Monday, July 28, 2008

Violence in the minds.............

Whatever we see as acts of violence in various forms today,are expressed from minds of people.Imagine the amount of violence stored up in minds of people.Why are they not able to manage their hatred and anger? Why are the youth burning with revenge and all set out to hurt the other person,be it through a verbal attack or through a physical attack? Everything is wrong right from the start, from our education.From the books that lie to us, from the newspapers and magazines to the films and television, all is full of matter that somehow or the other arouses violence.Moderation has been forgotten, people are indulging in too much of everything, ignoring peace,ignoring good things,ignoring nature,and falling prey to media created populist notions of revenge,hatred,violence, the urge to destroy whatever good remains.Unleashing this violence is what we see, the effect of all this pent up violence is what we see in the papers and in the magazines, on TV and on the big screen, and all this pent-up violence is taking a toll.Minds that are uncontrolled will definitely become instruments in the hands of these evil men who spend a lifetime making weapons to harm others,distributing weapons to harm others,manufacturing gadgets that blow up life.The very root of these minds is rotting.They do blow themselves up, which is so as not to leave a trace,but do they know what happens thereafter? No they do not, because no one came back to tell.So they think it is a game, of honor,of valour,not realising it is the most cowardly act they are going to do.In a war,if one is forced to do such an act it can be looked upon as honorable only if it is designed to protect a larger humanity. Attacking unprovoked, attacking innocent bystanders in hospitals,killing nurses and doctors, all this is not brave,this is cowardly.Attacking unarmed people is total cowardice.Such people need their minds freed so that they take time out to re-consider what they are going to do.Even if one person reads this and gives up violence,I would consider it a step towards world peace.

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