the great divide...
it's really sad when you watch the myth of sisyphus by tomas ochoa. it's so plain simple that islam is not much different from christianity and all the main religions, yet it has been villainized to such horrific proportions because of the actions of a few extremist idiots who have warped those teachings of love into teachings of hate. interviewing random people on the streets in marrakech in morroco and zurich in switzerland, ochoa asked these people two questions: the differences between islamic nations and the west and what were the last thoughts of a suicide bomber.
the biggest irony was that most of the muslims in marrakech simply condemned the suicide bombers for their wreckless and thoughtless actions which led to the killing of innocent people while the non-islamic people tried to emphatise with them and said it was their means of finding paradise. granted, the places where these attacks occur are extremely charged up and hostile environments, with war and strife occuring and tensions on knife edges with foreign troops "stationed" compared to morroco or switzerland who are not involved in the conflicts. but the fact remains that most muslims believe that their religion is one of love and peace. it is sad when religion becomes the scapegoat simply because some crazy islamic head of state says "it's us versus the jews and christians." it's irresponsible and wrong.
and even despite this, it is just as hard to blame these people as well when idiotic western presidents liken a war against terrorists to a crusade. honestly, i don't think dubya is even smart enough or religious enough to fully know what the word crusade meant. he probably thought it was a cool, macho, texan cowboy word to use. but when you deal with politics, you just can't afford to say something stupid and end up stirring up a hornets' nest even though you meant something else. it's just as irresponsible and wrong, and now hundreds of young men and women are dying in foreign lands that they don't even care much about because of these silly mistakes and insistence on fighting.
two great powers at conflict, with substantial grievances on both ends to at least justify the emotions that have been stirred. yet the corresponding actions that have taken place are so horrifically wrong. two wrongs simply don't make a right. yet untangling this sordid mess is going to take a massive amount of understanding and cooperation. generations of hatred and misunderstanding simply cannot be cleared up by one magic bullet to solve everyone's hurt. however, it is something we must strive toward, if peace is ever to prevail...
if only we all realised just how similar we all really are...
the biggest irony was that most of the muslims in marrakech simply condemned the suicide bombers for their wreckless and thoughtless actions which led to the killing of innocent people while the non-islamic people tried to emphatise with them and said it was their means of finding paradise. granted, the places where these attacks occur are extremely charged up and hostile environments, with war and strife occuring and tensions on knife edges with foreign troops "stationed" compared to morroco or switzerland who are not involved in the conflicts. but the fact remains that most muslims believe that their religion is one of love and peace. it is sad when religion becomes the scapegoat simply because some crazy islamic head of state says "it's us versus the jews and christians." it's irresponsible and wrong.
and even despite this, it is just as hard to blame these people as well when idiotic western presidents liken a war against terrorists to a crusade. honestly, i don't think dubya is even smart enough or religious enough to fully know what the word crusade meant. he probably thought it was a cool, macho, texan cowboy word to use. but when you deal with politics, you just can't afford to say something stupid and end up stirring up a hornets' nest even though you meant something else. it's just as irresponsible and wrong, and now hundreds of young men and women are dying in foreign lands that they don't even care much about because of these silly mistakes and insistence on fighting.
two great powers at conflict, with substantial grievances on both ends to at least justify the emotions that have been stirred. yet the corresponding actions that have taken place are so horrifically wrong. two wrongs simply don't make a right. yet untangling this sordid mess is going to take a massive amount of understanding and cooperation. generations of hatred and misunderstanding simply cannot be cleared up by one magic bullet to solve everyone's hurt. however, it is something we must strive toward, if peace is ever to prevail...
if only we all realised just how similar we all really are...
greg last trudged in on 11/12/2006 06:43:00 pm
1 Comments:
I'm glad that you raise questions about "The myth of Sisyphus". The purpose of this work is exactly to get reactions of the viewer in order to find more questions about this subject, like you did. We could have all the questions, but no answer. Personally I have a radical position against the empire. But this work calls the attention of a viewer to ask himself: what do i think about it, what would I say? What matters is what each individual, who approaches this video, thinks about suicide in the context of contemporary clash of civilizations. Does this clash exist? or is it a political use to justify one supreme power in the world? the questions could go endless. You have the last word.
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