And so it begins.\u00a0 Someone finally stepped forward to bury the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston bomber who was killed during a confrontation with police.\u00a0 His body was in limbo for a while because no cemetery in the Boston area wanted to take him.\u00a0 The news came out, yesterday or today, can\u2019t remember, that someone had accepted the body and he has since been interred.\u00a0 Well, turns out that the grave is in my area.\u00a0 I live in Virginia about an hour north of Richmond.\u00a0 The burial site is in the next county over from mine.\u00a0 I heard about this on CNN and since then there have been a couple of blurbs in local online newspapers.\u00a0 I scrolled down to read the reader comments and it\u2019s about 80% righteous indignation at him being buried on American soil and 20% who cares he\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n
People have been calling 911 to let the sheriff know that Tsarnaev has been buried here.\u00a0 I can\u2019t really understand that.\u00a0 It\u2019s hardly an emergency requiring police response.\u00a0 How about you do the most beneficial thing and just get on with your life?\u00a0 Let the dead remain.\u00a0 If God doesn\u2019t want him there He can have the earth spit him out.\u00a0 Other than that, let it go and leave it alone.<\/p>\n
It is okay to be mad, outraged, at what happened in Boston.\u00a0 It was a tragedy and a horrendous crime.\u00a0 But to spew hatred towards Muslims or Arabs (though he was not one) or foreigners is a waste of time and energy.\u00a0 Do what the good people do.\u00a0 Take your pain, your anger, your outrage, and turn it to a good cause.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 We have so many bad things going on in this country that don\u2019t involve foreign terrorists.\u00a0 Use your energy for something positive rather than just railing against one dead man.\u00a0 What can you do?\u00a0 (Takes a deep breath):<\/p>\n
You can:\u00a0 volunteer at a hospice, visit sick people in the hospital, drive a man to his doctor appointment, help a person learn to read, donate to a food pantry, man the phones for a rape crisis hotline, mentor at-risk kids, plant a garden, help out at an animal shelter, knit hats and booties for preemie babies, visit a mosque to learn what Islam REALLY teaches, praise your kids when they clean up after dinner without being told, talk nice to your wife, talk nice to your husband, join Meals on Wheels.<\/p>\n
You get the idea.\u00a0 Listen, this world is a tough, challenging place.\u00a0 Over the time period since the Boston bombings, we\u2019ve had over a thousand people killed in Bangladesh when a factory that makes cheap clothing collapsed, thousands have died due to gun violence, including several kids shot by other kids just in the last week or two,\u00a0 buses have gone off into ravines in India, a big factory in West, Texas, exploded, American service members were killed in Afghanistan\u2026.<\/p>\n
This world is a test and a place of trials and tribulations.\u00a0 You can sit on the sidelines and rail at the bad people, or you can get busy trying to make the world a better place one good deed at a time.\u00a0 There are only twenty-four hours in a day.\u00a0 You want to spend your mental energy worrying about where Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried, or would you rather get involved with the living?\u00a0 I choose life.<\/p>\n
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