50 Voices for Madrid

March 12, 2004

50 Voices for Madrid

Anil Dash: Our thoughts are with you today, as yours were with us two and a half years ago. I can't explain or understand what happened today, but I can vouch for the fact that it does get more bearable in time.
El diario de Victor Flyte: Hay tanto dolor que no hay palabras. S�lo dolor.
Likemolasses: i feel so selfish for feeling this strongly, for weeping over the images, for walking around stonefaced and numb all day, for sending stupid solidarity emails and planning a vigil, but i feel like someone's ripped apart my own house and left the residents for dead. worst part is, i can't even get back into it. madrid, ahora mas de que nunca, me echas de menos...

hebig.org: Not getting through to your friends there is worst of all. Deseo que podria estar contigo ahora.
Gen Kanai: Madrid te quiero
Amidst a tangled web: My heart goes out to them.
Secular Blasphemy: Madrid in tears Madrid te quiero.. March 11th, another date that will live in infamy.
AMYGDALA is sorrowful for the loss of life in Spain; we but lack words.
Plum Crazy: The people killed in Madrid today undoubtedly wanted nothing more than most people want - to earn a living; to fall in love; to raise their children; to go shopping; to grab a bite to eat - in other words, to live. These were people carrying about their ordinary lives. They were not soldiers. They were not government officials.1 Maybe they approved of their government’s actions. Maybe they did not. But the terrorists who killed them did not care. To the terrorists, they were guilty - tried, convicted, and sentenced to death while simply living their lives. I feel a tremendous amount of empathy for the Spaniards today, as well as all victims of terrorism.
Sheila Astray: My thoughts, prayers, love, sympathy are with the people of Spain today. Horrible.
East Bay Kerry: WE'RE CRYING FOR YOU, MADRID. We know what terrorism feels like. You have our heartfelt sympathy and best wishes
padawan.info: I’m devastated and disgusted. I hope that humanity will eventually overcome all extremism, notably those which have no respect for human life and know nothing but destruction.
d2r: how long must we sing this song?: What happened today in Madrid filled me with a deep, deep sadness and incredible pain
Isopixel: No tengo palabras. Y si una lagrima rodando por la mejilla...
Gadgetguy: NO MORE!
Caerdroia: We are all Spanish today.
The Head Heeb: My sympathies are with the people of Spain
Lost in Madrid: Post of Silence: Que se oiga nuestro silencio desde todos los rincones de la red, desde todas las bit�coras. Que se oiga nuestra condena de esta masacre...
Singenerodedudas: No hay palabras, ni razones para aceptar ni tolerar el brutal apisonamiento de nuestras vidas, de nuestros derechos. No hay palabras, pero s� im�genes, sensaciones y emociones. Y dolor, mucho dolor .... rabia e impotencia. �Que la barbaridad no nuble nuestro sentido ni mucho menos nuestro esp�ritu democr�tico!
Atocha....: Mientras estaba sentada en el suelo de la entrada de Atocha, mirando ese caos......un chico con chaqueta amarilla fosforescente se me ha acercado......Estas bien? Necesitas ayuda?.......Solo he podido echarme a llorar.......y me ha abrazado.....
Tio Petros: Un gran n�mero de seres conscientes lo han perdido todo: lo que eran, lo que ten�an y lo que podr�an llegar a ser o a tener. Una cadena de atentados ha acabado con la vida de treinta, cuarenta, sesenta personas. A las horas eran cien, cientoveinte, cientosesenta...se habla de casi 200 muertos. Esta bit�cora est� de luto.
Blog Sin T�tulo: D�a Triste: Hay personas. Personas entre comillas, que han matado a sangre fria a otras personas. No me interesa nada m�s. No hay raz�n para que una persona mate a otra.
Aromeo.net: Incomprensible. En solidaridad con toda la gente que est� sufriendo tras la brutal masacre que estos cabrones han hecho en Madrid, no escribiremos sobre nada.
Ricardo Nuno : Tristeza
Sincomentarios.net: Solidaridad (y silencio)
NaDa: Condolencias desde lejos...
Mi libro de arena:Por Madrid - Mi solidaridad y mi respaldo para todos aquellos que hoy sufren.
Manu Contreras: 11M: no tengo palabras, como madrile�o estoy dolido, he pasado los peores momentos de mi vida.
La choza chueca de Don Arturo - 11-M: �Pa'lante Espa�a!
Internet a mano: Madrid, te quiero
Jetlageando: Yo es que no puedo decir nada, llevo toda la ma�ana pegada a la televisi�n, llorando. S�lo que aun sin acabar de creer nada de lo que ha pasado, y desde aqu�, desde tan lejos pero tan cerca, solo me sale un m�sero: Lo siento mucho, que no significa nada.
Al Limite...: Mucha gente dice que no tiene palabras... otros solo buscan una explicacion... otros no saben que hacer... No hay palabras... no hay explicaciones... pero si podemos hacer...
Alas y Balas: Nuestra Solidaridad con las V�ctimas y Familias
Elastico: Madrid, te queremos
caspa.tv: 11M Madrid te Quiero
John Kerry: I would like to express my sincerest sympathy to the Spanish people and the families of those killed and injured in today's horrific terrorist bombing in Madrid. As a country which has also experienced tragedy at the hands of these cowardly killers, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
LilPoh: For the victims, their families, and all of Spain, may God comfort and keep you. Your loss is the world's loss. Vas con el Se�or.
Beautiful Horizons: Hoy somos todos los espa�oles. Abrazos muy fuertes para mis amigos que est�n sufriendo.
The American Mind: My prayers go out to the victims, their families, and all Spaniards.
Second Breakfast: if you're looking to send sympathy locally, here's a list of all of the Spanish consulates in the U.S.
3 demonios enjaulados: No hay palabras el d�a de hoy
Al son de un saxof�n: Me uno a todos los blogs que a estas horas ya han expresado su solidaridad hacia las v�ctimas del atentado
Deakialli: Nuestra Solidaridad con las V�ctimas y Familias
Bit�cora de matem�ticas: No entiendo el por qu�, no entiendo que haya gente capaz de hacer algo as�, con esa indiferencia por la vida, no entiendo c�mo es posible que haya gente capaz de justificar estas matanzas, no entiendo nada.
LiteralMente:
Frank Pereiro: Me encuentro con un nudo en el cuello y con una tristeza dificil de explicar, veo las im�genes con l�grimas en los ojos. Me encuentro como mucho otros, me imagino, indignado y dolido por todo esto. El 11 de marzo ser� una fecha que jam�s ni nunca podremos olvidar. Que tristeza tan grande.
Jalexei (Metafilter): I'm sitting here with my 10-day old daughter, and just feeling empty and a bit sick about the world she'll be growing up in. And realizing that everyone (attackers and victims) were cute little infants at one time, and wondering how one gets from A to B. F**k.
Beanshooter: The 3/11 massacre of innocent people in Madrid is too much of a reminder of what happened here on 9/11. We hope that people, particularly Americans, show support to the victims and their families the way the international community was so quick to give support to us in our time of need.
ethno-queer: Hay que llorar, s�, pero no hay que cegarse ante la sangre.
Stevie Wonder: Don't delay. Send yours in right away..

I worked at this for hours, hoping to make a list of 200 links, but I have no more time. 200 is a horrifyingly large number.

(many of the Spanish pages came from boingboing and this site)

Posted by jsmooth995 at March 12, 2004 03:54 AM

Comments

I hope whoever plotted and orchestrated this horrific act has alternate plans for the after-life. Hell is waiting. As a muslim and a human I cringe at the idea that this act may have been a Al Qaeda attack. I deplore these beasts using my faith to sanction their political agenda. The perps, whoever they may be, Al Qaeda, ETA or otherwise, destroyed the lives of countless people--the dead and the survivors.

Posted by: METALFACE at March 12, 2004 09:36 AM

excellent effort...this tragedy is yet another tear in the fabric of human existence...how many more can the human race stand? i fear we will not survive for another century...the future may not arrive as planned...but something inside me clings to hope that we truly are moving towards peace on this planet...

Posted by: Veronica at March 12, 2004 11:45 AM

peace and blessings. thank you for attempting to collect our words, our sympathies, our understandings to put the human agenda to the forefront.

Posted by: lizelle at March 12, 2004 12:09 PM

It's been very conforting to feel the love and kindness of our friends all over the world. Terrorism knows no boundaries and this can happen to anyone. We have to fight together to erradicate this cancer.

If any of your visitors speak spanish, the following link has got all the spanish speaking blogs that's been posting about our tragedy:

http://11demarzo.bitacoras.com/

God bless you all.

Posted by: FrankPereiro at March 12, 2004 02:49 PM

Jay, I set up a feedpaper that tracks news articles and posts about the Madrid Terrorism problem. You can click my name to get there.

I feel weird about this. I want to disconnect myself from the reality of the teror because of the 9/11 memories it conjures for me.

I really pray that whatever strength can be gleamed from how we dealt with 9/11 in New York will console and perhaps inspire people in Madrid.

Posted by: Madison on Madrid Terrorism at March 12, 2004 03:03 PM

i awoke a bit late
leaning in to my morning
hungover from
a late night

and I read the news
of those poor spanish
people,

my people

being blown up for
simply getting on a train
for simply trying to get to work
to feed their families

for trying to live a good honest life

I have no words to convey how i feel
my mestizo blood boils

mi espa�a

i somehow need to embrace you

Posted by: Luis Lopez at March 12, 2004 05:31 PM

Thank you so much for making me part of this beautiful effort to show our support to all those affected by these horrible acts.

Posted by: seyd at March 13, 2004 12:26 AM

Dublin Ireland Stands With Madrid.... http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=63825

Photos and commentary by Irish writer in Spain

Posted by: redjade at March 13, 2004 08:21 AM

I've never felt anything like this before, rage, helplessness and sadness all at the same time, because this terrorist attack is personal, it was against me, against my neighbours and against each and every one of the 6 million people who live in Madrid. Madrid mourns and I'm so grateful that the whole world mourns with us. Madrid, te quiero con todo mi coraz�n.

Posted by: jessy at March 14, 2004 03:17 PM

Thank you all for this lines.We Spanish people have suffered a heavy psychollogical blow that only now we are beguinning to assimilate. May love unite the world's conscience to help us end with anger and hate. Felipe from Barcelona (Spain)

Posted by: Felipe vera pons at March 14, 2004 03:31 PM

I stand by you, Madrid. Heart and Soul

Posted by: Ms Perry Lawrence at March 14, 2004 09:17 PM

Anyone ever heard of the Basque separatists in Spain? That perhaps it was them, rather than fundamentalist Muslims? Just asking

Posted by: no one at March 15, 2004 08:24 AM

I send my love to Madrid. Please know and take comfort in the knowledge that we think of you and care very deeply for you.
Thomas in New York City.

Posted by: Thomas in NYC at March 16, 2004 12:40 AM

Regardless of who did it, I know that my prayers and thoughts are with those who lost loved ones and to those who are suffering. We here in New York were with you that day, and we continue to be until there is peace.

Posted by: Joe at March 17, 2004 03:51 PM

We have been thinking of you non-stop since the awful news hit. There are no words. God bless you Madrid.

My deepest condolences to people that lost loved ones. Deepest sympathy to the people of Madrid and Spain.

Posted by: someoneSomewhere in NYC at March 18, 2004 02:34 PM

it was an act of man inhumanity to its fellow nan.
very sad,when shall we start to luv on another on this planet eart.but i am always assured that the wicked must never go unponish.so those who engage in such baberick act should wait 4 their price

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