in memory and wonderment

5 years have passed since that dreadful day - 5 long years and 2 despicable wars. have we learnt?

i admit the initial shock was huge..i mean who would in their life imagine that there would be some ppl out there who would attack the "world's greatest nation". but they did..but with all their planning etc, i believe they fail to notice that in that building and on that soil, there were innocent ppl of that nationality and other nationality that were effected..ppl who had nothing against them and also some who shared their faith..bad planning i must say.

please do excuse me for sounding heartless and for acting as if i don't care..i do..ppl lost life, the world's in a chaos and ppl are moving futher away from coming to an understanding because of this one event. besides that some particular parties purposedly uses this particular excuse over and over again to wage war in the name of democracy killing in its path more innocent people than that one particular event. yes ppl of america, i do sympathize with you and your great loss. that event was uncalled for and in my eyes and mind a very brutal act which have tarnished a name of a religion and also focused a great deal of prejudice towards millions of its followers who denounce that act of crime. but even you would have to admit that consequence of that event led to even more pain on a far bigger number of people. people who have been ignore of the past decade or so suddenly came under fire. their already bad state went further south with the war.

just like my external conscience, i believe that in focusing so much on that event we as a collective have ignored many seemingly 'small-no-wow-factor tragedies' that is plaguing our shrinking world. in the event of the Boxing Day Tsunami, where were the help that the indonesians, sri lankans, thais and the andaman island people so desperately needed? why was there a delay for the monetary help 2 come in to help rebuild these striken nations? why could the US so easily fork out money for military attacks on afghanistan and iraq but were slow in reponding 2 these ppl.. i do have 2 state that they did in the end fork out a great amout of money but my question is why the hesistation slight tho it maybe?where were all these harsh voices when people were tortured and killed just for the mistake of being different - example the genocide? where were you when kids and refugees were crying and dying from hunger?i know aids were given but yea why was the call to help this ppl not as loud as the call for the war on terrorism? dare i suggest (i'm being a tad cruel here) that the US did not give its own ppl the best care when Katrina hit? what happened there? there was a shortage of aid of many kinds wasnt there? was i wrongly interpreting the news and pictures? and did i wrongly read that the US rejected aid from certain countries?

i have a suggestion for all these warring governments and those who are planning to go to war: used ur millions n billions to help ppl instead! i've been told that it does wonders for one's soul and gives u peace.. u know there are hungry kids and kids who would love a chance to learn, not only in poor asia and africa but also in ur own backyard. give them that money..trust me, you'll be able to sleep better without wondering who's going to attack you next or which is the next threat that you'll have to extinguish. better still those kids u fed, they'll pray for u..for ur life to be long and happy..i know that war actually increases the economy (hey i read it in a text book k..i can show u if u want) but see in the long run, if u keep destroying other economies, who are you gooing to trade with?urself?

a final question would be this: why is it, even after such a tragedy, we fail to realize that our biggest mistake and problem lies in the fact that there is just too much prejudice in our world society? too much discrimination? all of us view strangers filled with doubts..filled with sentiments that in a blink of an eye this person would turn around and cause us harm..we think that every person, government and religious order has a propaganda or thgs along those lines. its sad that we've become such a tiresome bunch. no ones fun to live with anymore..

5 years has passed. 5 years that we could have used to unite. did we learn? NO. all we did learn from it was prejudice and hatred..

Humanity may have to find a way to leave this planet behind, but is there any guarantee that we won't repeat our mistakes on Mars? -Rose Ismail-