BEYOND THE “PHILOSOPHY OF FEAR” OF THE CORONAVIRUS
October 2nd, 2021
A friend from Syria once told me of a 20-year-old man, an only child, who left his country, having been ordered to emigrate by his father in fear of the frenzy and killing in his country’s civil war. He moved to the comparative calm of Beirut, Lebanon. But when he arrived, his car fell from a bridge and this unlucky young man died. Lebanese newspapers at the time reported the terrible accident showing photos of the tragedy.
Another man, in his 40s, fled his native Syria for the same reasons, and moved to peaceful Germany. There, while riding his bicycle in one ...
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