wombat2u2004
04-04-2011, 09:11 AM
1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow
itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word
or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but
did not fall.
4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so
everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the
roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors.
How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The
strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do.
And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly
reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on
the shelves and left quietly.
What a people! What a country! What a nation!
World should be watching and learn how to behave in such
situation.
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow
itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word
or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but
did not fall.
4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so
everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the
roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors.
How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The
strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do.
And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly
reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on
the shelves and left quietly.
What a people! What a country! What a nation!
World should be watching and learn how to behave in such
situation.