So bombay (or mumbai if you please) has become a victim of terror attacks yet again. On July 13, 2011, three explosions killed an estimated 30 people, injuring many more. The bombs went off in the evening rush hour and two of the three locations were khau gallis (food streets).
The prime suspect so far is lashkar-e-taiba from across the border and its Indian accomplice indian mujahideen. At the expense of repeating what scores have asked before me, what can motivate such depravity in men? Can any such inquiry ever be successful?
Are these men, as alfred (batman's butler) said, just plain evil? If so, isnt it frightening that we have so many evil men? Or is it that biological evolution has fallen behind the technological one, giving who are more or less still competitive apes, the power to destroy the world? Or is it religion? Maybe it is something more basic, like identity. Or maybe the modern is giving rise to a generation of men and women who dont know what to do with their lives, suffering from a lack of identity, with no sense of self and purpose, maybe in these acts of wanton violence (in the name of religion, nationalism, regionalism etc) they find their salvation?
I am rambling now, not sure if this even makes sense anymore..
The prime suspect so far is lashkar-e-taiba from across the border and its Indian accomplice indian mujahideen. At the expense of repeating what scores have asked before me, what can motivate such depravity in men? Can any such inquiry ever be successful?
Are these men, as alfred (batman's butler) said, just plain evil? If so, isnt it frightening that we have so many evil men? Or is it that biological evolution has fallen behind the technological one, giving who are more or less still competitive apes, the power to destroy the world? Or is it religion? Maybe it is something more basic, like identity. Or maybe the modern is giving rise to a generation of men and women who dont know what to do with their lives, suffering from a lack of identity, with no sense of self and purpose, maybe in these acts of wanton violence (in the name of religion, nationalism, regionalism etc) they find their salvation?
I am rambling now, not sure if this even makes sense anymore..
