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On the news this morning the report was that a 26 year old man was beheaded by islamic extremists. I can understand why this can be upsetting to people in this country as I am saddened by this action. Yet as soon as this news broke the reporters started to say that what happened to the Iraqi men wasn't to the level of this beheading. It was as you said in your response to my original blog about people justifying these wrongs by trying to prove they've been wronged themselves. We did an oppressive action to the other side and now the other side has done an oppressive action towards us. I listened to people trying to lessen the tragedy about the abusive behavior of the U.S. soldiers as though it was nothing and the beheading was the worst thing to happen. In all reality, my reality is that both situations are tragic and neither has less value than the other. This is merely my opinion but I just find it ironic that you posted about the attitude that people can have despite any kind of oppression that one may have gone through and now it is being acted out. Some people really are numb and this is scary to me since compassion seems to have taken a backseat to all that is going on in our world.
Posted by Adriana Worley on 5/11/04; 1:05:52 PM
from the dept.
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