Weblog Entry - 12/28/2004: "South Asia tragedy and tsunamis"

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12/28/2004 Entry: "South Asia tragedy and tsunamis"

South Asia tragedy and tsunamis

I get an appeal from Al-Fatiha "In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful", Who has not been so compassionate and merciful here... Truths must be said instead of more and more illusions being built up.

The appeal "U.S. MUSLIMS URGED TO HELP TSUNAMI SURVIVORS", like all the others you get or I get are to be commended of course. All those who can help should help. Human solidarity is essential. Fortunately, it does function in such situations. Marvellously, actually. Except that one should wish that such human solidarity would work as well outside of such exceptional catastrophes, namely generally, every single normal day, against our oppressors "above" (the word need not be capitalized here, though a bit more solidarity regarding That One might not be out of place either!) and their dirty habit to decide upon our lives and property and happiness.

The earth quake and resulting tsunamis could not be prevented. But it could have been prevented that so many died. Maybe all could have been saved. For that, warning devices should be, and since long should have been, installed in that region, like they exist in the Pacific, in Hawaii for instance, and have proven to be effective and helpful. This doesn't require an exceptionally high expense. Should the countries in that region not be able to afford it alone, The West and the rest should help. It's always cheaper and better than waging wars. And in our own interest too. Or did our tourists not die also?

Let's have our own mercy upon ourselves.