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Soldier murdered in suspected terror attack.
12 years ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22630303
In the light of what happened in London today I feel compelled to say something. Though not the first and certainly not the last attack attributed to terrorism, I cannot help but feel appauled at the nature and brutality of what has transpired. Killing someone in the name of hate and using a religious belief to disguise the fact disturbs me deeply, and I cannot fully express or articulate how sad it makes me feel. Though I am an athiest, I am not a militant athiest and believe that everyone has the right to have their own religious and spiritual beliefs. The way I personally see it we only get one life, one oppertunity... the fact that men and women around the world decide to spend their life devoted in the murder and destruction of others simply over different beliefs is a sad comment on the whole of humanity.
But at the same time, this is not a time for those on the so called 'other side' to resort to bigotry and hatred of their own. Today I've seen on places like television and the internet post some frankly disgusting comments branding everyone in Islam as a monster, when in actual fact it is down to a minority extremists who do not speak on behalf of the majority within a world mainstream religion. If you want an actual FACT, the word Islam means "peace and ease", perhaps you should think about that before you decide to post something stupid. If you reduce yourself to hate then you are no better than extremists.
We are all the same fundementally, and as odd as it is to say on a website for the furry fandom we are all Human. We are better than all of this and I hope one day we realise it. Before it is too late.
Hope this wasn't too meledramatic.
Take care...
Henk x
In the light of what happened in London today I feel compelled to say something. Though not the first and certainly not the last attack attributed to terrorism, I cannot help but feel appauled at the nature and brutality of what has transpired. Killing someone in the name of hate and using a religious belief to disguise the fact disturbs me deeply, and I cannot fully express or articulate how sad it makes me feel. Though I am an athiest, I am not a militant athiest and believe that everyone has the right to have their own religious and spiritual beliefs. The way I personally see it we only get one life, one oppertunity... the fact that men and women around the world decide to spend their life devoted in the murder and destruction of others simply over different beliefs is a sad comment on the whole of humanity.
But at the same time, this is not a time for those on the so called 'other side' to resort to bigotry and hatred of their own. Today I've seen on places like television and the internet post some frankly disgusting comments branding everyone in Islam as a monster, when in actual fact it is down to a minority extremists who do not speak on behalf of the majority within a world mainstream religion. If you want an actual FACT, the word Islam means "peace and ease", perhaps you should think about that before you decide to post something stupid. If you reduce yourself to hate then you are no better than extremists.
We are all the same fundementally, and as odd as it is to say on a website for the furry fandom we are all Human. We are better than all of this and I hope one day we realise it. Before it is too late.
Hope this wasn't too meledramatic.
Take care...
Henk x
I come to it with my belief that, first of all, every group — up to and including those in which I am a willing participant — has its overzealous, embarrassing faction. It's not only wrong but a cheap, disingenuous trick to characterize an entire movement by its atypical element. It's kind of like those political arguments that try to tar every Republican/Conservative with the low moral standing of Ann Coulter or every Democrat/Liberal as being guilty of the sins of Lewis Farrakhan. Secondly, I figure that anything that makes people happy without making others unhappy is worthy of great respect.
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_07_05.html
Humans are social animal. We have a need to get together. Religions are one form of getting together to form a community, though other types of groups also work. The issue is not religion itself any more than it is role-playing or golfing or whatever. The issue is those who take the core tenants of that particular group and run them to an extreme no one else in the group would have considered. It's worse when an extreme individual is very charismatic, because then you have the start of a cult or a situation in which the leader dominates everyone into submission and freedom of thought and identity are removed.