Ruth Bader Ginsburg: may she rest in peace.
She died on the eve of the first night of Rosh Hashanah. This in itself has a significance, a special meaning for a special person, a special woman.
But that’s not what this is about. Short and sweet, this is about us as a species that now occupies the earth, about what we are.
Not even an hour into her death on one of the holiest of holy days for the Jewish people, the politicians were talking about its political implications and ramifications and of course they were already beginning the twisting of the language to support, whether correctly or not, the point of view they wish to push forward. The pundits were already speculating and the networks were making their money on her death.
All this before her family could begin to come to terms with it, before they could even start to make funeral arrangements.
Why would the politicians and networks not let her rest in peace and let things be at least until she could be settled into the earth?
And so we get a good look at what we are as a species. We are selfish and greedy and those in power are only interested in power, not even in our well-being.
Look at what we’ve done. Look hard at what we’ve done on this earth and to it.
This is about us. We surely aren’t pretty. We surely aren’t nice. We surely haven’t lived up to what we could be given all the tools we have.
