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Since the 2011 execution of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden by US Troops, I thought things would return to normal and terrorist attacks that he claims responsibility for in Bali (2002), London (2005), Oklahoma City (1995) and The Pentagon, Virginia (9/11/2001) would be a thing of the past. I could never have been so wrong in my entire life. It seems that the bloody soul of Osama Bin Laden has reincarnated in the remaining surviving terrorists fuelling their grieving acts of revenge against their opposition, Christian and/or capitalist countries.
As far as i can remember, the terrorist sieges and attacks from 2014 onwards are still fresh in my memory and it’s quite saddening and traumatising reminiscing the horrific scenes of these recent events:
— December 2014 Sydney Lindt Cafe siege
— November 2015 Paris shootings outside Stade de France Stadium during a football march between France and Germany (where French President Francois Hollande was in the stands), at a live concert inside the Batalan Theatre, Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant.
— March 2016 Ankara car bombings and shootings
— March 2016 Brussels Airport bombings
— July 2016 Nice, France Vehicle ramming on Bastille Day at the Promenade des Anglais
— August 2016 Gaziantep, Turkey wedding suicide bombing
— November 2016 Ohio State University attack
— December 2016 Istanbul, Turkey bombings
— December 2016 Berlin Market ramming truck attack
Bottom: People engaging in a moment silence for the victims of the Paris attacks at Place de la Republique
As you may notice, a majority of these terrorist attacks in developed countries occur mid-year and near the end of the year when students are on holidays and families are celebrating Christmas and New Years. During these festive periods, there is an expectation of a bustling crowd in the 100s of 1000s in their respective CBDs which attracts not only tourists from foreign countries but also would-be terrorists to conduct maximum carnage in these popular cities. Recently, a police operation has successfully foiled a terrorist attack to be conducted by 7 lone-wolves including 4 Australian-born at Melbourne’s popular landmarks such as Flinders Street Station, Federation Square and St Paul’s Cathedral most likely on Christmas Day. Whilst I’m slightly relieved that Melbourne has escaped becoming part of the terrorist attack statistics for another day, I have a great deal of concern for my safety living in my home town, the most liveable city for 5 years running, this great city in this great state, Melbourne.
Time has passed and things have changed so quickly. The old ways of living life are no longer relevant and new ways may need to be adopted urgently. As every day passes I feel there is someone anonymous in every house besides my own designing their weaponry and plotting their suicidal missions to potentially cause catastrophic consequences. The world has gone insane after viewing the threatening propaganda videos of radicalised young Australians joining the fight alongside ISIS against the people they grew up with in their childhood. As i’m writing this post, there are bombs and suicide vests set off in war-torn countries like Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan. Every day is nothing but violence with no room for happiness nor celebration even Christmas, New Years and Republic Days. Memories are filling the minds of little ones, with ongoing suffering as men, women and children die and I ask myself, is there any love is this world? I always ask myself why there is so wrong in this world. The world where I’m living in as a 21 year old human being and people around me are giving in. Politically and ideologically charged people like Reclaim Australia and Anti-Islamic groups are promoting black and white demonstrations on the streets with no indication of accepting multicultural diversity. They’re not respecting each other, denying each other’s views, this is not freedom of speech, this is war of speech. Everyone needs to be aware there’s a war going on and we, the people, are fuelling the hatred and violence but those reasons are kept undercover and swept under the rug by the media. That's what the terrorists want to see; disunity, anger, selfishness, division within stable communities, scapegoating of innocent Muslims. They want to start a fight like a WW3. The media selectively chooses what you, the audience, can see, mostly violence scenes and some obscene language rather than reveal the entire ordeal including the lead-up to a free-for-all melee. They want the public to believe every explosion, gunfire or vehicle ramming at any Christian community or large crowd is always a terrorist attack and IS will claim responsibility for it. I feel the media cares nothing for our safety but news viewership hence financial profit. They will be eating their words if their headquarters were coincidentally targeted. It goes to show, selfishness will lead us nowhere but in the wrong direction resolving a large-scale global issue such as this.
I feel the weight of the world is on my shoulders and it’s stressing me out. Everyone is ageing including myself but everyone’s getting cold rather than warm. While I’m writing this post, my friends only care about their pay wages during the Christmas rush.Because these busy Melbourne shopping centres will be bustling with cheerful Christmas shoppers, I’m agitated this fits the criterion for a possible ideologically-charged massacre like that in Nairobi, Kenya. My Facebook newsfeed is nothing but full of bad or biased news. It’s infecting the young minds faster than E.Coli and they wanna act like what they see in Mission Impossible, Fast & Furious and 007. I feel like they aren’t enough kind-hearted people spreading the values of humanity, fairness and equality. Instead of spreading love, we are spreading animosity. Our lack of willingness to understand one’s pain, suffering and worries are leading us away from unity. Those are the main reasons why sometimes I’m feeling down and under (pardon the pun), however I’m not going to let that kill my faith until I discover the love that heals our infected hearts. For those who are reading this, ask yourself what is more important, your own race or your own species? I can’t influence your opinion but I know deep down in the strands of your DNA, your mammal instincts will eventually synthesise the love the world longs for. However I can not do it alone. You know, I know, we all know, that all of us must collaborate to help prevail against evil no matter how intimidating they are. We must not let their intimidation instil fear within us weakening our courage and motivation to fight and defend for the greater good. It’s like the ultimate battle in Marvel: Injustice but without the superheroes and the bloodshed is real not a CGI. However, all of that is easier said than done. If the soldiers after WW1, WW2, Korean War and Cold War did it, then we, the people, can take inspiration from them and replicate the brave efforts of our brothers fighting for a safer future for our children here on Earth. We only got one World one Earth, that’s all we got.
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