“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Friday, March 4, 2022
He's NOT Kidding. I Got Deported from Japan in 1977...
On the way off the plane, I stepped over a fellow passenger who had collapsed in the Jetway. I attempted CPR, but my bandaged hand was of little use... he died there after throwing up in my face more than once.
It was what it was. No one else stopped to help. I was the only "good Samaritan" and I was a pretty bad/ useless one. I should have stepped over him likea all the others and kept on going. Then perhaps someone with real medical training would have felt guilty enough to stop and actually save his life.
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Purge your Thetans or Xenu will nuke your cities
Sorry, but I was a mere seaman in hospital whose ship had sailed....
But then hey, My parents had been part of American Occupation forces in Japan in the early 50's and during the Korean Conflict.
I ended up on a PanAm 747 out of Narita, and landed at SFO.
On the way off the plane, I stepped over a fellow passenger who had collapsed in the Jetway. I attempted CPR, but my bandaged hand was of little use... he died there after throwing up in my face more than once.
Oh Joe that is awful.
It was what it was. No one else stopped to help. I was the only "good Samaritan" and I was a pretty bad/ useless one. I should have stepped over him likea all the others and kept on going. Then perhaps someone with real medical training would have felt guilty enough to stop and actually save his life.
Good intentions mean nothing w/o the corresponding results.
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