tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post3211168488430143062..comments2024-02-18T00:24:05.514-08:00Comments on The Zoë-Trope: PRAY FOR JAPANZoë Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-78515966982217302702011-03-15T13:36:01.321-07:002011-03-15T13:36:01.321-07:00Don't panic, don't panic! It's there, ...Don't panic, don't panic! It's there, it just took me a while to figure out where it went and how to get it back. Look! Your heartfelt comment is not lost after all. And very moving and well expressed it was too. I commend you and your school. You have a really good attitude, Megha, and I know that you'll be rewarded for it in life. But then, all my beloved Blog Readers are wonderful, remarkable people it seems. I heart u guys.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-35187901140215388052011-03-15T13:30:30.639-07:002011-03-15T13:30:30.639-07:00Oh. My. God. I just wrote THE longest comment ANYO...Oh. My. God. I just wrote THE longest comment ANYONE on The Zoe-Trope has EVER written. And it's not there. NOOOO!!! Is it in the spam, Zoe? WHYYYYY!!! It was sooooo loooongggg!!<br /><br />I'm really sad now. My comment expressed all my feelings.<br /><br />Basically, what can I say that hasn't already been said? I hope to encourage others to give just as much as you've encouraged me.<br /><br />I know that doesn't sound all emotional and stuff. It DID when I commented before. And now I can't express my feelings right because I'm upset over something else; my comment disappearing.<br /><br />Excuse me, I need time out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-15635315438912001302011-03-15T12:12:02.541-07:002011-03-15T12:12:02.541-07:00Zoe, I read this before but really didn't know...Zoe, I read this before but really didn't know what to write in my comment. What could I say that hadn't been said before?<br /><br />You have touched me more than ANY news has. At all. And I mean it. Like Emma said, this is the most human response I have seen.<br /><br />I ALWAYS give to charity at these times. What got me going was Haiti. I've been donating for Haiti, and the Pakistan Flood Appeal, and now I will definitely be donating for this. <br /><br />I don't get ANY pocket money WHATSOEVER, but I don't really care. I've got £300 pocket money (I know, right? I save A LOT.) and I NEVER spend that money. Not even on notebooks. I'll make sure I give to Japan not only some donation, but lots and lots of prayers from the bottom of my heart.<br /><br />I pray that everything in Japan gets sorted out. Some people don't care about this because it's a NATURAL disaster. But really, if the world doesn't give, it'll be worse. And then, it won't be a NATURAL disaster, but the fault of the people who didn't give.<br /><br />I'm very, very proud to be going to the school I go to today. Because my school ALWAYS donates, even when there isn't any international problem; we've CONSTANTLY been giving to charities. I am sure that everyone in my school, too, will be just as wanting to GIVE as I am.<br /><br />This earthquake and tsunami will also affect everyone's lives OUTSIDE of Japan. Not only because we are worrying about Japan, but because many of our items COME from Japan. I know we pay for the things we get, but I personally think that the people in Japan have to work harder than us when in factories, and I think that the prices of items today don't really cover or pay up for the hard work the Japanese do. So it's time for the world to give, instead of the take take take we have been doing without realising.<br /><br />For once, too, I am not sorry I rambled on. My rambling had a purpose. And even if others don't read this post, Zoe, I will try and make them realise the situation in Japan just as well as YOU have been making me realise it. <br /><br />I *WILL* try and encourage them to read this post, but personally, I don't think that people should NEED other people to make them realise what a horrible time the Japanese are having. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is so accepting, and sometimes you DO have to explain it to people, although they themselves should understand without the news making them guilty.Meghahttp://enadream.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-87787118104719105042011-03-15T09:54:10.858-07:002011-03-15T09:54:10.858-07:00Good. I hate it when people try to take my soapbox...Good. I hate it when people try to take my soapbox away :)Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-86726221814002793032011-03-15T09:52:03.658-07:002011-03-15T09:52:03.658-07:00That's a very good point. Even before this, ev...That's a very good point. Even before this, every time a disaster happened there has been a lot of focus on how many Brits have been affected and I'm not entirely sure if this has changed but on the news yesterday they kept reiterating that no Brits have been confirmed dead. I just don't think national pride (of the unaffected countries) has a place here. In other words I agree with you!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406513168983413328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-61888689414096408312011-03-15T09:15:19.268-07:002011-03-15T09:15:19.268-07:00Maybe you're right, Emma - maybe the scale of ...Maybe you're right, Emma - maybe the scale of the tragedy this time makes it necessary to look at it from a certain distance. I have a nasty, suspicious mind, though, and I do wonder if it's because Japan is full of people who don't look like Hollywood's version of sweet, Caucasian disaster victims...Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-34261068917394844982011-03-15T08:15:13.550-07:002011-03-15T08:15:13.550-07:00This is the most human response I have read. There...This is the most human response I have read. There does seem to be an effort to underplay the human suffering in the media, perhaps it is the only way we can digest it. But it isn't something we can fathom, and I think it's so important what you've done Zoe, and the Authors for Japan is such a wonderful idea, especially when it has been organised in such a short amount of time.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406513168983413328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-21385680980040277812011-03-15T07:37:15.981-07:002011-03-15T07:37:15.981-07:00Thanks, bfree - it does make you realise how impor...Thanks, bfree - it does make you realise how important the small things we take for granted really are. I was flooded a few years ago and lost everything from the ground floor of my house. I felt completely devastated, but I know that my feelings then can't even approach what so many Japanese people must be feeling now.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-16232897778252445622011-03-15T05:11:54.542-07:002011-03-15T05:11:54.542-07:00I cried as well after reading this post it was ver...I cried as well after reading this post it was very heartfelt and I shall be giving what I can. It also made me realise that no matter how tough times are right now, or how difficult or hard we think our lives are it is nothing compared to what the people in Japan are facing. The people of Japan will be in my thoughts and prayers.bfree15https://www.blogger.com/profile/02251111454128065633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-22849833411872125342011-03-14T16:02:39.638-07:002011-03-14T16:02:39.638-07:00Sorry, by which I meant: I don't think that...Sorry, by which I meant: I don't think that's at all <i>fair</i>.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-11787558235524102142011-03-14T16:01:21.921-07:002011-03-14T16:01:21.921-07:00Unfortunately -- and I feel rather guilty about it...Unfortunately -- and I feel rather guilty about it -- I haven't really been listening to coverage of the situation in Japan all that much. It basically all comes from my mom over dinner and breakfast. So, I don't know how exactly they are addressing the news. My mom is certainly very empathetic. But I don't think that's at all fare. I'll listen on NPR next time it's on (well, it pretty much ALWAYS is in this house -- I can hear it upstairs right now...) and see if they mention Japan. Which they probably will, at some point -- it's a very big deal. They were just talking about how dignified the Japanese were... something about a line for a train to go somewhere else and the line was very orderly, they didn't even need the police. NPR is a great news station -- I'm pretty sure they're covering the right stuff.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-16091462996590959512011-03-14T15:24:00.806-07:002011-03-14T15:24:00.806-07:00I'm glad it touched you, Isabel. As I said, I ...I'm glad it touched you, Isabel. As I said, I don't want to guilt-trip anyone, and I know it's hard enough to find the money for anything as a young person without your own income. I just wanted to make people stop and think for a moment. There is something worryingly clinical, a strange lack of compassion, in the way that the disaster is being reported. As if it's interesting more for the effects on the landscape than the people. I don't remember this sort of attitude with regard to the Tsunami in Thailand, or the recent earthquake in Christchurch.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-69505425423390512052011-03-14T13:46:15.684-07:002011-03-14T13:46:15.684-07:00I... honestly don't know what to say. I don...I... honestly don't know what to say. I don't know how anyone could really make me REALIZE like you, Zoe. I was watching footage today at Finagle a Bagel, and I thought it was just awful, but I had never thought about it this way before. That 'cool' footage you just mentioned really made me furious. It's so true! Thank you so much. I don't think I can express what I feel for this post in words... I cried. Really, I cried. And I'm crying again now. I will definitely be praying for Japan over the next few weeks, months, as long as it takes, even though I don't even have an allowance and I don't know if my family has all that much to spare at this particular moment, what with school tuitions for three private schools and all the other financial stuff. But my mom definitely feels strongly about this too, and I think she may be interested in donating. Thanks so much.Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342147057396470743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-70073496455528965132011-03-14T08:47:28.191-07:002011-03-14T08:47:28.191-07:00Vivienne: Thanks. I cried a little bit writing it,...Vivienne: Thanks. I cried a little bit writing it, to be honest. The devastation is so awful and I feel as if no one in the news is reporting on the human consequences, it's all facts and figures and 'cool' pictures of explosions and piled up cars.<br /><br />Cass: I really didn't want to guilt-trip anyone - I know that there are times when you're strapped and you need every penny. There have been disasters in the past where I felt awful because I couldn't spare any cash. But I think keeping Japan in your thoughts is a very good thing, even if you haven't got anything material to contribute.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-46711934395519796642011-03-14T07:13:57.667-07:002011-03-14T07:13:57.667-07:00Amazing post, Zoe. I haven't even known what t...Amazing post, Zoe. I haven't even known what to say about this disaster. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to donate, considering I don't own, well, any money, but I'll be throwing in some of my birthday money. Life will never be the same again for them, and all of us, because disaster is occurring all around the world lately. It's all bad timing, but all that we can do is be there for those who are suffering, and donate. Because that's the most that most of us are able to do . . .Casshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07568646164849243366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-48853306637557479412011-03-14T06:20:32.859-07:002011-03-14T06:20:32.859-07:00This post made me cry. Beautiful Zoe, poignant but...This post made me cry. Beautiful Zoe, poignant but beautiful.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.com