terrorism; a world of ugly, pointless stupidity

So the terrorists have finally struck London, as many feared was on the cards. It was clear that joining the Bush fiasco in Iraq that Britain would come near the top of a list of targets. But it still reeks of madness, vile outrage, vileness writ large. And pointless too, for they will never win, whatever it is they want. They are part of history now, but history will show how nonsensical it all is.

You look at bin Ladin and Zarkawi and see such inhumane fury, and also such ugliness; for were two uglier men ever more photographed? They rage at freedom it seems, a way of life much different to theirs. Perhaps they want us all back in the dark ages, they want women to be slaves with no rights, they want us to pray to gods who supposedly go in for blowing the arms and legs off civilians going to work.

They see the west as a great evil but fail to look closer at what we really are. For it was the west that came to the aid of Bosnia and Kosovo and all its muslim inhabitants. It fails to see that London itself is a place where the whole world in its many diverse forms and religions lives somewhat chaotically but peacefully too. Until vile nonsense like this happens to shatter all illusions.

So what to do now? The world as a whole must hunt down,find, apprehend, kill, imprison and eradicate this evil from the world. Everyone must do their bit, every country must do whatever is necessary to rid us of this foul stench of vicious butchery. We simply cannot rest until this is done. Bin Ladin and his ugly, stupid, rabid followers have got to know that the end of the road beckons.

Coupled with this the world must not allow brutal and immoral American presidents to pick and choose wars based on personal profit, oil, revenge or any other reason. We must not support this utter nonsense. We must also promote freedom and democracy not from the barrel of a gun. We must have greater controls on the sale of weapons around the world. And we must also insist on fair trade to help poor countries rid themselves of poverty. Maybe then we can look at ourselves and believe that we have done all we can.