It never fails to amaze me how people can be absolute shits to each other during normal, non-apocalyptic circumstances, but they become so heartwarmingly, heartbreakingly human when something bad happens.
Posted by jason at July 8, 2005 02:10 PMWow. Reading this actually made me tear up. It's nice to be reminded that people can be nice to each other. If only everyone could figure out how to do it on a regular basis...
Posted by: anne at July 8, 2005 02:25 PMIt's truly sad that it takes events of this magnitude to bring out the humanity in some people. I'm sure it has always been this way throughout time but sure seems like more and more people don't give a care in the world until someone drops a bomb on their front porch. Then they wake up.
Give it a few weeks and the niceness will wear off again. Sad, but it always does.
Cheno
Posted by: chenopup at July 9, 2005 08:36 AMPerhaps the reason why we find acts of kindness like this so touching is less because of the act itself than because we know the generosity won't last for long...
Posted by: jason at July 9, 2005 02:43 PM