Due to a prior commitment, I won't be able to attend tomorrow night's memorial service. Through this piece, I pass along my deeply heart-felt grievance to the two young precious lives lost to senseless violence, may their souls rest in piece! I pass along my sincere wishes to parents/loved ones/friends of the victims. At this extremely trying time, I feel your loss and my sympathy, condolence and thoughts are with you. May you take great care! I also pass along my reminding to each and every of us (myself included), my fellow Chinese, male or female, old or young, studying or working:
1) Driving conditions may not be the best tomorrow night, everyone driving to the service please exercise extra caution, especially those driving long distance from out of town.
2) Memorial service is an occassion to pay your final respect to the victims and show your sympathy to their families. It is an occassion to mourn and to mourn only. Nothing else is appropriate. Read this forum and sense that some of you may have other plans. Most of these plans are good-willed but the timing of tomorrow night is not appropriate. Remember, you are there to mourn and to mourn only. I have attended a number of funeral services here and that is the way it is. Push any other planned activities to a later time after the service.
3) The forum has witnessed a bombardment of expressions for a sharp divide between "old immigrants" and "junior students". Totally senseless. For one thing, some "old immigrants" may have said something completely inappropriate due to whatever motive but remember, they are far away from being representative of all old immigrants. Not all old immigrants think and act the same neither do junior students. Each and every of us are all residents of the city of Ottawa. We want our homes, streets and communities as safe as possible! The opinioned sharp divide is going to do nothing to make our streets and communities safer but harm. We are all fellow Chinese, male or female, old or young, working or studying. We lost two young precious members and that is what all matters. Extremely hard to accept and we all ought to do something to make our homes and streets safer! Stop the artificial divide --- it need not exist, it should not exist. If it did exist before, let's all do our best to minimize/eliminate it!
4) There are only rumours about the killer(s) --- no police confirmation! Please stop believing in and spreading rumours. Believing in and spreading rumours is a self-feeding process and doesn't do good in any sense. Even worse, some posts and commentaries are spreading and promoting inter-racial hatred. This is unlawful in Canada. Stop now!
5) After the service, if you were a witness to the gun shots that early morning, please give to the police your count in the way most appropriate to you. This will greatly help the police to capture the killer(s) and serve justice.
6) Being angry is natural and understandable in a trying time like this. But please keep your cool. Canada is ruled by law. Please speak and act lawfully.
7) At some point later on, reflection and soul-searching may be appriopriate for all fellow Chinese. If we all learn some thing from this tragedy and can collectively prevent further tragedies happening down in the road, that will be the best way we mourn and remember our lost members. As a member of the older generation, I will be actively participating in this healing, reflecting and soul-searching process!
May you rest in peace, young souls!
1) Driving conditions may not be the best tomorrow night, everyone driving to the service please exercise extra caution, especially those driving long distance from out of town.
2) Memorial service is an occassion to pay your final respect to the victims and show your sympathy to their families. It is an occassion to mourn and to mourn only. Nothing else is appropriate. Read this forum and sense that some of you may have other plans. Most of these plans are good-willed but the timing of tomorrow night is not appropriate. Remember, you are there to mourn and to mourn only. I have attended a number of funeral services here and that is the way it is. Push any other planned activities to a later time after the service.
3) The forum has witnessed a bombardment of expressions for a sharp divide between "old immigrants" and "junior students". Totally senseless. For one thing, some "old immigrants" may have said something completely inappropriate due to whatever motive but remember, they are far away from being representative of all old immigrants. Not all old immigrants think and act the same neither do junior students. Each and every of us are all residents of the city of Ottawa. We want our homes, streets and communities as safe as possible! The opinioned sharp divide is going to do nothing to make our streets and communities safer but harm. We are all fellow Chinese, male or female, old or young, working or studying. We lost two young precious members and that is what all matters. Extremely hard to accept and we all ought to do something to make our homes and streets safer! Stop the artificial divide --- it need not exist, it should not exist. If it did exist before, let's all do our best to minimize/eliminate it!
4) There are only rumours about the killer(s) --- no police confirmation! Please stop believing in and spreading rumours. Believing in and spreading rumours is a self-feeding process and doesn't do good in any sense. Even worse, some posts and commentaries are spreading and promoting inter-racial hatred. This is unlawful in Canada. Stop now!
5) After the service, if you were a witness to the gun shots that early morning, please give to the police your count in the way most appropriate to you. This will greatly help the police to capture the killer(s) and serve justice.
6) Being angry is natural and understandable in a trying time like this. But please keep your cool. Canada is ruled by law. Please speak and act lawfully.
7) At some point later on, reflection and soul-searching may be appriopriate for all fellow Chinese. If we all learn some thing from this tragedy and can collectively prevent further tragedies happening down in the road, that will be the best way we mourn and remember our lost members. As a member of the older generation, I will be actively participating in this healing, reflecting and soul-searching process!
May you rest in peace, young souls!
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