and here too - https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewt ... nt#p215419LC said: "Sometimes the losses are too deep .. and the pain is too acute for anyone in those circumstances to be comforted. So, far from us to try to comfort those in those circumstances. All we can do is provide blankets, and clothes and shelter and money. That's our position, and we hope it's yours too."
Ten years later I feel he would be pleased that he is once again contributing and helping out with all the terrible current multi bushfires tragedies in Australia by way of his songs being performed at a benefit concert -
https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6 ... rt/?cs=181
Some of Australia's best-loved musicians will band together to support bushfire-affected communities this month.
Singer, actor and Highlands resident John Waters has organised the FireAid 2020 concert, to raise funds for those who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the bushfires.
The concert, hosted by Julia Zemiro, will be held at Bong Bong Picnic Racecourse in Bowral on Friday, January 24.
Gates will open at 2pm and the show will start at 3pm.
The line-up will include John Waters, Darryl Braithwaite, John Paul Young, Megan Washington, Jack Jones, Margaret Urlich, Leo Sayer and Stewart D'Arrietta with the songs of Leonard Cohen.
That's just bizarre, including the syntax. I clicked on the link you provided, and the entire article reads like something that was translated (badly) from a language other than English by google or some such thing.