What is this cancer in the hearts of the people that commit these atrocities? What is the rage that burns inside their minds that makes them do death's bidding on innocents? What is it that pushes them to give up their lives and loved one's in a bomb explosion. What is the message they want to convey? The message is obvious: the attack was on the Marriot Hotel - the premier hotel for Westerners in Islamabad. It is an attack on the West. Maybe a response to America's recent blatant violation of Pakistani sovereignty (the Americans have been attacking targets in Pakistan from Afghanistan without authorization). But is it justified? Of course not. A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye is never an excuse.
The cancer at the heart of these people is religious fanaticism. An explosive cocktail of illiteracy, mind-warping, religious fervour and political Machiavelli's pulling psychological strings for political gain. Where do they recruit these people from? Now that's a question! And...how many more are there ready to do the bidding of these nutters? The country is already hanging from tethers; will this push it over the edge? Who knows.
Who died in the blast? I'll tell you: security guards, front desk hotel clerks (like that miserable Mr Gobiwallah) and taxi drivers lounging in the car-park waiting for fares - all typical Pakistani folk with families and children to feed - ordinary folk - poor folk - already desperate - their families now to pick up their bloodied pieces. But here's the point: the bombers don't care! For them, in their warped minds, it's the message that matters. The message to the West. The innocent lives shed in the conveyance of that blooded message don't matter one bit. In fact, if anything, they make the message that much more powerful. That much more louder. The more bloodshed and carnage the better. It's a warped world we live in.
People say: 'It's never that simple' - I know. 'It's more complicated' - I know. But I say: life is life. Pain is pain. And death is death. And there is nothing subjective about that. And this is all being done in the name of religion. Why don't we tear down this edifice, this anachronistic thing called religion. This monster of ancients, this brain washer of children; this artifact of a bygone age, this segregator of people, this tool of oppression, this fascist-nihilistic-narcissistic-sin obsessed-guilt feeding-construct of the human imagination. Why don't we tear it down, tear it down wherever it resides; and start anew. Build a world from common human decency. You don't need religion to be good. You don't need religion to teach you morals. If the only reason you don't commit murder, rape and pillage is because you're afraid of the great 'camera in the sky' then you've got issues. Religion is false and the sooner mankind rids itself of this cancer, the better. There. Said it. Am I angry? Fucking right I am.
