tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075045779850681691.post612601928263920690..comments2023-03-25T08:19:54.539-05:00Comments on Nanda Mama: Violence of Articulation - Living in FearNanda Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12880371285355541360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075045779850681691.post-23595919569936413602011-09-07T21:49:57.452-05:002011-09-07T21:49:57.452-05:00Unfortunately this is a thoroughly human act. I ho...Unfortunately this is a thoroughly human act. I hope by "the beast" you mean the devil and not actual beasts. Most animals don't do things like this. Right this very moment there are probably thousands of people being raped, tortured, murdered, mutilated, you name it. Just because you don't know them personally or don't have a friend whose friend is suffering it doesn't change the fact. Just yesterday there was a footnote about yet another suicide bombing in Iraq. We grew so bored of those. They happen so often and it's not "people" being blown up - it's Iraqis...<br /><br />The layer of so-called 'civilization' is very thin. We are a generation that grew up during a relative lull in global violence. And what a lull it was - if you count the number of conflicts in the last 50 years - it's huge. But it is still nothing compared to the scale of World War II, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Khmer Rouge, or separation of India and Pakistan...<br /><br />I mean this is all our parents' generation - in living memory... <br /><br />The mere fact that this event or Norwegian shooting or any other "small scale" event shocks sheltered Western European mind such as yours is a good thing. This means that those things are becoming less of a norm at least in some parts of the world.<br /><br />Wake up and look around you. Watch non-American news - English Al Jazeera would be a good start.<br /><br />http://english.aljazeera.net/ilyakoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266005964440423134noreply@blogger.com