TakingITGlobal - Panorama - Terrorism

Размещено: Oct 5, 2001

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In the light of the recent terrorist attacks in the USA, the world begins to wonder how such an act can be carried out. Thousands of innocent people were killed, because a couple of people had no value for human life.

I had been to the World Trade Center a few years back and was awed by its immense structure, but I was awed more when I saw the massive structure collapsing in a matter of seconds!!! People who are behind this attack have shown the world by committing such an act that they care nothing for anything else (minus their 'cause'). Greed, indifference, selfishness etc.... are what this 'cause' represents. Some people celebrated the attacks while other people nod their heads in agreement with the terrorists.

This isn't about religion, it is about brutality, cruelty and fanaticism which is dangerous. Terrorism and terrorists have quelled the peace around the world. The most successful of all freedom struggles (or any struggle) have been those which were non-violent in nature. Violence only begets violence, and it isn't an effective way of proving a legitimate cause.

A banner that I read somewhere said, "An eye-for-an-eye attitude will only make both people blind", and this is very true. The possibility of US strikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, has raised harrowing side effects. Pakistan, caught between the Taliban and US has internal problems caused due to opposition to a US strike and hence the country is in a very delicate position.

Terrorism in any form does not represent a good cause and people should shun terrorist activities. As the world mourns the dead in the New York and Washington disasters, we must take greater resolve in ensuring that such an attack on civilization must never take place.

I will leave with a thought from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to ponder over..

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. The chain reaction of evil -- hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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автор Mervin J. Jebaraj
Размещено: Oct 5, 2001
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In the light of the recent terrorist attacks in the USA, the world begins to wonder how such an act can be carried out. Thousands of innocent people were killed, because a couple of people had no value for human life. I had been to the World Trade Center a few years back and was awed by its immense structure, but I was awed more when I saw the massive structure collapsing in a matter of seconds!!! People who are behind this attack have shown the world by committing such an act that they care nothing for anything else (minus their 'cause'). Greed, indifference, selfishness etc.... are what this 'cause' represents. Some people celebrated the attacks while other people nod their heads in agreement with the terrorists. This isn't about religion, it is about brutality, cruelty and fanaticism which is dangerous. Terrorism and terrorists have quelled the peace around the world. The most successful of all freedom struggles (or any struggle) have been those which were non-violent in nature. Violence only begets violence, and it isn't an effective way of proving a legitimate cause. A banner that I read somewhere said, "An eye-for-an-eye attitude will only make both people blind", and this is very true. The possibility of US strikes on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia, has raised harrowing side effects. Pakistan, caught between the Taliban and US has internal problems caused due to opposition to a US strike and hence the country is in a very delicate position. Terrorism in any form does not represent a good cause and people should shun terrorist activities. As the world mourns the dead in the New York and Washington disasters, we must take greater resolve in ensuring that such an attack on civilization must never take place. I will leave with a thought from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to ponder over.. "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. The chain reaction of evil -- hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. « назад.