tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post7653252512713884988..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: Brian Freeman and the Gift of Life InternationalDi Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-37632401105306020892007-03-03T16:16:00.000+01:002007-03-03T16:16:00.000+01:00Hey there w-w :) I like what these guys are going...Hey there w-w :) I like what these guys are going out and doing, Marla is someone I started studying a while ago ... apparently there's a movie in production.<BR/><BR/>I think Mark's comment was regarding the guys who murdered Brian Freeman.<BR/><BR/>I watched some of Marla's video clips on the CIVIC site and it was exciting to see how much difference one person can make. I have novel that I write sometimes, between other things, very much based around a Marla type and all that I've gleaned about that life over the last few years ... it's a subject that interests me :)Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-80637299343575823752007-03-03T14:10:00.000+01:002007-03-03T14:10:00.000+01:00Your comment stayed in my mind Mark ... 'God's wil...Your comment stayed in my mind Mark ... 'God's will' is a difficult discussion to have in a comments section.<BR/><BR/>Hi Peter, the current daily bloodshed in Iraq is cripplingly sad if you follow it daily, isn't it.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-90308934190048011172007-03-03T14:03:00.000+01:002007-03-03T14:03:00.000+01:00Thanks for posting this; I read his story a few we...Thanks for posting this; I read his story a few weeks back - I was going to say New York Times, but I'm not sure it wasn't El PaĆs. He was working on bringing over additional children he'd met (or who had contacted him), as I recall.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I don't understand Mark and Peter's comments; I don't know. I too doubt if people who set out to murder can love; does Mark somehow know (how?) that Brian Freeman set out to murder? Or did I misunderstand?<BR/><BR/>After reading the full article, I 1) knew what I'd always known; I could never be in the military and 2)felt that Freeman didn't personally have any say in the US invading Iraq, and that he saw all the Peter describes firsthand and was as horrified...and was one man, who never set out to murder, who felt compelled to do the only thing he could do, respond when he met this man (and others) whose children needed help and who he knew could find that help in an American hospital. I suspect Brian Freeman neither planned the invasion nor had the power to end it. What he did have was the power (with incredible perseverance and effort) to help one boy.<BR/><BR/>Same as Marla, one person doing what one person can. Ij this case, two American people.<BR/><BR/>Despite their government. Funny how that strikes me as heroic. And a good thing.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17896523881052681809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-54057177026044700842007-03-02T13:41:00.000+01:002007-03-02T13:41:00.000+01:00The brave intervention of this American in Irak is...The brave intervention of this American in Irak is most admirable. Unfortunately, the US did not invade Irak to save children with heart conditions.<BR/><BR/>While Sadam was a ruthless tyrant, the current daily bloodshed induced by the civil war between Shiite et Soenite Islam factions is claiming an insane daily number of victims.<BR/><BR/>I dread thinking about the day when the troops will leave and Irak will become an even more horrifying killing ground for ordinary Iraqi citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-53931421030746930802007-03-02T12:53:00.000+01:002007-03-02T12:53:00.000+01:00I doubt if people who set out to murder others tru...I doubt if people who set out to murder others truely have the capacity to love. If there is a heaven for us all, I wonder how many people doing "gods will" would be there?Mark Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322306919563155381noreply@blogger.com