Reply #33: Is anyone seriously suggesting that someone shouldn't b upset when the place they live is destroyed? [View All]

[Garbo 2004]

Do we have to know the particulars of someone's specific situation so we can judge for ourselves the worthiness of a loss, the appropriateness of someone's feelings, before we can measure out degrees of compassion, or none at all?

Perhaps this fellow was relieved at finding his cat and simply emotional after the search and rescue amongst the ruins. Is that a worthy emotion for him to have if such is the case? Or is he, to some, simply materialistic, crying over a ruined iPod?

In this case, it appears to be tears of stress and relief at finding at least one of his lost cats among the rubble, after a tornado destroyed his residence while he was in it.

After hours of searching, Page heard a meow that led him to Ellie, his pet of three years. She had been hiding near the mangled bathtub.

Tears ran down his face as Page cuddled her carefully.

“We are lucky — we both have jobs and no one was hurt,” said Taylor, who has joined the Marines and is waiting to be called for duty. “But you don’t know where to start picking up the pieces.” http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/apr/29/trenton-and-dade-county-2-killed/?print