The Illogic Call Terrorism

Three would-be suicide bombers found guilty of terror plot.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/21/three-wouldbe-suicide-bombers-guilty-terror

Terrorism is real and it is here to stay. Denial only prolongs the act. Whether it was Britain’s feared IRA or Japan’s  Aum Shinrikyo or Al Qaedah their realm of terror at different period of time was definitely real.  When war is waged against the common man, it would then be deemed to be an act of terror(ism). When this happens the objectives of the cause becomes diluted and sympathy turns to hate. No matter how noble a cause maybe when it crosses the boundary beyond the perpetrators, the actions of the victim would not be held in the same respect. 

According to the website terrorismfiles.org http://www.terrorismfiles.org/encyclopaedia/terrorism.html  terrorism is defined as “the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion.”

Another definition given states it as, “the systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective.”

Throughout history we have seen terrorism being inflicted by political outfits, nationalistic and ethnic groups, revolutionaries, and even by armies and various government linked intelligence agencies.

Regardless of the perpetrators, ordinary lives are pawned without its consequences being cared for when a terrorist act is carried out. The rights of the victims are totally ignored. But then again are these victims truly innocent bystanders, or were they themselves party to the cause of agitation? Only a post mortem would tell. An analogy, a person who may have no qualms in throwing a sweet wrapper out of his/her car while driving becomes ballistic when his/her neighbour’s rubbish bin accidently overflows into his/her compound. In this equation call “life” every action or inaction has its own multiple sets of reactions that webs. 

Gandhi may have propounded non- violence but if he had lived today, I am not so sure if he would continuously believe the same. But then again he is a “Mahatma”, who incidentally succumbed to a violent death himself. Godse eventually was hanged for his crime despite pleas from Nehru as well as two of Gandhi’s sons, for which they believed that a death sentence would dishonour the legacy of a man opposed to all forms of violence. 

So when emotions run high without reasoning it would give rise to the ugly head call TERRORISM.