tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post546210109862571729..comments2023-07-08T20:30:18.584+01:00Comments on Grand Duchess Elizabeth And Other Stories: No Man Is an IslandChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00714569232976515363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-3273089126183937412011-05-05T01:12:59.713+01:002011-05-05T01:12:59.713+01:00Dear Matterhorn, perhaps on some level it is, but ...Dear Matterhorn, perhaps on some level it is, but not specifically. The violent death of any person - how ever great their crimes - cannot add to the beauty of humanity, can it?<br /><br />I find the reported celebrations - no matter how justified they might seem - so repugnant. If we are disgusted by the slaughter of innocent people going about their daily work (as in 9/11 or the London bombings), we show ourselves to be human. If we then rejoice like savages in the death of a murderer, we are no longer behaving as civilised, Christian or sane human beings...we have sunk to the depths of the depravity that we condemn in others....Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714569232976515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-58263299619559008382011-05-05T00:56:56.953+01:002011-05-05T00:56:56.953+01:00Is this an allusion to Bin Laden?Is this an allusion to Bin Laden?Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com