Murder is murder, whether committed in the name of religion, politics, greed, or whilst engaging in a crime or as a criminal event in itself. There are some categories of premeditated killing that evoke a louder response than other: the murder of children as occurred in southern Russia these past few days. Or killing in the name of religion. Any way you look at it, it still results in someone being killed. And who is to say one life is less precious than the other. Or that one killing is less terrible than the other? Have those making such claims conducted a poll of those murdered to ascertain which of the victims felt more violated and dead? Does it make any one of the victims less dead? Does it mean the ones killed by the Maoists or unjustly by the RNA are any less dead than the Iraqi 12? Does anyone of the bereaved families feel less of a loss? Is it plausible to make such an incredible claim even in private, let alone on a globally accessible public platform? And we happen to have hordes ready to do so. Such courage ! This is our definitive national character, ain't it?