A thought provoking article by my friend David Peduto on why it has become important, now more than ever, to recourse to our common humanity amidst the anger and uproar against militants in the wake of Peshawar tragedy. While it is tempting for us to subscribe to the annihilist perspective towards militants, he makes some valid points that we must consider in order to fathom the underlying complexities that pave way for the creation of conditions that produce minds as evil as those responsible for Peshawar tragedy. Here is an excerpt to get you more interested: But while the event challenges our belief in humanity, may our response reaffirm our faith in it. We cannot define ourselves by what happens to us. Rather, how we give definition to ourselves is by how we deal with the cards that we are dealt. This is as true on an individual level as it is on an international one. Even in the wake of such terrible tragedy, we have been about the work of defining our humanity. And if we believe in humanity, then we must put all humans in it. We must not allow ourselves the convenience of dismissing the perpetrators of such crimes as “animals” or any other type of non-humans. No, we must face the fact cold and true that the people responsible this attack and others like it are just that – people. We must accept the fact that somehow there are people in the world who feel justified in committing such a heinous act of violence. We must accept the fact that there are conditions in our world, our very human world, that have brought people to the point of accepting wanton killing as a righteous act. We must accept the fact that there exist man-made reasons as to why people feel that it is okay to kill. It is in the hope that by understanding such reasons that we can work to remove the ills that lead to such inhumane acts in our society. thedeansreport/item/122-peshawar
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:50:16 +0000
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