Senseless Violence 

It used to be that women and children were safe from war. That there was an unspoken rule to leave them alone. Now, everyone is fair game.

I’m living right smack in area of violence. Thailand’s protest have shut down their airports. Terrorists are killing indiscriminately and holding others hostage in Mumbai. Malaysia’s political system is unstable and in turmoil. North Korea is threatening war.

And though I live safely in Singapore, it is still a bit scary to be so near to the violence. Singapore may be safe today, but maybe not tomorrow. Look at Mumbai’s attacks. No one expected it. The terrorists just landed from the sea and started killing senselessly.

My questions, what are they trying to prove? What point are they trying to make by ending so many lives? That they are strong? That they hate everyone else? That their ‘god’ approves of such useless violence?

Sometimes, living in this world gets depressing. Turn on the news everyday and there’s some war or turmoil going on somewhere in the world. Peace is so elusive as sinful human beings prefer to fight rather than love.

But than, it’s not just these extreme cases, isn’t it? Aren’t there times in our lives where we chose to fight rather than to love? Maybe not as cruel as the earlier cases, but still the same principle. When have we chosen to hate someone rather than try to understand and love them?

Turns out, we can’t ask questions of others before we answer those of ourselves.

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