monoceros blogsI got up this morning to the news that Kim Sun-il was beheaded. There's a picture of his grieving parents on CNN.com. When I first read about his plea to his country to remove its troops from Iraq so that his life would be spared, I feared for the man. He was alone and sounded horribly frightened. In a video broadcast , Kim had cried in English, "Please get out of here. I don't want to die. ... Your life is important, but my life is important."
Who knows what thoughts went through his head during his captivity and just before his death? He wasn't a trained soldier and certainly wasn't prepared for violent death. And it got me thinking - perhaps he should have been stoic about his impending death. Perhaps he should have remained silent before the camera. It certainly would have been brave and selfless of him if he had asked for nothing, had sought no help from his country. And yet, he did what was human after all, appealing for freedom from death.
After everything, an innocent man is dead, and the more important question is when will these horrors stop?
Posted by Monoceros at June 23, 2004 4:45 AMthe horror is that such horrific incidents and situations don't seem to end.
Posted by: tiggie at June 24, 2004 7:20 AMYou're right, tiggie. has the world ever known peace?
Posted by: V Heng at June 24, 2004 11:45 AMStudying the nature of humans, no peace will ever be on earth until the whole human race is wiped out by itself.
If aliens try to wipe us out, we still might survive total holocaust...
Posted by: airhole at June 30, 2004 10:27 PM