The Pursuit of Progress
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Everyone... Stop Fighting.

Kept reading about the russian hostage tragedy. I can't help feel saddened by what happenned. There is no justifiable reason for killing, or even attempting to kill civilians.

This goes for every one on this planet. From the so called 'muslim' terrorist, to the so called 'heroes of justice' US Army. Violence only begets violence. Once any kind of violence starts, it is revenge.. revenge... revenge. A lot of the happenings in this world is based on just that. The terrorist hostage situation in russia, was in part revenge. They kill our sons and daughters, we kill their sons and daughters.

Revenge... It's easy to see the other side's mistakes, it's harder to see our own. America, Russia, the Chechens, Israel, and yes even the Palestines always feel that they are the victim. We would rather blame the other side, it's always their fault isn't it?

Guess what? We're not little children fighting over a toy anymore. Life is not simple. There are hundreds of reasons why a particular event has happenned. By generalizing them to a select few, we fail to emphatize and understand the other side. We have failed to reason. We have failed at peace.

Stop fighting. Let us have peace.

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