Few things unite the world in joy. Most people in the U.S. were happy yesterday that Tiger Woods won the Masters, but I doubt if people in Britain or Japan or India felt much.
Tragedies, on the other hand, can unite the world in grief. We are experiencing such a moment right now. Notre Dame, like the Egyptian pyramids, the Taj Mahal, the Forbidden Palace, Stonehenge, or the Kremlin was recognized by people everywhere.
Those sites are part of our heritage and belong to all of us. To see one destroyed or damaged hurts all of us as well.
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