Friday 28 December 2007

Don't discriminate

Let me tell you about this guy i know, he's a young, handsome doctor. Nurses at hospital where he works all find him cute. He's married though. Has 2 children. The eldest is a boy of 7 and learns to play the piano, the youngest is a girl of 3, his little princess. He has a comfortable salary and drives a latest model Audi. Lives in a nice neighbourhood, where he's known and respected. His wife studied history but does not work, she actually prefers to care for the house and volunteers to help at the local elderly centre. He is smart and ambitious, he has an incredible sense of humour and is such a pleasant company to be around with, he is a warm guy. He also sponsors the studies of his younger brother who learns informatics. He is someone you can fully trust, both professionally, for he has natural gift to perform as a doctor, and as a friend. Oh yes, one more not so relevant detail, Islam is his religion and his skin is fairly dark. Now let me tell you about his neighbor though. This neighbour has a 24 year old son. And this son is currently in jail. He was arrested for bombing and terrorism. He killed 8 people by blowing up a car. He did it because this people were politically, religiously and economically different from him. He has plenty of hatred. He's been taken by a fanatical group as a young boy and indoctrinated to hate those people. He acted without mercy or regret. He wished he could have killed more. He hasn't spoken to his father in more than 8 years, since he ran away from home. He has friends who think and feel like him. Oh, and another detail, this boy's skin is white, he has been raised catholic and lives in northern Ireland.

I'm not saying all Islamic are handsome doctors and all Catholics are merciless terrorists, but i am saying that not all Islamic are terrorists and not all Catholics are fine people. There is good and bad and just normal people, regardless of their religion or colour.