'You will not have my hatred,' Paris attack victim tells terrorists in moving Facebook post

The Times-Picayune ^ | 11/23/2015

[SeekAndFind]

A Paris man's open letter to the killers of his wife is moving people to tears as it spreads on social media and television.

Antoine Leiris' wife, Helene Muyal-Leiris, was among the 89 slain in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Friday. His original letter in French on his Facebook page has been shared more than 194,000 times since Monday and has been translated into several other languages.

He tells the attackers that he will not give them the gift of hating them, saying: "Responding to hatred with anger would be to give in to the same ignorance that has made you what you are."

"I saw her this morning. She was just as beautiful as she was when she left home Friday evening, as beautiful as when I fell madly in love with her more than 12 years ago," he says.

Leiris adds he is devastated with grief over the loss of his 35-year-old wife, but says it will be a short-term grief.

"I know that she will join us every day and that we will find each other again in a paradise of free souls, which you will never have access to."

The conclusion emphasizes Leiris' determination to ensure he raises the couple's 17-month-old son "happy and free. Because no, you will not have his hatred either."

[Psalm 144]

“If it were someone I dearly loved who was murdered by these savages, I would hate them with a white hot hatred until the day I died.”

Yes, but you have an awesome screen name.

[Billthedrill]

Whatever. They’re welcome to a little of mine.

[Resolute Conservative]

I agree. I would go scorched earth.

[Chgogal]

Your unfriendly righteous tone to my friendly post is NOT welcome.

[Altura Ct.]

This is part of the reason France and the whole West is in the position they are.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Your unfriendly righteous tone to my friendly post is NOT welcome.

I simply said that Christianity teaches us to love our enemies yet deal with justice.

St. Paul, who wrote the great chapter on Love ( I Corinthians 13 ), also tells us that it is the duty of governments to wield the sword against evil doers ( Romans 13: 4).

They are not mutually exclusive.

I wonder why you’re taking this as being unfriendly....

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Yes, but you have an awesome screen name.

I hope she does not become a symbol of the French Revolution :)

[Mears]

Now,of course,the “loving” feelings of the families of the rest of the victims will be published.

Teah,right.

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[Madame Dufarge]

So I come by it honestly.....

[caww]

Report:

Canada to bar entry to single male refugees from Syria....

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Canada-to-bar-entry-to-single-male-refugees-from-Syria-435071

[DH]

In America the statement is to turn the other cheek.

Same thing. Same niavity. Same fool.

In the real world you never turn your other cheek once slapped...you fight back!

To turn your cheek is to demonstrate the fact that you are a timid sheep and actually think by letting the guy beat the crap out of you will make him a better, more loving and caring citizen.

If you believe it then join the Democrat party for their followers are robots and sheep.

[mjp]

He tells the attackers that he will not give them the gift of hating them,

Emotions are not gifts. They are normal and natural physical responses to events, objects, or people. A rational person makes an evaluation based on life as a standard of value, and the emotion is the consequence of the value judgment.It is a matter of cause and effect.The intensity of the emotion depends on the location of the object on one's hierarchy of values.

[so_real]

I don't "hate" the crippled pet that I send to its final rest. I don't "hate" the cow that I harvest for dinner. And, I don't "hate" the rabid dog that I put down to defend my family. It's just something that needs to be done. Shame some folks can't man-up for the task at hand. I guess some folks would rather the crippled pet suffer. They'd rather have bellies left to go hungry. And, they'd rather their families were savagely attacked. I just think that's the mentality of a pitiful and spineless coward making excuses for not wanting to do the work set before him.

[Vendome]

Saw it and was moved, with tears.

I don’t have that strength.

[Kenton]

Truly a Kumbaya moment.

[trisham]

I feel sorry for his son. This man will never protect him.

[oldvirginian]

How typically......French.

If threatened, run away and surrender.
Serve your new masters and hope you are the last one killed.

[WashingtonSource]

How pathetic. A surrender monkey surrenders to the terrorists by refusing to denounce them and hate them. Why not hate them? Is he not a human being? What sort of husband is unmoved about the murderers of his beloved wife?

[trisham]

Agreed.

[SgtHooper]

This knucklehead will rekindle the full wrath he feels, much later in life.