Like Winston in room 101, I betray all the suffering millions in the world
by being thankful that the things I fear most are happening to them and
not me or those I love. However, it's a thankfulness laden heavily with a
survivor's guilt: why them and not me?
As Aramike says: murder is not a terribly uncommon crime in any
large city. In any large country it is normal and in the entire world it
is mundane, as is torture, starvation, rape, war, madness and the
innumerable other horrors that happen every second of every day.
It makes it easy to lose sight of what it means when typing from a
warm, safe house with a full belly.
If it doesn't make you feel ill; you're either a monster or enjoying the
bliss of ignorance. If you're not thankful that it's happening to
someone else you don't know, rather than your self; you're a saint.
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