Flowers being placed in a reflecting pool at Ground Zero
(Pic taken from BBC News Online)
Do you remember where were you 9 years ago? I remember that nite very clearly - i just got home from an RBS committee meeting and everyone was in bed. I turned on the news and was totally shocked at wat i saw on CNN - so shocked that i could not take it on my own and went to wake my father up.
Still, the shock surely cannot compare to what was felt by the almost 3,000 victims and their family members that day way back in 2001.
Till today, many cannot comprehend why such acts were done, why so many innocent lives were ended so needlessly. How much hatred and anger there must have been for those people responsible to carry out their horrible acts. Acts done in the name of religion?
And yet today, are we any better than before? An alleged Christian (i seriously doubt his belief) pastor has threatened to burn the Koran, alleging that Islam is of the devil. Muslims in return have protested, shouting "Death to America". A lot of people have called the pastor not to carry our his threat. But i think the reason is not so much out of respect for the Muslims but fear - fear of what the Muslims might do in retaliation, fear that many more innocent lives will be taken away again in anger.
History is one of the best teachers for life - and i believe that is the main reason why we have to study it. We hope that history will not repeat itself - the bad ones, at least.
So do you remember? And if you do, will you do something about it? Shall we exhibit more love instead of hatred? As it is written in the Bible, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21).
*One of the many brilliant songs from his album ...But Seriously.
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