Je ne suis pas Paris.

[GliderGuider]

Je ne suis pas Mumbai, ni Beirut, ni Charlie.
Je ne suis pas.

C'est tout.
Au revoir.

[mylye2222]

1. Va te faire .... gr... c....

Pitoyable.

[COLGATE4]

3. + 1

[Yorktown]

6. Mylye, may I help? Glider, va te faire enc.. gr.. c..

Feels better already.

[hobbit709]

2. Whatever

[Adrahil]

4. Was there a point? nt

[GliderGuider]

5. Actually, there is.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027343889#post29

[Tipperary]

7. Not much of one.

[GliderGuider]

8. For you, perhaps not.

For me, the point is about not reacting to events like this by allowing myself to become flooded by emotions, and having my reasoning ability paralyzed as a result. It's part of the Buddhist principle of non-attachment.

[Chitown Kev]

9. I actually thought that a copule of those cartoons were racist

(e.g. the one with the genie lamp)

Yes, that Buddhist principle of non-detachment (in Taoism as well, in a different way) also allows for true compassion

[Adrahil]

10. Well..... OK.

I can appreciate your position, but I do not see how it is helpful. When people identify with the Parisians, they are not necessarily giving into emotion. For example, I am personally just expressing sympathy and solidarity in the the face of barbaric violence.

[caraher]

11. Je suis un contrarian <nt>