The Tail Of Two Tales

The tail of two tales; Boko Haram and Charlie Hebdo.

Isn’t it interesting how ideas like “freedom of speech” support the blatant instigation of others?  Is being insensitive to religious beliefs and purposely instigating cultural sensitivities signs of a mature and modern society?  

Does the bully help or hinder the bullied?

It’s interesting how some issues make headlines while other issues are ignored.  The last few weeks we’ve heard about Charlie Hebdo.  Most of the world, regardless of cultural or religious slant, has condemned the attacks and rightfully so ( condemning murders of any sort regardless of the reasons / justifications is right ).

Have you heard about Boko Haram and their bloody atrocities?  Boko Haram’s atrocities are being done in Nigeria, not in western ‘civilized’ places like France.  Is this the reason they are not on the mass consciousness?  Are the victims of Boko Haram less innocent than the employees of Charlie Hebdo?  Are the thousands of Africans butchered by Boko Haram less valuable than the Jewish casualties in the French grocery store? 

Why aren’t “world leaders” protesting in Nigeria? 

Can one judge clearly according to the truth and not jump onto bandwagons to support war or ostracize people of a certain religion or culture?   Do the murderous deeds of Boko Haram and the French culprits represent the billions of people of a particular culture or religion?  If it did, the feared “jihad” would've wiped out western civilization by now.

Does the Westboro Baptist Church or the Inquisition of the Catholic Church represent the billions of people of that particular culture or religion?

If war truly brought about peace, wouldn’t we have had peace in every corner of the world by now? 

If the news media spoke the truth without prejudice and without bias, wouldn’t we have been educated enough to serve people’s needs as we would like to have our needs served? 

If we were not led by the nose to believe already framed media arguments having hidden agendas behind them, wouldn’t we have thrown out the hired hands in political office by now? 

Love your so-called enemy.