A makeshift memorial on the campus of Boston University for graduate
student Lu Lingzi, a China citizen killed
in the Boston Marathon bombing.
After Boston Marathon
Attack, Humanity Must 'Look Within Itself' (The Nation, Pakistan)
"As a
whole, humanity must look within itself and reflect on how matters reached such
a point. It would be tempting to blame, allege, belittle and bemoan, but
ultimately, the reality is that humanity the world over feels unsafe. How can
we protect ourselves once and for all from hate and despair? No single nation has
the answer, so for now, we all suffer."
The aftermath of a suicide attack in Quetta, Pakistan. Almost everday occurrences in some countries, is it time for collective humanity to address the underlying issues that have brought us to such a point?
Two blasts targeting the finish line at the Boston Marathon,
killing four and leaving 100 injured, and a third blast rocking the John F.
Kennedy Presidential Library, are without a shadow of a doubt completely
condemnable and utterly reprehensible.
As things stand, it would be premature to point a finger at
the perpetrators, since the investigation is still in the initial stages. Nevertheless,
there is a consensus that this is a terrorist attack. Some quarters have been
quick to indulge in callous and disgusting schadenfreude,
citing Pakistan's own crippling losses which number in the thousands. But innocent
lives lost, no matter where they occur, must not be treated with the indignity
of political point scoring.
Posted By Worldmeets.US
In this spirit, given the attacks in Boston, the deaths of
30 at a wedding party in Afghanistan, including several young children, not to
mention deaths in Peshawar, perhaps Pakistan ought to take the lead. As a
whole, humanity must look within itself and reflect on how matters reached such
a point. It would be tempting to blame, allege, belittle and bemoan, but
ultimately, the reality is that humanity the world over feels unsafe. How can
we protect ourselves once and for all from hate and despair? No single nation has
the answer, so for now, we all suffer.
