Sunday 15 November 2015

Are we discriminating the dead?

8:05 Saturday:
"Did you hear what happened in France?"
"No, what happened?"
"143 people died in the six different attacks that took place in Paris last night!"

I could not believe what my friend had just said. France being 5,927 kilometers away from Pakistan and it still felt as if the attack was on us. I,as well as every other human being on this planet, share the pain of those affected by the inhumane attacks carried out against the people of Paris.


The outrageous incident has made headlines and rightfully so, however, it has helped make clear that status and power matter in death. 44 people died in Beirut on the same night but no one felt the pain.

The world stands together with France against these horrific human animals, as every life matters. But to end the terrorist and their ideology, we have to stand together with everyone. 

6 months ago, after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the anti-muslim attacks went up by 23.5 %. That is worrying. After the attacks of last night, muslims have had to come and condemn the attacks again and again, as these would result in more hate crimes against the muslim community. 

To paint 1.5 billion muslims as terrorist is foolish and to not care about the sentiments 1.5 billion muslims have is sad.

2,977 people died in the terrible 9/11 attacks. Does anyone know how many innocent non-Americans died after that in countries where the body colour is brown? According to Madeleine Albright, the once US ambassador to UN, said that the death 500,000 children in Iraq was justified as it won them the war.

If the world continues to call one death justified and the other outrageous, the dream of making this world a better place will never turn into reality. The discrimination needs to stop, for the better of the world.


"To kill a single innocent human being is to kill the entire humanity." 

That is the point and if these seem to you as "logically inconsistent arguments and nothing but ad hominem attacks which make me the halfwit laughing stock", then I am sorry but you sir, with all due respect, are discriminating the dead.

4 comments:

  1. Totally agree what you mentioned above.
    The discrimination needs to end.

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  2. Sabawun
    Keep it up
    Very nicely formulated
    And there is a way the text flows that doesn't make the pieces of text look separate but from a single body.
    Your points are magnificent
    And yes
    For a better world
    This discrimination needs to end

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  3. Totally agree with your thoughts. They make a mess out of every small thing which happens to them, but they don't care if innocent children, old men and women continue to die in the countries which they bomb. That one night in Paris, is every night in Gaza! Enough Said!

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