Paris 11/13/2015

On Friday, many people died due to ISIS-linked terrorist attacks in cafes, a stadium, and the Bataclan concert venue in Paris.

It is so sad.

But does the media make it worse?

I read a blog post from a blog called A Separate State of Mind. It talked about how, yes, the events in Paris are bad, but how these things happen every day lately in Lebanon and other countries where ISIS has a regular presence. It talked about how even Arabs in Middle East countries seem to care more about the events in Paris then they do in their own back yard.

It's a great read:
http://stateofmind13.com/2015/11/14/from-beirut-this-is-paris-in-a-world-that-doesnt-care-about-arab-lives/

I don't doubt that something bad will happen again. But I told my students that, even though it does not seem like our own actions can have an affect on, say, these horrific events, we can control how we treat each other.

We should treat each other with kindness, with patience, and with love. We can't expect these terrible things to change if we do not treat each other with respect.