Dear friends,
Dear families,
and all the affected workers who now have a shitload of fairly sensitive work ahead,
I am the wrong person to help most of the people who are suddenly overwhelmed with what happened yesterday in Graz, Eggenberg--since my approach on handling "fresh" death isn't quite usual or accepted. However, I care for the living and I hope each and everyone of you finds a way to carefully comfort the bereaved and to help the officials do their works the weeks to come. By the way, only help the officials if they ask for it. I assume, everyone is trying to "do" her, its or his part--but we probably can't, as much as we certainly would love to.
I hope none of you guys gets as euphoric about the shooting as mainstream media does.
Watch the news once in a while to see how things unfold, but don't get too involved, so it won't drag you down.
I think, now that shit happens, there are two issues we should focus on:
- Develop an awareness that the list of bereaved citizens is huge and needs financial support from the government. There are families, school colleagues, frightened teachers, friends from other places,.... far too many people who now can't make sense of the world for quite some time and who need stability within their communities.
- Let's discuss gun control in a country without a constitutional amendment that promotes owning a gun as a private person. Maybe we as Austrians get things done that Americans hardly ever will.
As a scholar of English-speaking cultures I am familiar with school shootings in America, how they occur and what kinda measurements are discussed nowadays. I'll maybe add a post to my German-speaking blog Probleme unserer Welt.. to give you an idea what we're currently dealing with; maybe. But guys, most of you I'd love to tell: Just breathe in and be thankful that you're not affected. For all of us life will go on and we have each other.
Peace
🐍Michael🐌
By the way, compassionate words do not have to be mine. Listen to the following instead:
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