2 min of rememberance for london
"we ask that you pause for two minutes in your offices or meetings to reflect upon those who have suffered because they part of a society that favors religious and political tolerance, intellectual freedom, humility, good grace and human freedom. May those traits win out in the end."
I heard about the car bombings this morning, and the kids that died. And being the psychologist that I am at heart, with a need to try and understand where people are coming from, this is what I came up with.
The kids that died were not victims per say, but unintentional targets. because they were fraternizing with the enemy, and therefore against the fundamentalist right. If you are against me, you cannot be my friend. if you are not my friend, you are my enemy. if you are my enemy, you deserve to die.
or, the children's deaths were meant as punishment to the families who did not properly instill respect in their children for the strict compliance to allah's will, and were promoting dissent and corruption of the youth and future religious leaders of the fundamentalist right.
it was, perhaps, a lesson to the parents to fall in line and obey the strict rules laid out, or suffer the consequences.
I'm not certain. it makes sense to me in a way. but i still feel that a life is a life, and should not be extinguished solely because it goes against what you think and believe.
but i suppose that righteous fundamentalism wouldn't survive if it didn't have the extremist perspective. I suppose death, dismemberment and general killing is necessary one way or another in order for these things to survive and propagate.
I mean, when was the last time you saw a pacifist religion that didn't try to convert or terrorize individuals into followers survive and grow?
(no, buddhism doesn't really count. or any of those other pesky non-christian religions that don't care whether or not you believe in them, and generally want people to lead good lives according to world moral standards).....
I heard about the car bombings this morning, and the kids that died. And being the psychologist that I am at heart, with a need to try and understand where people are coming from, this is what I came up with.
The kids that died were not victims per say, but unintentional targets. because they were fraternizing with the enemy, and therefore against the fundamentalist right. If you are against me, you cannot be my friend. if you are not my friend, you are my enemy. if you are my enemy, you deserve to die.
or, the children's deaths were meant as punishment to the families who did not properly instill respect in their children for the strict compliance to allah's will, and were promoting dissent and corruption of the youth and future religious leaders of the fundamentalist right.
it was, perhaps, a lesson to the parents to fall in line and obey the strict rules laid out, or suffer the consequences.
I'm not certain. it makes sense to me in a way. but i still feel that a life is a life, and should not be extinguished solely because it goes against what you think and believe.
but i suppose that righteous fundamentalism wouldn't survive if it didn't have the extremist perspective. I suppose death, dismemberment and general killing is necessary one way or another in order for these things to survive and propagate.
I mean, when was the last time you saw a pacifist religion that didn't try to convert or terrorize individuals into followers survive and grow?
(no, buddhism doesn't really count. or any of those other pesky non-christian religions that don't care whether or not you believe in them, and generally want people to lead good lives according to world moral standards).....