NOT IMMUNE

 A man sees his breath in the cold air as he looks at the crowd in front of him. Moments after he locates his wife (age 34) and his 2 kids (a daughter age 5, and a son age 7) in the crowd, he is hit in face by a rifle butt. He falls on his knees, and he sees blood from somewhere on his head hitting the snow.


The man has not slept in four days and lacks the strength to get up. A Russian soldier standing behind him holds the man upright as another soldier binds the man's hands in front of him. The soldier in front stoops down and ties the man's feet together.


The man is a volunteer in the Ukrainian Military, and after a month of captivity has been brought to the village he was born in, to have an example made of him (to scare off any post war resistance). 

After the two Russian soldiers pick up the man (one holding his legs, the other at his shoulders) they carry him over to a tall pole. Once the soldiers stand the man up against the pole, they put ropes around the man tying him to the pole. 


The man leans his head back against the pole (mentally preparing himself for what is about to happen to him).. He hears a voice say on a loudspeaker "ladies and gentlemen, you have been reunited with your fatherland. " The voice went on to tell the crowd to let the man's death remind them of the evils of their rebellious countrymen. After the soldier finishes talking, he shoots the condemned man in the leg.


The man breathes deeply as blood starts to come out of his leg. Seconds later, a rope is put around the man's neck (to strangle him). The man calmly closes his eyes and breaths two last small dying gasps.


The point of this story is not to be gloomy but to emphasize that the world is at a point where if we are not careful, you and/or me could find ourselves in situations similar to the one in this post. 

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