Sunday, May 1, 2011

He's dead? now what?

Going through my fair share of Osama Bin Laden’s death clips, I came across something that touched me more than the issue about a terrorist’s death. How is an event worthy of a National holiday, not as striking as what I was to read and feel later... 10 years is a long time for a not-a-direct-victim to care about! That, and the fact I don’t even know if they’re true.  I have stopped caring. They say he killed thousands of innocent men, women and children, but the US. Govt. did the same in Afghanistan and Iraq. How am I supposed to rejoice or feel anything when it was never about this one man! What of all those surrounding his mere identity (And they are MANY.) The people of America, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan who have lost, random people who have died all over the globe because of this. How, is this one death even remotely justified? There is no rejoice. At this point, given the turn of events.. I feel indifferent to his death. (Do made-up, imaginary people die?)
More gripping to me was when I came across the horrifying stories of Elizabeth Swan, Natascha Kampusch and so many other cases of children kept in captivity! As a mother I am sickened, scared. How can anyone protect their own in this world? This, I feel much about..  

5 comments:

  1. my sentiments exactly...infact the political implications of it have made me more disillusioned than ever

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  2. yes, and there war with the different colorful labels they like to use, will go on! nothing has changed really.

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  4. yes the war has not ended yet, this scene has more ruined the image of pakistan

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  5. I totally agree. And feel its ignorant to be out on the streets rejoicing, when in fact this one death does not mean that its all over.

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