Hi,
Not a good week in America. First the Boston bombings then the Texas fertilizer disaster. These horror stories are not only sad but economically disastrous. No one likes to talk about cost in the face of horrific events but unfortunately it is part of the disasters.
The long term costs for those hurt by flying shrapnel in any of these events is both debilitating and financially alarming. The injuries do not go away over night and even after the pain and trauma, there is the cost of recovery, bodily and financially. Those losing limbs face a lifetime of payment for an act that had nothing to do with their beliefs. Victims are victimized doubly by the event. The deaths carry their own cost of funerals and grief.
And that does not take into account the financial costs incurred by police, trauma units and firemen and untold workers who comb the site. These immediate economic costs are followed by months and sometime years of changes affecting the nation economically in bringing more safety to the events people love. The economic costs incurred by these precautions are almost beyond estimation.
It seems to this blogger that the constant use of anonymous killing by a small percentage of people on a mission to change "whatever" they think is wrong with America is BULLYING TAKEN TO THE EXTREME. AND BULLIES NEVER MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE OR CURED INJUSTICE. THEY JUST ESTABLISHED MORE OF THE SAME.
The Texas Fertilizer disaster seems like a HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR but it's not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE SAME KIND OF ECONOMIC COSTS APPLY but the reason for the disaster is the WORLD'S BIGGEST BULLY.............CARELESSNESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! The plant had been cited for problems and had used a band aid on them that ended up costing lives and injuries just like those suffered in Boston. Victims of another BULLY that unfortunately has over A LONG time TAKEN innocent lives.
Okay, you say ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. That it's not the same as the two bombers attacking in Boston. This blogger calls LETTING A NURSING HOME EXIST NEXT TO A KNOWN DANGER ALLOWS THE SAME ACT OF BOMBING AS THOSE PERPETRATORS !!!!!! ALLOWING HOMES TO BE BUILT WITHIN RANGE OF EVEN A SMALL PLANT EXPLOSION--AN ACT OF CARELESS THINKING AND PLANNING !!!!!!!!!!!!! FERTILIZER PLANTS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN TO BE DANGEROUS. Economic factors?????? Look at the cost now.
WHEN WE HAVE SPECTATORS OF ANY EVENT LINE UP ALONG THE STREET ISN'T THAT AN IMMEDIATE RECIPE FOR DISASTER ????????????? AN OPEN INVITATION TO ANY NUT IN TOWN TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON INNOCENT FOLKS ????????? HAVEN'T WE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER ??????????? AREN'T WE SIMPLY FACILITATING THE BULLIES IN OUR MIDST ??????????? THERE MUST BE OTHER WAYS TO HANDLE THESE EVENTS AND SPECTATORS WITHOUT MAKING THEM VICTIMS. MAYBE THEY COULD BE HELD ON READY MAKE TRACKS LIKE HORSE RACING OR FOOTBALL GROUNDS (UNLESS WE CONSIDER THEM SACRED).OR SPECIAL EVENT TRACKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE PROBABLY INCURRED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SHORT AND LONG TERM COSTS IN EACH DISASTER THIS WEEK with seen and unseen costs BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE LESSONS OF THE PAST SERIOUSLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET THE PEOPLE BACK FROM THE EVENT !!!!!!!!!!!!! BETTER STILL MAYBE NOT ON THE STREET AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!! THIS HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE WORLD. ISN'T IT TIME WE TOOK NOTE ?????????????
IT'S NOT GIVING IN. IT'S GROWING UP !!!!!!!!!!!!! AND FACING THE REAL WORLD. PART OF THE WAY TO STOP BULLYING IS NOT TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE WAY OF IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF A BULLY CAN'T FIND A VICTIM THEN HE CAN'T BULLY EASILY!!!!!!!
WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE EASY VICTIMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF A SITUATION LIKE THE FERTILIZER FACTORY IS DEEMED DANGEROUS, DON'T LET THE CARELESS BULLY HAVE HIS WAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT COSTS MORE TO ISOLATE PLANTS OF THIS NATURE BUT-----------------THE COST IS FAR LESS IN THE LONG RUN. Not only do you save lives but economically you don't want to have to pay the piper for the careless.
This may seem like a fairly obvious blog. We all know these things but it seems to this blogger that KNOWING IS NOT ENOUGH !!!!!!!!!!!! THAT MAYBE KNOWLING THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF ALLOWING BULLIES TO THRIVE WILL MAKE MORE OF AN IMPRESSION !!!!!!!!!! WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A DENT IN THE NATIONAL DEBT IF WE STOP SUPPORTING BULLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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