Russell Chapman wrote: > Oh, absolutely, the .22 would come out of the rubble and I would take my > nationalistic fervour to the invaders. But I wouldn't wave pictures of > the PM, or of the archbishop, or anything other than the Australian flag > or the Southern Cross. But most assuredly, I would not mutilate the > bodies and celebrate their desecration. > > As much as it saddened me, I didn't feel angry or disturbed watching the > Pajeros in flames, or seeing the bullet holes. Shooting them as invaders > I can sort of understand, given that these people don't understand what > the good individuals over there are trying to achieve. But the crowd > bothered me. Really bothered me...
Ah, but it is so easy to whip mobs into a murderous frenzy. At least in some parts of the world, including my own. And then these mobs do things which are incomprehensively gruesome. Babies are butchered, pregnant women's bellies are eviscerated as they watch on in horror, men are castrated.... Religion and nationalism are indeed some of the most convenient tools used to this end but the bestiality which takes over seems like nothing more than a glimpse of the worst our species is capable of. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
