Solidarity

I will always mourn any human death.

I will always reject any sort of violence in mankind.

I am really touched with the recent episodes of violence and humanitarian need in the world.

Although...

I see incredible solidarity with the recent episodes of terrorism in Norway but I don´t see as much solidarity when such episodes happen in different places such as Africa, Middle East, Central Asia or even my country.

Moreover, if the person who killed dozens in Norway was Muslim or from a different religion-nationality, the press would have declared him as a terrorist. For now though, he is just an 'Assailant ', 'Attacker' (Reuters), 'Gunman' (BBC, CNN & Al Jazeera). Looks like 'Terrorist ' is a name reserved for some religions or nationalities. The US Dept of State calls it an 'Act of Violence', Not an 'Act of Terrorism'.

The world seems to have more attention on it than in The Horn of Africa, there are over 10 million people in HIGH risk. It is a famine for god-sake!


Is it that ONE human life in the western world is more worth than ONE life in where what we consider the developing (or very undeveloped) world?


Shall we have in in our Facebook profile picture more flags demonstrating that we really care?

Just food for thought for the emerging generations.