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Evil in all its forms should be shunned
by merlin francis on Dec 08, 2007 11:28 AM

Any life, be it a hindu, a muslim, a christian or a person from any faith is eaqually valuable. Killing one to appease the other can never be justified. It is sad to see that human life holds little value in a country like India, known as the mother of all civilizations. Be it the sikh massacre in 1984, the demotlition of the babri masjid and the communal riots that followed in , the Gujarat
riots, nadigram all bring forth the same fact that somewhere down the years as we have progressed as a nation, we have lost our values and ethos.....the simple funda of live and let live. Despite education and progress in almost all spheres of life we have degraded as human beings, in our tolerance towardsa a fellow being. All those people who call themselves religious or protectors and leaders of their religion fail to understand the very basic of every existant religion in this world...RESPECT HUMAN LIFE, BE KIND AND GENEROUS TOWARDS YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND YOU WILL FIND GOD.
Religion which used to be a personal affair has turned into a political cause these days. Killing people in the name of religion is the most unholy act...... What are we teaching our new generation, that it is more important to be a hindu or muslim than human? That a temple, church or mosque is more important than genorisity, kindness, non-violence and tolerance. It dosen't matter whether its the BJP or the congress or the Communist all parties have taken lives at some time or the other to further their pol

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