Violence : A way of life?

Cho had schizophrenia! But what about the hundreds of others who meticulously plan murders for monetary gains, revenge, etc..! How would you classify killing spouses for insurance money, mob hits, armed robberies, prison cell torture and not to forget all the cruel wars! Violence has existed in human brains right through his evolution. Earlier either there were fewer individuals who went over the top or due to the lack of world wide media communication, many went unnoticed. But you would come to expect some progress in human behavior with the aging of civilization. These events seem to suggest otherwise. Terrorists say they have a cause to achieve! Psychopaths say they have suffered social rejection, abuse or isolation! Mobsters say they grew up in brutal surroundings with little to live on. These feelings are shared by many of us in all walks of life. the difference is....these guys dared to take the deadly next step. So why them and not us. Education, relatively better life, religious faith, closer family ties, fear of sin and plain common sense! Lack of access to weapons is an undeniably significant reason too. We have to realize that understanding our fellow humans' troubles and fears can play an important role too.Society is not about each man for himself. it is also not about just your family! Society is the entire world, humans, plants and animals. All criminals are not born mad people who inexplicably flipped all of a sudden. Circumstances are the most important ingredients in these recipes for disasters. we have to examine our thoughts, actions, beliefs which create these circumstances. Let us all strive together to erase violence before we get used to it!

Blood over Books!

Campus massacres! Austin clock tower, Columbine, University of Iowa, Montreal, Amish school and now Virginia Tech.....! More and more blood is being spilled on the campuses. The formula is simple! Bullying, social rejection, drunk/divorced parents, sex abuse in childhood lead to dejection, isolation and violent thoughts! These often combine with easily available guns/ammo and culminate in terror & tears! While everybody is brooding over campus security measures, I think the problem is ..... no prizes for guessing ..... the gun! Stricter gun laws, better student counseling, clamping down on domestic abuse and bullying etc. Now those are ways to curb bizarre mass killings. We have to realize, seemingly petty things like bullying can have serious implications on a child's psyche! The aftermath of such incidents and natural disasters are just terribly maddening. The victims' families never achieve closure! There is no sane individual or group to be blamed, tried in a court of law, made remorseful and punished. They can just clutch their hearts and wait for the pain to subside, which seldom does. They can only blame their fate! The guy in this particular case has been described a loner who left a note condemning 'rich and deceitful charlatans'! But in some cases , the perpetrators belong to seemingly normal families who just flip suddenly! I don't know how anybody could ever identify such individuals and prepare a plan of action for such events in advance! All we can do now is pray for the dead and their bereaved families and hope this never happens again!

Men in 'Cricketing Blues'

Greg Chappell's controversial Indian affair has finally ended. A coach who 'might' blame senior players for their haughty attitude, senior players who 'might' testify against Chappell and his arrogant ways, a captain who 'might' incur the wrath of the rest of the team by siding with the coach and finally the sport's governing body who 'might' turn this board into a Fortune 500 firm. All these 'mights' , collectively known as the Media Might, have knocked the nation's most secular religion in the underbelly and the whole nation is gasping for air. Add Woolmer's mysterious murder with suspicion on the betting mafia to this mix and you have got u'rself a .................Bollywood movie!!! Chappell woos BCCI with his laptop and wins her hand. They have high hopes for their family, the Indian team. Their kids Ganguly & Sachin turn against dad even as BCCI reaches dizzy heights in her career. Chappell unable to stand his kids, divorces BCCi and his family. BCCI feels betrayed by both her kids and Chappell and is worried if this is going to affect her professional life. She comes to know Chappell got scared coming to know of his friend Woolmer's fatal end to his marriage with PCB. The betting mafia don wiped him out before his kids got him. Did the don threaten Chappell to leave? Will BCCI and her kids settle their differences? Will Woolmer's killers be brought to book? Will the Gavaskar-Ponting comedy track integrate with the main plot?...............for the answers , keep watching.......SABSE BADA 'BAT'MAASH! The MEN IN BLUE now wish they were MEN IN BLACK, who could erase their memories in a flash!