Winks Blog

Special Report: Domestic versus International Male Violence - Feel The Pain?

Good morning,

We are now in the dawn of what is now known as "The deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history". Yesterday, and even this morning, on virtually all news stations coverage has been transfixed on this occurence. In summary, a young man, stormed through the VA Tech campus, and with his handguns, slaughtered a total of 32 people, injured 28, and then shot himself in the face.

Americans are now asking, how can this happen? How can innocent students and faculty one day go to their classes one minute, and the next minute be under seige?

Shock, sorrow and saddness run rampantly through the veins of every American today. Do you feel this? Do you feel the pain? You probably don't know any of the killed personally, but don't you feel exceptionally sad or meloncholy today?

OK, now take this emotion and painful feelings that you have, and ask yourself, why don't I feel this way for the Iraqi's? They lose aproximately 100 civilians a day due to male violence. Some here say that the horror at what happened at VA Tech is "Unimaginable". Well, people in Iraq can not only "Imagine this" but try to live with the unimaginable every day. Truly imagining this would be totally incomprehensible for Americans.

We either do not have a clue or we choose to repress the severity of the Iraqi slaughter. The news of the Iraqi slaughter has been sanitized through the media before we are able to process it. In my opinion, we cannot, nor will the American media allow us to "go there" emotionally by looking at graphic images. To go there emotionally, would be to put ourselves into the deepest funk, saddness and depression. On the most basic humanitarian level, I believe that the people of the US feel for the Iraqi's and the Iraqi's slaughter. American saddness and feelings about Iraq's slaughter is bland in comparison to the gut wrenching anguish that most Americans feel today for our domestic slaughter.

It is my goal, in doing this website, to personally honor and send a reminder into cyberworld, about the continual killing, bombing, slaughter, and pain of the Iraqi people.

Please take a moment to remember the innocent Iraqi civilians (Children, women, men, elders) who lost their lives today in a market, or while eating lunch at restaurant, or stood in a work line, or even those who simply walked the street.

Feel.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 8:43 AM