11th JUNE 2011

It just makes me so angry, and hurt, every time I read an article in the news or watch it on TV and see that there is still war going on in various countries. And as hard as I try to believe that one day we will all have the Miss U.S.A dream of 'world peace', I don't really believe that any more. War has become an inevitable factor in our lives.

On this day in 2011, thirty-four people were killed and another ninety wounded when a bomb went off in a market place in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Rebellion, war, terrorism. The names for what we call it are many but at its simplest it still rips a hole in the heart of millions. It still makes us feel horrible when we hear that this 'act' (of war, of terrorism, of violence) has resulted in death.

In regards to the 2011 Peshawar bomb, which had been placed in a garbage pile in the markets close to army and political offices, it was intended to hurt people. It was intended to make the people suffer. And I think maybe that is what is the most heart-wrenching.

You hear about war, terrorism, violence, more and more these days. Maybe it is because they are a popular news story, they have that big news value to draw your attention, but more likely it is because that is just what is going on out there in the world. Our lives are becoming more violent, more dangerous.

What I'm basically trying to say is this life is war.

Which sucks.




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