Was reflective the whole day in light of the Paris, and Beirut, events. How can one now talk of public reason and reasonableness, of being able to put oneself in the place of the Other, when these events happen? And so many other similar occurrences. We are back to each side claiming righteousness and validity, and the Other is negated and annihilated. We claim our own versions of what we take to be true, and become impervious to how it is possible to have other perspectives. These perspectives can dialogue and engage each other. Regardless of our languages, and paradigms, commensurability and translatability can be actively pursued. The meaningfulness of our perspectives can be appreciated by other minds. --- Zosimo Lee
I condemn on behalf of Humanity to the highest possible degree the utterly inhumane, barbaric and vicious terroristic attack made by those bloody bastard mass murderers in Paris that led to the gruesome deaths of 100 plus innocent souls!
I join the people of Paris and all the families of those who died in this absolutely senseless tragedy! I am with them especially on these trying moments of grief and immeasurable loss!
This tragedy is truly a product of madness, of fanaticism, of hate and bigotry!
Yet, having said that, I am wondering why it is that the sole attention of the world is only focusing on the bloody carnage that happened on the French capital?
Two days before the Paris attack, Beirut was bombed wherein 40 plus individuals were killed!
The question is? Why it is that the world’s media did not even reported or highlighted this horrible and despicable act of barbarism that happened in Lebanon?
I am inclined to ask: is the life of a Parisian more valuable than that of a life of a Lebanese?
It is my firm view that the soul and humanity of those who died in Paris is the same as the very soul and humanity of those people dying every day in Palestine, in Syria and the like!
Every day, scores of people are dying because of on-going military terrorism in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and in Mindanao (I am referring specifically to the issue of the Lumads who are being killed in score by paramilitary forces in connivance with the so-called Armed Forces of the Philippines) yet how come when that thing happened in Paris --- immediately the world was thrown into a frenzy, and suddenly the world has become one or acted allegedly as such?
Why it is that when a tragedy struck in the West, it seems that the world has cease working, stop moving, promptly look, listen attentively and quickly sympathize --- yet the same cannot be said if the same happened in some “remote” and “unknown part” of this planet?
What the hell is the point with regard to this standstill?
I cannot erase from my mind, the helpless and heartbreaking image of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler and refugee who drown because his family left their home in order to escape the chaos and the trouble on-going to their land. Yet, what happened to them?
Did the world stand as one for him and his family? Did the world lift a finger for the suffering of his people?
Is it because they do not come from the west?
Is it because they are not white people?
They did not invite the war into their land! Those bastard imperialist countries from the fucking west are the one who brought that misery, famine, desperation, chaos and countless deaths to their nation.
Did the world or their so-called international media truly give a genuine report about the current situation in Syria?
Who are the ones financing, training and supporting those bloody bastard mass murderers, terrorists and mercenaries in Syria? In Iraq and elsewhere?
Who are those responsible? Who are those who created one of the largest problems with regard to the refugee of Syria?
After the bloody and shocking event in Paris, immediately a “movement” has begun in Face Book, a lot has turned their profile picture using the French foreground. That they do without even knowing the bloody history of the country they are allegedly supporting.
To quote the categorical and direct words of Thomas van Beersum:
“If you want to show your resistance against terrorism it's probably not the best idea to change your profile pic to the French flag, the national flag of one of the biggest colonizers and imperialists of the planet. The terrorist French state, a prison house of oppressed nationalities, has created (and is still creating) many catastrophes in the world similar to the one from last night. For so many people and countries in the world, waving the French flag is like waving the Nazi flag.
“More than a million people died in France's 7 year war with Algeria, many impoverished African countries up to this day are still forced to pay colonial tax to its "former" colonizer, France was also one of the main instigators behind the recent wars on the people of Libya and Syria. These are just a few out of many examples directly linked to the French empire.
“Let's stand with all the victims (with the people killed both in France and by France, but also with the people becoming victim to the ongoing and upcoming racist backlash), and in no way we should associate ourselves with the murderous, genocidal French regime. Imperialism is also terrorism.”
So there you are: Imperialism is also terrorism!
To all those creatures who like brainless herds immediately put the French color to their Face Book profile pictures:
I respect your act of solidarity to the French people; however I am heavily wondering why you did not do the same thing to the Lebanese people wherein they suffered an earlier terrorist attack? Said attack led to the deaths of more than forty souls!
How come no one among you had put up the Lebanese flag in solidarity to all those victims that died in Beirut?
Perhaps, you will say: but that news was not reported by the international media.
Fine, my next point is: how come you are not putting up the flags of Palestine, of Iraq, of Syria, of Yemen, of Libya and other war-torn countries attacked and pitilessly shattered by Western imperialist countries?
Are you telling us that you do not know about all of these? Or, it is the case that you don’t give a damn about these people?
Common, bloody bastard liars, hypocrites and opportunists of the worst kind, speak the truth and shame the devil!
I condemn the hypocrisy of this bloody bastard bias and perverted world. Shame to this “selective” Humanity and quest for “justice”!
In the words of Hamza Ali Abbasi:
“And here we go, French flag being projected all over the world and face book makes a French flag DP filter. I wonder why FB never created a Palestinian flag filter while hundreds die each month? Or may be a Syrian, Iraqi or Afghan flag? A Pakistani flag after 16th Dec. APS attack? Its exactly this “Selective” Humanity and Imperialistic mindset which lead to hatred towards the west. I condemn Paris attack but I also condemn the hypocrisy of western imperial mindset. #MarkZuckerburg”
If it is true that you are all concern with the problems of the world and the burden of Humanity, then why not hoist or place to your wall the Flag of Solidarity and the Banner of Universal Humanism?
Please stop lying to yourselves and end this shame, idiocy and mockery!
I condemn on behalf of Humanity to the highest possible degree the utterly inhumane, barbaric and vicious terroristic attack made by those bloody bastard mass murderers in Paris that led to the gruesome deaths of 100 plus innocent souls!
I join the people of Paris and all the families of those who died in this absolutely senseless tragedy! I am with them especially on these trying moments of grief and immeasurable loss!
This tragedy is truly a product of madness, of fanaticism, of hate and bigotry!
Yet, having said that, I am wondering why it is that the sole attention of the world is only focusing on the bloody carnage that happened on the French capital?
Two days before the Paris attack, Beirut was bombed wherein 40 plus individuals were killed!
The question is? Why it is that the world’s media did not even reported or highlighted this horrible and despicable act of barbarism that happened in Lebanon?
I am inclined to ask: is the life of a Parisian more valuable than that of a life of a Lebanese?
It is my firm view that the soul and humanity of those who died in Paris is the same as the very soul and humanity of those people dying every day in Palestine, in Syria and the like!
Every day, scores of people are dying because of on-going military terrorism in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and in Mindanao (I am referring specifically to the issue of the Lumads who are being killed in score by paramilitary forces in connivance with the so-called Armed Forces of the Philippines) yet how come when that thing happened in Paris --- immediately the world was thrown into a frenzy, and suddenly the world has become one or acted allegedly as such?
Why it is that when a tragedy struck in the West, it seems that the world has cease working, stop moving, promptly look, listen attentively and quickly sympathize --- yet the same cannot be said if the same happened in some “remote” and “unknown part” of this planet?
What the hell is the point with regard to this standstill?
I cannot erase from my mind, the helpless and heartbreaking image of Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler and refugee who drown because his family left their home in order to escape the chaos and the trouble on-going to their land. Yet, what happened to them?
Did the world stand as one for him and his family? Did the world lift a finger for the suffering of his people?
Is it because they do not come from the west?
Is it because they are not white people?
They did not invite the war into their land! Those bastard imperialist countries from the fucking west are the one who brought that misery, famine, desperation, chaos and countless deaths to their nation.
Did the world or their so-called international media truly give a genuine report about the current situation in Syria?
Who are the ones financing, training and supporting those bloody bastard mass murderers, terrorists and mercenaries in Syria? In Iraq and elsewhere?
Who are those responsible? Who are those who created one of the largest problems with regard to the refugee of Syria?
After the bloody and shocking event in Paris, immediately a “movement” has begun in Face Book, a lot has turned their profile picture using the French foreground. That they do without even knowing the bloody history of the country they are allegedly supporting.
To quote the categorical and direct words of Thomas van Beersum:
“If you want to show your resistance against terrorism it's probably not the best idea to change your profile pic to the French flag, the national flag of one of the biggest colonizers and imperialists of the planet. The terrorist French state, a prison house of oppressed nationalities, has created (and is still creating) many catastrophes in the world similar to the one from last night. For so many people and countries in the world, waving the French flag is like waving the Nazi flag.
“More than a million people died in France's 7 year war with Algeria, many impoverished African countries up to this day are still forced to pay colonial tax to its "former" colonizer, France was also one of the main instigators behind the recent wars on the people of Libya and Syria. These are just a few out of many examples directly linked to the French empire.
“Let's stand with all the victims (with the people killed both in France and by France, but also with the people becoming victim to the ongoing and upcoming racist backlash), and in no way we should associate ourselves with the murderous, genocidal French regime. Imperialism is also terrorism.”
So there you are: Imperialism is also terrorism!
To all those creatures who like brainless herds immediately put the French color to their Face Book profile pictures:
I respect your act of solidarity to the French people; however I am heavily wondering why you did not do the same thing to the Lebanese people wherein they suffered an earlier terrorist attack? Said attack led to the deaths of more than forty souls!
How come no one among you had put up the Lebanese flag in solidarity to all those victims that died in Beirut?
Perhaps, you will say: but that news was not reported by the international media.
Fine, my next point is: how come you are not putting up the flags of Palestine, of Iraq, of Syria, of Yemen, of Libya and other war-torn countries attacked and pitilessly shattered by Western imperialist countries?
Are you telling us that you do not know about all of these? Or, it is the case that you don’t give a damn about these people?
Common, bloody bastard liars, hypocrites and opportunists of the worst kind, speak the truth and shame the devil!
I condemn the hypocrisy of this bloody bastard bias and perverted world. Shame to this “selective” Humanity and quest for “justice”!
In the words of Hamza Ali Abbasi:
“And here we go, French flag being projected all over the world and face book makes a French flag DP filter. I wonder why FB never created a Palestinian flag filter while hundreds die each month? Or may be a Syrian, Iraqi or Afghan flag? A Pakistani flag after 16th Dec. APS attack? Its exactly this “Selective” Humanity and Imperialistic mindset which lead to hatred towards the west. I condemn Paris attack but I also condemn the hypocrisy of western imperial mindset. #MarkZuckerburg”
If it is true that you are all concern with the problems of the world and the burden of Humanity, then why not hoist or place to your wall the Flag of Solidarity and the Banner of Universal Humanism?
Please stop lying to yourselves and end this shame, idiocy and mockery!