An eye for an eye

The usual "good night" txt from Pete last night was not quit "usual". It basically said "London got bombed, call you when you're free to fill you in"

We talked on the phone for about an hour, where he logged online and check all the major news sources, and relay that to me, already in my nightie and in bed.

Luckily, none of our friends and family were involved, but it still gives us a tremendous sense of sadness. Both because of all those innocent lives, and because of the human race.

I can't say I understant the mind set of the terrorist. I've never been through what they've been through. I've never been in a country that's been invaded, and I don't think I'd understand they're anger without going through what they have gone through.

What I found particularly confuse, though, is the fact that the voices most actively condemning there people are the same ones who says "we'll revenge and bomb THEIR home", and claim they're "just".

I can't tell people what is just, because (as Nadesico pointed out) there is no ubiquitous justice. But what I have against people claiming they are being just by doing exactly what was done to them. To me, that's not just. That's revenge. That's just putting themselves to the same level as the people who committed the "unspeakable crimes" in the first place.

I would like to think there is a better way, and they probably is, but it'll involve more or less getting everyone to see the bigger picture, to see that violence doesn't solve anything, and it only generate more anger and continue this vicious cycle. But then, I thought that's what Christianity teaches, and the same people who "bring justice" by bombing the hell out of another country are the ones who said they work on Christian values.

Go figure.