Sigh...

gotta love it.

non-permanence

Saturday, July 09, 2005

The terrorist attacks in London last Thursday brought back my interest to care. It's sad to realize that only death can break apathy and cynicism struggling through most people in this world.

I used to care. Really. I would devour newspapers like a dog who hasn't eaten anything in days. I would want to learn the G8 summit's agenda and assess whether they've achieved it over the past years, or if it is even possible to achieve in reality.

Though I still don't have a stand in globalization, point of the being is...we can't really stray from it. If you see Asians dressed in hip hop gear and white people donning jamaican hats, you can see that the merging of cultures and countries is inevitable. China is already taking over most of the industrial market..... we don't know how they're doing it but they are. America and Britain continue to reign pop culture with their international hollywood blockbuster productions but it is slowly being penetrated by Japanese and French directors, Hispanic and Australian actors. We are worlds of cultures meshed.

So like it or not, whether we small countries have a slight resentment to those eight powerful countries in the G8, one attack on one of the greats affects all of us. It is only a matter of time before China makes its way up there in place of Germany. Or Singapore in place of France. Or Philippines in place of Japan. Okay, okay leave the dream be. But what I'm saying is, they aren't bound to be there forever.

This world still has centuries to live and many things could happen in that time. The Middle East could lose its supply of oil...the value of the dollar and euro could depreciate. A world of chaos could arise where hope lies in the poorest, smallest and most insignificant. As of now, we just have to care enough to deal with it altogether.

After a few years of the attack of the World Trade Center, the world again, has grown arrogant. If I were a terrorist, it would be just too easy. If you're one of the greats, you have to be on your toes in protecting your people. We don't want you up the podium saying it's a "dastardly attack", looking surprised and shaken blaming people without evidence. The reason you are elected is to give us the slight hope that you know what to do when these kind of problems arise.

BBC says that the bombs located in the underground trains were of high sophistication timed at a 50-second interval from each explosion. The bodies were so mangled and destroyed it is almost impossible to do autopsy for each. I wasn't even sure journalists were allowed to describe it the way they did but apparently "torsos around" is an acceptable description of the outcome.

After hearing about Arroyo's confession I couldn't help but laugh. After hearing about London, I wish I hadn't laughed so hard.

We are all in a bind. Breaking apathy is the first step to world salvation. This is the time when I wish Superheroes were real.

If only Tony Blair were the real Batman.

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