Benazir Bhutto - violence begets violence
U2 have a song called 'Peace on Earth' which I take as a song of
frustration at the lack of peace at a time of year when we see those
words on Christmas cards and hear them in church services the world
over. That song became real to me again after hearing of the
assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Once again a person looking for
democracy in their country has been cut down in an act of violence. I
felt shocked when I first heard of it while listening to the cricket on
the radio. When will we ever learn that violence simply begets more
violence and hate begets more hate? Violence will never ultimately
achieve what its perpetrators want. That is simply a fact of life, as
surely as night follows day. While this is not the space to go into the
details of the ultimate motivations of terrorists and suicide bombers,
even if they got what they ultimately wanted, it would still be a
society based on fear, which can never be a society at peace, either
with others or with itself.
Perhaps some of the words of U2's song say it best:
Heaven on Earth, we need it now
I'm sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of the sorrow, sick of the pain
Sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be peace on earth
......it's already gone too far
Who said that if you go in hard you won't get hurt
Jesus could you take the time to throw a drowning man a line
Peace on Earth
Tell the ones who hear no sound, whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on Earth
......Jesus sing the song you wrote
The words are sticking in my throat
Peace on Earth
We hear it every Christmas time
But hope and history won't rhyme
So what's it worth, this peace on Earth?
Pretty much my sentiments exactly. Benazir Bhutto lies dead and her
country is in turmoil. Despite the allegations of corruption surrounding
Bhutto's past, she was a leader in a country looking to the future. Just
like Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln in
years gone by, the murder of Benazir Bhutto will not achieve the end
goal that its perpetrators seek. Only love will do that. Love, peace and
justice.
Fear and rage have boiled over in the streets of Pakistan because people
created in the image of God decided that violence was the best course of
action. They are wrong. Martin Luther King said that there can never be
true justice without peace. His words ring true this Christmas time as
we once again witness the cutting down of a political leader and lament
the lack of peace on Earth.
by Nils von Kalm
www.soulthoughts.com
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