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Sadness is an appropriate emotion for the Memorial Day here in the USA as we remember the brave men and women of the armed forces that died in battle, the brave men and women who died in the service of humanity whether it be a police officer, fire fighter, scientist, nurse, or another civilian.
Controversial or not (especially since this is not meant and should not insult the memory of our countless heroes who have died in valor, serving country and humanity), it is also appropriate to remember Harambe, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who was killed while protecting a young 4 year-old boy who had fallen into his exhibit. To me, the only reason he had dragged the boy so quickly across the water was because of the noise and confusion of the crowd and the fact that he did not want the young child to inhale water and possibly drown. If it had been another person who had rescued and comforted this young child, I doubt such a hasty decision would have been made to shoot. He is clearly an innocent victim of our misguided anthropocentric attitude. I guess this clearly and tragically epitomizes the saying, "No good deed goes unpunished."
Considering, "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends" [John 15:13] - it is only appropriate that people are laying flowers for Harambe and have contributed enough funds so that a memorial service can be held to honor is valor and sacrifice.
Image created from a Reuters Photograph and purchased Shutterstock image
Sadness is an appropriate emotion for the Memorial Day here in the USA as we remember the brave men and women of the armed forces that died in battle, the brave men and women who died in the service of humanity whether it be a police officer, fire fighter, scientist, nurse, or another civilian.
Controversial or not (especially since this is not meant and should not insult the memory of our countless heroes who have died in valor, serving country and humanity), it is also appropriate to remember Harambe, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo who was killed while protecting a young 4 year-old boy who had fallen into his exhibit. To me, the only reason he had dragged the boy so quickly across the water was because of the noise and confusion of the crowd and the fact that he did not want the young child to inhale water and possibly drown. If it had been another person who had rescued and comforted this young child, I doubt such a hasty decision would have been made to shoot. He is clearly an innocent victim of our misguided anthropocentric attitude. I guess this clearly and tragically epitomizes the saying, "No good deed goes unpunished."
Considering, "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends" [John 15:13] - it is only appropriate that people are laying flowers for Harambe and have contributed enough funds so that a memorial service can be held to honor is valor and sacrifice.
Image created from a Reuters Photograph and purchased Shutterstock image
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and a great treatment too!
I also sincerely hope the parents are held to responsibility
Beautiful tribute and great words so true, William.
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re: a memorial, I respectfully disagree. Heroism isn't confined to a specific species nor should a memorial or tribute be confined to a single species. If anything, one could argue we are the ones that make war, we are the ones who stoke violence and tragically in the aftermath, we are the ones who then honor those who die because of our actions. It's really sad as you mention about people dying not far from Europe for no apparent reason. Sadly in the idolatry Kate mentions above, we are too busy destroying the planet from our lofty pedestal to value life -- that of other living beings as well as those of our fellow human beings and the unborn.
Last, there is nothing elite about decrying the loss of innocent life; the reason people from all walks of life and races attended a memorial vigil for Harambe and a petition is underway in support of creating a permanent memorial to honor his heroism. Can't see any reason to oppose it considering cities all over the world our filled with statues honoring heroism.
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(to me a memorial day means: "please stop the wars, any war is always fratricide, absurd, often moving from interests of few...")
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merci pour cet hommage, william
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Greetings from Italy
Fabio
Still, it's important for us to remember so that this tragedy is not repeated.
........wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni:))
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