"Hilton" wrote in message
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There is no point in being angry. I'm not angry about this delibrately.
It makes me angry to hear about two kids who will never grow up to see
their teens, never go on a first date, never get married, etc

So it's the hearing about it that makes you angry?

I still don't get it. News like this is all around us. Kids die every day,
usually as a result of far more heinous circumstances. A person getting
angry at the deaths, or of the news of the deaths (whichever) would have to
be angry every single day of their life.

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Using the same logic, I shouldn't feel any emotion when I transport a 2
year-old girl who has organ problems to hospital. Using the same logic, I
shouldn't feel any emotion when this girl runs up and gives me a big bear
hug and kisses me on the cheek.

Using the same logic? Uh...right. You should double-check your reference
on "logic".

I'm not talking about personal experiences. I'm not saying one should leave
emotion behind. I'm saying that it makes no sense to get all emotionally
entangled with events that have absolutely nothing to do with you, that are
simply a part of every day life, that occur on a regular basis.

To sign up for doing that, you leave no room for your own personal
experiences, nor your own personal happiness.

Using the same logic, I would be emotionally dead and with all due respect
Pete, I prefer having my eyes swell up with tears of joy helping on an
Angel Flight.

Your "conclusion" doesn't use any logic, never mind "the same logic". The
two situations are entirely irrelevant of each other.

Anyway, I guess you've answered my question. I still don't comprehend being
angry about something like this (unless you're actually related to the
parties involved or something like that), but obviously each individual is
welcome to feel whatever they like. Sorry if my questioning seems like
pointless interference. I just didn't understand why the subject was
"Angry".

Pete