inhumanity
My brother will be home from school in an hour and I just woke up. Err. Yay, holidays? :/ *feels lazy*
It doesn't help that the dull weather makes it seem as if it's perpetually 9 a.m. outside my window, and my sleeping in is probably mostly a result of the fact that dreamworld is a million times more interesting, entertaining, and satisfying than the real world. Reading and watching videos about what's going on in the Gaza right now has almost paralyzed me at the moment from doing or thinking about anything else. Inhumane acts (Why is it called 'inhumane' acts when only humans are privy to such cruelty?) occur on a daily basis all over the world, but when one innocent being dies because of the doings of another human, I feel it's as if we are all responsible. We are all interconnected--why do we let religion and nationality and all other arbitrary definitions of ourselves divide us? Are we all just puppets allowing corrupted governments to hold us and jerk us around greedily by the strings?
"GAZA CITY, Gaza - An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people - many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded."
"An Israeli official said its soldiers came under fire from militants hiding in the school and that the building stored Palestinian munitions."
"Nearly half of the dead are civilians, according to U.N. and Palestinian officials."
And it kills me that Israel has tried to justify the death of children!
"Israeli military spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich said Hamas was to blame for civilian casualties because it operates in densely populated areas. 'If Hamas chose cynically to use those civilians as human shields, then Hamas should be accountable,' she said."
In response, "Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar exhorted Palestinians to fight the Israeli forces and target Israeli civilians and Jews abroad. 'The Zionists have legitimized the killing of their children by killing our children. They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people,' Zahar said in a grainy video broadcast on Hamas TV."
Does this bring the peace and tranquility that Israel states as its goal? Has killing innocent people ever been the cause of a peaceful resolution? Clearly, it only serves to "keep old hatreds fresh" as one reporter commented. America's response? "Bush emphasized 'Israel's desire to protect itself.'" Meanwhile, mothers wail over there dying children.
I could rant until I'm blue in the face, but what good does that do? I feel helpless. Can you simultaneously weep for and curse humanity?
It doesn't help that the dull weather makes it seem as if it's perpetually 9 a.m. outside my window, and my sleeping in is probably mostly a result of the fact that dreamworld is a million times more interesting, entertaining, and satisfying than the real world. Reading and watching videos about what's going on in the Gaza right now has almost paralyzed me at the moment from doing or thinking about anything else. Inhumane acts (Why is it called 'inhumane' acts when only humans are privy to such cruelty?) occur on a daily basis all over the world, but when one innocent being dies because of the doings of another human, I feel it's as if we are all responsible. We are all interconnected--why do we let religion and nationality and all other arbitrary definitions of ourselves divide us? Are we all just puppets allowing corrupted governments to hold us and jerk us around greedily by the strings?
"GAZA CITY, Gaza - An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people - many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded."
"An Israeli official said its soldiers came under fire from militants hiding in the school and that the building stored Palestinian munitions."
"Nearly half of the dead are civilians, according to U.N. and Palestinian officials."
And it kills me that Israel has tried to justify the death of children!
"Israeli military spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich said Hamas was to blame for civilian casualties because it operates in densely populated areas. 'If Hamas chose cynically to use those civilians as human shields, then Hamas should be accountable,' she said."
In response, "Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar exhorted Palestinians to fight the Israeli forces and target Israeli civilians and Jews abroad. 'The Zionists have legitimized the killing of their children by killing our children. They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world by killing our people,' Zahar said in a grainy video broadcast on Hamas TV."
Does this bring the peace and tranquility that Israel states as its goal? Has killing innocent people ever been the cause of a peaceful resolution? Clearly, it only serves to "keep old hatreds fresh" as one reporter commented. America's response? "Bush emphasized 'Israel's desire to protect itself.'" Meanwhile, mothers wail over there dying children.
Click to viewI could rant until I'm blue in the face, but what good does that do? I feel helpless. Can you simultaneously weep for and curse humanity?