Saturday, March 18, 200612:51 AM
Seen and heard a lot in the past few dayz.. And i couldnt help but voice my doubt... wad exactly is terrorism? when i turned to the dict, it told mi tat terrorism in its purest form was the act of aggression to instil fear in victims by a person to achiece his or her ends.... Then i asked.... wad exactly do we call terrorism?
Is the bali bombin an act of terrorism? certainly seem so. it definitely sow a common seed in pple; fear. it killed and devastated individuals, more than the 'direct' victims, family friends.... the deceased children..... the bombings were just de start of its chain reactions. a mechanism tat instilled fear in all.....
Then i ask again.... how do we justifiy the interrogating of te criminals? do we consider jammin a feedin tube up the nose to force feed- an act of humanity? do we consider sleep deprivation up 2 20 hours a day for nearly a week an acceptable resolution? If these are acts tat WE, the ones who bear the highy charged label ' anti-terrorist' assort to, then i ask... what are unconscionable means? i cannot help but notice a tinge of similiarity between them....
both seek to instil fear in its victims. while our terror agenda crashes a plane into towers; we force pple; pple whom may be innocent for all you noe, to confess to crimes they may not have committed- by instillin fear. do u nt c.... the irony in tat? when sum1 u love says hes innocent, u believe him. when u friend says hes innocent u give him benefit of a doubt. when a suspect says hes innocent, u say hes lying; even though he emphasizes time and again that his statements were made under extreme duress.. and he recants his previous statements.....
i ask. IS TAT JUST????? do we, the pple who hold the power, use it in this manner to 'benefit' the others? well do we????!! if yes. then im afraid tat terrorism is nt only monstrous and evil, it has made us monsters as well. we have sought ways and means to prevent it from surfacin, neva realisin tat doin so amplifies the similiarities we share.
power is nt sumting one alone can achieve and apprehend. it neva has been. its sumting we achieve only through efforts of all around us. in short, the pple round u empower u. and power can only be used to protect and safeguard.. nt destroy. the ability 2 destroy is simply tat, an ability to destroy.... and tat is wad separates us from them. at least this is wad i feel.
with great powers come great responsiblities.- spiderman said. but ill like to add. only wif great compassion and love can power come along...
well.... dun take it too heavily. this is just sumthing i read up. ck will be back in a day or two.. so tata
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