Chiah

Another carnage yesterday night with so many civilian victims…so close to my apartment. We saw the fire and the thick smoke. This morning – as so many mornings – the apartment was filled with the black powder residue.
Yesterday something had happened that really shocked me: In front of the schools we go to, a displaced person who has a male dog (husky) had him tied on the playground. In the oriental culture many children and even grown-ups are afraid from animals. Another man brought his own dog, also a male one and they untied their dogs, while the children were watching. What happened? The two male dogs started fighting, wounding one another in front of the children who became hysterical: some were frightened to death, but others – and that’s my point – enjoyed watching the animals literally tearing one another apart, they took such a pleasure in this event. When I screamed and told the men to gather their dogs and get them away, I took the kids with me. We sat down and talked about the event. Why did they enjoy this scene so much?
Some told me: We like to see who’s the strongest and thus who will kill the other. Others: it’s fun to see the fight, it’s leisure and we are bored. One very small girl of about 6 said: I’m so afraid; the dog might come after me like the bombs might kill me.
We played with the kids again this morning; we had 2 new volunteers with us, girls of 18 and 16 years old. They seem to be committed.