Letters | Cruel indifference

I quote Farouk Araie’s letter inThe Witnesson March 26: “The brutality of these wars [in the world’s conflict zones] is a grim reminder of Dresden during World War 2. The fight for control is a cruel battle of vicious attrition, where every inch of rubble is paid for in spilt blood, smashed bones and wasted lives.” Farouk Araie, Mohamed Saeed and Omar Parak who are regular writers inThe Witness, have helped me rip aside the dark veil of cruel inhumanity, deception and indifference in our prevailing global turmoil. Part of our global turmoil is that the attitudes of indifference and heartlessness of many nations, organisations and individuals, are a regrettable encapsulation of the weakness of the constitution of the United Nation Security Council and the U.S.’s impotent constitution and Congress.

I am disgusted by the hypocrisy and pretence of certain world leaders who disguise their obsession with power, status and wealth by claiming national self-defence and justice. The killings and heartless actions which are dismissive of human agony are gut-wrenchingly painful. Where do I stand?

Where do you stand? I find that compassion is both agonising and real, and in this context particularly, I feel helpless. However, I do believe that helplessness can be overcome by spoken concern for truth and for justice with human kindness.

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I believe that to go beyond feelings, thoughts and words, one can also create “good trouble” (Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur). One can “create trouble” in a humane way which helps us move beyond helplessness to being truly human. Essentially, I believe we are all part of humankind which is significantly enhanced by human kindness.

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