No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.


-- John Donne
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Since these words have endured for over five centuries, I have to believe that a quite a few of us feel this way. I think (from a point of view of COMPASSION) it matters little whether it was ANS or Sister Theresa, these words still apply.

chas