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Sattar Memon MD's avatar

This article stunned my senses. The description of the dead horse is repugnant but strikingly evocative. The analogy to starvation in Gaza is even

more jarring. What happened to our Judeo-Christian values?

Our Judeo-Christian values have been based upon faith and service to take care of the poor, the immigrant, and the stranger. Yes, we must stand by those principles of human dignity, justice, compassion, and moral absolutism. Or, passively witness the genocide in Gaza?

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Thank you, Sattar. Your note is beautiful and beautifully written.

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Bill Corrao's avatar

Thanks for your outstanding article Our world is upside down How can we re right it with so much political fervor?

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Yes, we've lost our moral way, Bill.

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Ned O’Donnell's avatar

Ed,

Certainly one of the somber things I’ve read. The analogy was perfect. Thank you.

Ned

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Thanks, Ned. I could not sleep after watching the news and then thinking of my experience in Mexico, so I had to write it.

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Larry Goldberg's avatar

For the past few days your story has gnawed at my guts, and I've been trying to figure why. For me, the horse is a metaphor for the advancement of civilization whether in the migration of various peoples seeking new land, working in the fields to sustain a community, or an essential component in the battlefield to attack or defend. A horse can die of starvation, but so can a human being when starved of hope, compassion, reason, and dignity. You're a very wise man, Ed,

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Thank you, Larry. Yes, as you noted, the story is a metaphor with the horse emblematic. Horses tumble but come back. Our health house is tumbling, and it will not be easy to get it back. Here is what is going on with Secretary Kennedy. It's called eugenics!

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Bud kahn's avatar

The incredibly positive effects of improving food deprivation in in the evaluations and treatment of children with tuberculosis in Haiti and the effects of Medical therapy for HIV in Kenya

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Has it all disappeared with funding cuts, Bud?

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Elsie C Romano's avatar

Every time I listen to the news, I am stunned and ready to work harder. I help refugees who move to my city (not many recently, but the ones who arrived at the end of 2024). Yesterday a family relocated from Arizona, where they felt unwanted. I hope they will feel welcomed in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Galvanizing people on Labor Day weekend isn't easy, but we are furnishing their new home, buying some groceries, and offering what we can. Some say we cannot solve the problem because it is too big. I say we can solve it for this family.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Beautiful. Yes, we can make a difference in many ways, Elsie. Thanks for sharing this.

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Elsie C Romano's avatar

That dead horse is calling out to all of us...

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Yes. He kept me awake.

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Dave Duffy's avatar

Ed, you continue to marvel. So impactful, it should be this week's sermon in our churches, synagogues,mosques....and Congress!

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Thank you, Dave. I'm pleased that you liked it. After I saw the starving kids on TV, I could not get the story out of mind.

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James P Crowley's avatar

Ed, thanks for sharing your experience and continuing to reflect on the tragedy that is rapidly unfolding throughout Gaza.

The starving of innocent civilians especially the poor children is due to the failure of the leadership of both sides to choose to put serving a terribly suffering humanity before their insistence on absolute victories.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

It's simply unacceptable, Jim. Thanks for your note.

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Mike Hirtle's avatar

I think that the US is complicit in a horrible war crime. How ironic that the Jews, of all people are committing genocide. No, strike that. It is Israel that is committing the crime. I have argued before that being against Israeli does not make me antisemitic, like Netanyahu claims, but it is hard to keep that distinction in mind.

Judy and I are in Ireland and last night watched the news from London. I was saddened to find that it is so similar to what we were hearing at home. There was a long segment about the protests against immigrants. Not very well educated blue collar folks were interviewed as they complained about how the newcomers are taking their jobs, committing crimes...

It makes me as sad as I would be seeing the dead horse go up in flames.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

The world has lost its moral way, Mike. What will it take to turn it around?

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Jan O'Kelley's avatar

We are living in heartbreaking times. Imagine that a memory of an emaciated horse carcass that you saw rotting on the roadside 35 years ago should come to mind after seeing scenes of the starving people in Gaza.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

After watching the news, Jan, I could not get the story out of my mind. Thus, the article.

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Jan O'Kelley's avatar

😔

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Edward Markward's avatar

Thank you, Ed. A searing example of inhumanity which, unfortunately, is becoming more and more common, even here in the USA.

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Ed Iannuccilli's avatar

Many more will die, Ed. Particularly at Secretary Kennedy's hand

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Edward Markward's avatar

True...Sadly.

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