This is becoming a ritual for Indian news channel with “Breaking News” providing information about yet another terrorist attack. This is a most horrendous attack that I am unfortunate to witness. I wish I could have elaborated on the attacks but currently my personal feeling is of helplessness disgrace and frustration.
Is this what our society across the world wants to evolve into? I am sure most of us don’t, but is this a “remote control phenomena”. Today my friend introduced me to this term - “remote control phenomena”.
When I see such young people becoming terrorists, just like the terrorists who are in their early 20’s that have attacked Mumbai today, makes me wonder and some way indicates the lowering level of patience in all of us. We want to achieve that house, that car, that religion, that aim………….and all that NOW… just NOW……without showing any level of endurance.
So the remote control phenomena explains that the movement we are interrupted by an ad in our viewing we just want to change the channel NOW. We virtually want everything with a remote control. Are we loosing our individualist level of patience and hence more prone to external factors to determine our acts?
Currently as Mumbai bleeds the tolls looks like 125 dead involving policemen, local people, foreigners and 327 wounded, cricket tour canceled, and so on. Even the most identified places in Mumbai likes of Taj & Oberoi Hotels attacked. Terrorists comes from the sea, starts firing on roads then hijacks a police car and openly fire on the people on the street before seizing various properties……It seems to be a plot of a typical Hollywood film.
While I am reluctant to articulate this post but is this just what I want to do – get frustrated, ashamed, disgrace and so on. I guess not. We as individuals need to combine the power to fight these killers without any caste, creed and religion. These killer does not belong to any religion they are simply terrorists.
My thoughts and prayers with all.
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