Two wrongs . . .

Morning. I really don't feel that my normal lighthearted bounce would be very appropriate this morning. When tragic things like what happened in Boston occur it tends to catch you off guard and take the wind from your sails. The worst thing being with things like this is that generally speaking one violent act quite often leads to more, using the first one as a reason for the second. It's sad that the first human response to these kind of things is quite often thoughts of retaliation. There will be upset and angry people, calling out for more bloodshed and demanding that other people should suffer because of this. They did this to us, so let's do something worse back to them! It sort of calls out for the age old mum saying of "two wrongs don't make a right". It's true of course even cases like this. Yes, going out and doing something horrible to those people who are responsible may seem like the fair thing to do, and it may well make some people feel better about what has already been done, but that doesn't fix the problem at the heart of it and generally speaking just makes things even worse than they were before.

Now at the moment nobody seems to know who is behind it and what their reasons were, however one thing is for sure, whatever there reasons, they are never going to be a good excuse for what happened. What is amazing, and frankly something that we should be thankful for is the fact that not more people were killed as a result. Although of course any loss of any lives in these circumstances is a tragic waste. My thoughts of course go out to all the three families who have lost someone because of it, who have had someone taken away from them so suddenly and in such a terrible way.

So here's hoping and praying that whatever comes out about what happened that it is dealt with in a sensible way and not out of anger and retaliation, because no one is able to think clearly so soon after what seems like a personal attack on them and their way of living.

Right, now I've said my piece I think it's only right that I should now try and carry on as normally as I can. (Normal of course being a relative word in my case). So sorry for being all serious heavy this morning, (although I will always find it difficult to be anything other than heavy with my stature and girth) but thanks for listening anyway.