[Vision2020] Grief, condolences, hopes, prayers......

[Nick Gier]

Greetings:

I join with all of you in grieving this tragedy, right here in our 
own little town.

Gail and I were in the sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church on 
Saturday for a memorial.  This morning there were some missing kids 
in my Sunday School class (we are two blocks away), but five kids and 
two teachers had a good discussion about how we can better secure our 
nation and our communities.  These young Unitarians are bright 
intellectually and emotionally strong, but this hit them very hard.

My heart goes out to the families directly involved.  I too am very 
proud of our police force.  Dan Weaver is the finest police chief 
I've ever known.

One question: could keeping the ban on automatic rifles prevented the 
buying of this weapon, assuming that it was bought in the last 
several years?  20-30 round magazines are necessary only for war!

Nick Gier

>We never know, do we, when we will be called on to put aside those issues
>which divide us and seek healing for ourselves, our community and the
>families who have been so tragically harmed.
>
>It reminds us to be grateful for what we have and to mourn together what we
>have lost.  I think Moscow will never be the same.  This is the day which
>all of us who live here will always remember as a defining and tragic
>moment.
>
>My heartfelt condolences to the members of the Police Force who have lost an
>honored member, the Newbill family who has lost a loved one; and to the
>other members of the hospital community and the civic community my gratitude
>for the response meant to heal the wounded and protect the rest of us.
>
>And thank you Ghazi, for the beautiful words.
>
>Sue
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dr. S.M. Ghazanfar" <ghazi at uidaho.edu>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:41 PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] Grief, condolences, hopes, prayers......
>
>
> > My Dear Community:
> > Our daughter called from Atlanta this morning around 6.00a.m., and said,
> > "Dad, do you know what is happening in our Moscow?" Her words were
> > frightening; the rest is horrendous news for our town.
> > I have personally known several of our local Police Force. Having lived
> > here and loved this community for decades, this is by far the most
> > tragic event that I can recall. When
> > some suffer, we all suffer; and when some die, part of us dies....and we
> > agonize as to why......
> > Our grief is enormous......heartfelt condolences to the family of the
> > bereaved, brave Lew Newbill...and our most sincere good wishes, hopes,
> > and prayers for the recovery of Officer Brannon Johnson.
> > Let's also sincerely hope that a tragic event such as this can encourage
> > all of us to think in terms of community harmony and to be genuinely
> > more tolerant and accepting of others.....
> > Ghazi family
> >
> > --
> > _______________________
> > Dr. S.M. Ghazanfar
> > Professor Emeritus/Economics (Emeritus, 2002; Dept.Chair, '79-81; '93-01;
> > Director,             International Studies Program, '89-93)
> > University of Idaho
> > Moscow, Idaho 83843 (USA)
> > Phone: 208-885-7144(Office); 208-882-7619(Home)
> > Homepage: www.uidaho.edu/~ghazi
> >
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"Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to 
human affairs."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who 
represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it."
  --Mohandas Gandhi

"Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be 
discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each 
part by itself. . . .We must keep our attention fixed on the whole 
and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our 
intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between 
science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the 
sum of its various parts." --Max Planck

Nicholas F. Gier
Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho
1037 Colt Rd., Moscow, ID 83843
http://users.adelphia.net/~nickgier/home.htm
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President, Idaho Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
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