>>14749879Muslim communities tend to have more expectations. Yes there's a lot of quiet violence but if a child slips off the track, even if everyone's home life is secretly a mess, they rush to put them back on the path to economic prosperity. We tend to be very apathetic and needy and our families want us to participate in drama with them while the months and years slip away. The Comedian was right: the terrible thing about the American Dream was it came true. Death is remote. Death happens to someone else. We never run out of time. Until we do. I don't have an answer, I've lost many years as well. But we do need to take things more seriously someday. Perhaps it's already too late for us.
