Posted by: hurray August 11, 2006
Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
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Is violence ok? Let's not put it in a context but violence at it is seen. Is it ok? Once we start to give context to violence we excuse is. I believe that violence in any form is not justifiable. Once you start to take lives of other people, no matter how just your cause was, it becomes unjust and you can be seen as a terrorist. I am not dismissing pleas of thousands of people from middle-east who are termed as terrorists. I agree with that countries like US and Israel are terrorist states. It is obviously easier to single out a small group and call them terrorist than an entire nation. But the fact is, no matter where humans have arrived or evolved today, and no matter how reluctant we are to go on a war compared to before, we are still animals. We have the urge for violence. Only few are exceptions. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King. And it is no wonder why Bhagat Singh's name is not written at the same level as Mahatma Gandhi's in history. While Mahatma Gandhi continues to inspire other people, Bhagat Singh has been forgotten. And there is a reason for it.
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