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the Lubavitcher Rebbe



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Rabbi Nosson Scherman



11 Aug 2009

The triumph of good over evil

An article in the LA DailyNews describes the emotional pain that endures in survivors of an attack which had transpired a decade ago.
"AFTERMATH: Echoes of childhood horror sometimes come back to haunt survivors.
For much of the decade since a white supremacist shot five people at a Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and murdered a Filipino-American letter carrier in Chatsworth, victims and their families thought they could triumph over evil by simply getting on with their lives.
But things kept happening to suggest the echo of automatic-weapon fire will never fade away."

The article goes on to desribe the coping mechanisms of the survivors.
Finkelstein, Stepakoff and Ileto came to realize the best revenge for what happened that day is not to try to forget their stories but to keep telling them. They hope to inspire the passage of tighter restrictions on guns and ammunition and expanded laws against hate crimes.
Today, the three are scheduled to discuss hate-crime issues at a news conference held by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles.

...Bill Bender, president of North Valley Jewish Community Center Inc., sees the victims' activism as an ongoing triumph over evil.
"(The shooter) actually created a reaction I think he didn't expect, which was to bring people together to try to change attitudes," Bender said. "I think that's wonderful."

To read full article, click here.
While the survivors are testaments to good triumphing over evil, unfortunately, a comment that was published is an example of exactly the opposite.
The comment includes the following choice words.
"AIPAC, with their heavy handed thug tactics intimidating politicians to slaughter millions of youngsters in Iraq and Pakistan and perhaps soon in Iran needs to repent and change course or I'm afraid the few Jewish children killed in Granada Hills will be a grain of sand in a vast ocean in comparison to the many that will be murdered to avenge..., planting of bombs in the world trade center and building 7..."
Let's hope that good will ultimately prevail.

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