We all watched in horror on television as the news started to unfold. Somehow some terrorists had managed to get into Mumbai heavily armed and had started to indiscriminately shoot any and all civilians they could see. They were specifically targetting Americans and Britons, but killed any and all Indians they could see.
How could such a thing happen? Who were these mad men and what was their agenda? Why had they targetted Mumbai? Why had they targetted India? Even after the situation has been brought under control, these questions still remain.
I feel horror and sadness that such an event could occur. Somehow I felt that we had things under control, that our borders were protected and that the domestic terrorism that we were facing was being tackled with effectively.
It doesn't help knowing that what I had thought wasn't true.
What has become of the world? Why is it that with more education and more interconnectedness, a set of people can arise who just want to commit cold blooded murder? What sort of religion condones such behaviour? Shouldn't people be more aware of their fellow human beings?
I don't know. I can't be angry - because if I am, that won't improve the situation. It also won't make the security enforcement agencies any more competent or effective. I still can't believe such a thing could have gone undetected. They had grenades!!
Should we start combined praying? How can we convince these lunatics that killing people isn't the solution? When they don't value their own lives, they obviously won't value others. That's the problem with suicide bombers.
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