stay abreast of it or not. Even if you took a break for one or two days, it would help.
Posted by: laurie on Marzo 27, 2003 02:31 PM