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2013 Boston Marathon Bombings - Patton Oswalt's Facebook Status Update

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$Patton Oswalt 156,237 like this 55 minutes ago Like Boston. Fucki ing horrible I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity." But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths. But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me) This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness. But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."$

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level4outbreak

Apr 15, 2013 at 10:57PM EDT

Everything that Patton Oswalt just said right there is everything that needs to be said about this incident.

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Kung Fu Cthulhu

Apr 15, 2013 at 11:30PM EDT

This was really well-written and eloquent, and I'm glad that in all the darkness that will come from this tragedy, there is a beacon of light like this man's message. Optimism in dire situations like these is something that is honorable.

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