Friday, December 28, 2007

happy (?) holidays

'Tis the festive season. Only it doesn't seem so festive, does it? Torrential rains in Sumatra and Bali causing landslide and killing many, Floods in Sri Lanka, Bangalore and Mexico, and then LTTE and Sri Lankan army battling it out. The latest in this collection of disturbing happenings, Benazir Bhutto shot dead by Al-Qaeda in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Well, sorta takes the ring out of "Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!"...

So its Mother Earth and/or Destiny unleashing her/their fury somewhere, and one can safely rely on terrorists to be at their jobs everywhere else on this planet. I suppose the terrorists/naxalites and other anarchists are pretty much the only ones who are always working, no matter what happens in this world. Highly dedicated towards their cause of spreading ill-will, fear and destruction on this planet. I'm guessing the drive to excel (?) comes from the competition they face from Global-Warming Inc and AIDS, Cancer and associates. The race is on, mate. Let's see who is crowned the destroyer of mankind.

Well, come to think of it, not like this stuff doesn't happen on non-holidays. A part of routine. Then why is it that it kinda makes a deeper impression during hols? Or is it just me? Was reading a friend's blog, he started off all shocked and appalled at Bhutto's murder, and then talked about Santas and elves spreading cheer among children in his neighbourhood. Seemed a little strange to me. Maybe he could've continued about Benazir, and the repercussions on Pakistan. But he didn't. Probably he had the whole 'new year' and 'joy and happiness' thing going.

I'm still stuck at the Benazir assasination. Seriously, killing someone and then blowing yourself up (and hence killing more people).. This requires a heck of a brainwasher. Just too much of avoidable bloodshed going on here. Switch the TV on, and you see such images being thrust into your faces. Can't blame people if they get desensitized due to the overdose of goriness. Sucks.

I think I'm over-stressing and over-thinking about this. Oh well, what the heck. Put the movie on, pass me some popcorn. Happy new year people!

3 comments:

Divyansh said...

this one was good to read, seemed a lil directionless but i cn understand it was an effort by a really bored person, neways u keep writing.

bits.pankaj said...

hey u also ended with the new year spirit...you also think the same way as ur "friend" did bt probably the Benezir assassination occupied a little more space on ur mind than it did on his...
neways it is festive season so u cant blame nebody for being festivy!! ;)

TeenSpirit said...

yes,you are right !!..you are over-thinking about the "state of world"..but its ok this is the effect of "holidays+blogging+idle mind"...all of us are in the same state nowadays..but i dont understand what are we celebrating for in this massacre..celebrating new year is like clebrating one more year of parasitic existence of human kind on earth...and wats the use of celebrating jesus's bday if you cant follow his teachings !!!..i think i should stop here..iam too in same state of mind :P..this should go on my blog :D ..nyways HAPPY NEW YEAR!!