Towards a New Holocaust: A philosophical appraisal
What anguished me? It comes in manifold ways, be it in the form of terrorism, ethnic cleansing, war, starvation, and the list adds on. However, what troubles my very being is the recent cruel and extremely violent operation led by Myanmar Buddhist unthinking mass for the deliberate murder of minority Muslim community. Whatever were the causes of that violence, I have focused on some crucial and burning existential issues, which have become the cause of intense disappointment and shock for me and for those who I believe have the highest sense of humanity and morality and whose hearts and conscience are not dead. The sight of merciless torture and killing of fellow human beings by their own fellows pollute and cloud my understanding of the very notion of humanity. It is horrifying and painful to see the site of the bodies of deceased being chopped into pieces. Cruelty reigns even more when people are burnt alive, the exceeded cruelty and barbarity engulfs me. However, my mind and...