the sword of man vs the deity... who can save kim sun il?
i am truly amazed by how people can live pretending that their fate and particularly the fate of those facing the most horrifying future is in the hands of anybody other than man. men, human flesh and blood, will most probably behead kim sun il today, if they haven't already done so. men, who by their own admission are devout believers in and worshippers of a deity who doesn't seem at all concerned with the madness and the horror carried out in its name. a man, a devout believer in the same deity, who actually wished to become a missionary and spread the word round the middle east about how that deity supposedly became, yeah, another man (jc) who died so we could be "saved" and so on, will lose his head, literally, as thousands of his countrymen pray to the very same deity to keep him alive... yet it's just men who are responsible and just men who can save him by word and deed.an unbearably arrogant and ignorant bush declared many months ago that the nations of the world were either "with us" or "against us"... and some nations have been kowtowing to the current US administration ever since despite the fierce and loud opposition of their citizens and subjects. south korea is has sent troops to iraq and has been preparing to deploy a larger contingent because its government considers it vital to shoring up the country's alliance with the US as ties between the two allies have wavered recently as president roh moo hyun has sought a closer relationship with north korea. and the fact that said troops, according to south korean vice foreign minister choi young jin, will focus on reconstruction efforts without conducting hostile activities against iraqi people, won't be enough to save kim sun il's life, though it should, were the kidnappers a bit less devout and a bit more rational.
what to do instead of worship a non-existing deity? well, demand that government tell the kidnappers to release kim sun il safe and sound before sundown or unequivocally face the full force of south korean and american retribution. demand that this promise be carry out unequivocally were the kidnappers foolish enough to disregard it and see just how many more foreigners get kidnapped and beheaded.
it will be the sword of man and not god's intercession that will put an end to the horror.
