Brothers don't shoot...

we will not shoot either.
That was a sign put up at a village somewhere on the westfrontline of worldwar 2. The fronline was drawn through a village and brothers where standing on both sides... This message was working and the brethren where gathering for singing and praying durin night. However efter a while the general got to know about this arrangement and sent the men to other parts of the fronline where they did not know their enemies.

This story was told to Tom Tiainen who was walking the pilgrimidge to Santiag de Compostella last year. He's book "På God väg" is really something, with flashes of the journey and the thaughts of him and his cowalkers on the narrow road. Really worth reading...

I feel we so often put up frontlines where there is no fronline, we argue our own point of view as the only right one - of course we do. But could we listen to each other a little more, respect one another a little more. Thing the best of each other not the worst... Especially those we know - we know those are easyer to listen to. But somethimes these blogs have a tendency to break al the barriers of selfkritisism and we post a lot of rubbish...

Anyhow Peace, Love and Understanding from KokCola!

Finland is shaken but not stired!

The tragedy in Jokela, a shooting by a young man in a school killing 8 others and lastly himself has deeply shaken the whole nation. Again the actions of the media is in the spotlight. TV picturing shocked people coming out from emergency care. Youngsters from the same school intervued still in shock and the whole villages life being displayed al over the country and probably around the world. Newspapers digging into the history of the victims and the shooter, a ton of explanations and pointing fingers in every direction.

My question is would there not bee room for letting people deal with their greef, sorrow and pain. Leaving the pictures of individuals in pain out, and just dooing some general stuff on the school building and so on. But that is maybe too much to ask - the buissness must go on and the people need their storys... But let's try and make a better world. Let's work on to get the papers writing good news once in a while. Let's smile at each others - that might be the last smile - we don't know you know...

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