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Friday, October 10, 2008 ( 2:20 AM ) shut up christine i don't know if i should post this here, but i'm going to. this is an email from my friend Kat. this is what my friends are like. what can we do, and do you want to be part of it? hi kids, i know that we're all in a tizzy with respective work/service/everything that we inundate ourselves with on a day to day basis, but i just was told a story that i knew i needed to share with my be the cause family. tonight my friend told me a story about his friend n. a couple of weeks ago, n was leaving a bar when he was stopped by a few men who apparently were somehow offended by him. they proceeded to beat n until he was unconscious, and continued to do so even after it was apparent that n had lost consciousness. n was left with fractures all over his skull, and is most likely going to be blind in one eye. he also is awaiting donor eardrums so that his can be replaced as they were pretty much shattered in this brutal, unaggravated attack. miraculously, n did not suffer permanent brain damage. however, despite being physically able, n is incapacitated. he has been and will be unable to work for quite some time. it is to the point that he cannot afford to pay for groceries. the perpetrators do not have the means for n to receive any form of settlement - he is in a desperate situation strictly because of the depth of cruelty humans are capable of. he is shaken, timid, afraid of people (even his friends). he is ashamed to admit he cannot hear, ashamed to suggest he cannot see properly, and unable to take steps toward normalizing all because of the hatred these men poured upon him. what can we do? how can we remind n of the kindness and compassion that the human spirit possesses? i really don't know what would be best - so i'm posing this to you, my great family in be the cause. what kind of random, anonymous acts of kindness can we give to him? thank you for reading this.. i hope that we get something going soon. i know we are all running around for the walk for hope, but i know we can channel some of that toward n. wouldn't it be amazing if we could somehow transfer all of that amazing energy to n, to overwhelem him in the midst of this terrible time? i love you guys so much. i hope you all are well, and i look forward to seeing you soon, whether it be this saturday or next. EDIT: we're pooling a small fund to at least cover groceries for a few weeks. i don't know who reads my blog, but if you want to pitch in, can you send me a message #
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