LETTER: Cold-blooded glee

Men clean debris near a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12 2019. REUTERS/ OMAR SANADIKIIn the early hours of November 12 Israel launched missiles into Damascus, close to the SA embassy, where I now reside, and in Gaza.

Here in Syria, two people died and 11 were injured. Instead of the attacks being condemned, the mainstream media justified them.Should political assassinations be acceptable in this day and age? Have we as human beings not transcended the barbaric acts of torturing and murdering people for their beliefs?

And if these people have actually committed crimes against humanity, should they not rather be taken to court, as opposed to blasting them and their families to bits? What kind of world have we become that we celebrate the cold-blooded assassinations of adults and children while they are sleeping? With the memories of the assassinations of our own “terrorists” — Ruth First, Dulcie September and Chris Hani — in mind, observing the glee at the wake of death leaves a bitter taste.

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