Comments on: Thin Skin and History http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Asia, Oz #4 « Less Than a Shoestring http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-74056 Travel on a Shoestring Carnival: Asia, Oz #4 « Less Than a Shoestring Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:52:07 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/#comment-74056 [...] in her post Hanoi Slideshow. I enjoyed the ones about high-impact tourism, gaping at monks, dealing with difficult historical sites and how to be prepared for Angkor freakin’ Wat. You’re sure to find something good, so [...] [...] in her post Hanoi Slideshow. I enjoyed the ones about high-impact tourism, gaping at monks, dealing with difficult historical sites and how to be prepared for Angkor freakin’ Wat. You’re sure to find something good, so [...]

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-71073 Marilyn Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:42:42 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/#comment-71073 I absolutely would not be able to go near that place. It's the same reason I turn away when I see images on TV of places like that in Rwanda. And why I can only blog about Darfur if I keep my mind focused on possibility. (Your previous posts leave me speechless in their descriptive beauty...can hardly wait to see the photos...) I absolutely would not be able to go near that place. It’s the same reason I turn away when I see images on TV of places like that in Rwanda. And why I can only blog about Darfur if I keep my mind focused on possibility.

(Your previous posts leave me speechless in their descriptive beauty…can hardly wait to see the photos…)

]]> By: Kalyn http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-69516 Kalyn Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:48:46 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/#comment-69516 I don't know why some people seem relatively unaffected when faced with evidence of the horrors of history, but I know I'd react like you did too. I can hardly maintain my composure when I visit places like the Vietnam War Memorial or the Holocaust museum, so I can imagine how it would impact me even more to see some of the actual locations. I don't think it's bad to be this way at all, the world needs more deeply feeling people. I don’t know why some people seem relatively unaffected when faced with evidence of the horrors of history, but I know I’d react like you did too. I can hardly maintain my composure when I visit places like the Vietnam War Memorial or the Holocaust museum, so I can imagine how it would impact me even more to see some of the actual locations. I don’t think it’s bad to be this way at all, the world needs more deeply feeling people.

]]> By: lilalia http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-69472 lilalia Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:58:09 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/#comment-69472 Maybe it is also because such evil, torture and destruction intrinsically changes the environment in which it took place. Some people believe you can feel the ghosts of the dead if you go to battlegrounds or even aboriginal burial grounds. If this is possible, that could be what you are sensing. Maybe it is also because such evil, torture and destruction intrinsically changes the environment in which it took place. Some people believe you can feel the ghosts of the dead if you go to battlegrounds or even aboriginal burial grounds. If this is possible, that could be what you are sensing.

]]> By: Lori http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/comment-page-1/#comment-69470 Lori Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:38:39 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/02/06/thin-skin-and-history/#comment-69470 Maybe, maybe it's because you're a compassionate and empathetic person. Maybe you are more sensitive than most to the horrors that one person can inflict on another. Good on you for being able to hold onto both qualities in our world where violence is so commonplace and glorified. Maybe, maybe it’s because you’re a compassionate and empathetic person. Maybe you are more sensitive than most to the horrors that one person can inflict on another. Good on you for being able to hold onto both qualities in our world where violence is so commonplace and glorified.

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