Reply #11: Nominated. Who can imagine what it must be like to live there? [View All]

[scarletwoman]

I think about it all the time.

I live in a rural area, my daily 20 mile commute to work is on a 2-lane highway bordered by forest and farmland.

What would it be like to worry everyday that a bomb might go off on that road as I'm driving along? What would it be like to be subjected to endless checkpoints manned by armed foreigners who don't speak my language and who shoot and kill at will if they think they might be threatened?

What would it be like if my electricity only functioned for a few hours each day? If I couldn't be sure of a supply of clean water? If there was a constant possibility that I might be kidnapped as I left my house?

How could I function if "normal" was unending chaos and uncertainty? If random violence surrounded me every day of my life?

When people parrot the insane lie that "we are fighting the terrorists over there, so we don't have to fight them here", can they never connect with the thought that for the people "over there" this "strategy" is bringing them pure hell?

I am ashamed of and disgusted with my countrymen beyond words...

sw