"The test of the morality of a society is what it
does for its children."
In a very horrific and indescribable tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, twenty-seven people, including eighteen children, were shot to death inside an elementary school, which is at least the sixteenth mass shooting to take place in America this year.
Beijing: A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an
elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest
in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.
The man attacked the children at the gate of a school in Chenpeng village in Henan province, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The man attacked the children at the gate of a school in Chenpeng village in Henan province, the Xinhua news agency reported.
14th December –
two different countries, two different cultures, on opposite sides of the
globe, a same tragedy took place in which the victims were sadly the children. Those
innocent, young angles, some even from Kindergarten, who had not done any harm
or caused misery to anyone.
"Wild animals never kill
for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow
creatures is amusing in itself." James
Anthony Froud
What could be the motive or
reason behind such mass killings, especially of children? Where have we humans gone wrong, as we are the only
species who seem to suffer from such madness? Where in the dark hidden corner
of that amazing thing called human brain, which churns out inventions after
inventions, is this madness that enables individuals to commit such unimaginable
horrors. Is there some unknown and undiscovered truth about our minds which has
not yet been explored? Often people tend to be empathetic and loving, unless something
snaps and turns them into demons. Was this hatred, revenge, sacrifice or just madness?
It is easy to ask questions
but tough to find answers, even tougher to prevent such tragedies because those
who commit such crimes do not come with any kind of labels. They are just like
you and me, at least in appearance. Though we have come up with laws, rules,
divisions between right and wrong, religions for moral policing and much more,
we have somehow mutated and developed an unfortunate ability which will shut
each of them off. Does history not have enough proof of this special ability of
humans, when they have done unthinkable crimes which assure us that they had
shut every their minds off from thinking
about consequences, distinguishing between right and wrong while causing pain
to innocent victims?
At times like this when I think
of parents who have sent their kids to school, and learn that they will never
come back home because some person gripped by madness made them a target of his
frustration, a deep fear lurks inside me that it could happen anywhere, anytime
to anyone. Have I not seen people who in a particular moment if had access to
weapons are capable to committing such horrendous acts? I have seen quite a few
them, and also quite a few ugly expressions of rage. The hidden dark secrets of
human mind lurk like a large sword on our heads, which can drop down anytime
and cut us into pieces.
Erich Fromm who has done
extensive research and written “The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”, says the
extinction of fantasies and an aspect of necrophilism feeds the malignant aggression
in human mind, which gives them a feeling that death and demolition leads to
glory. Those who have been desperate or failures may think this as a mark they
live on the world which would never be able to forget them. Fromm says these
people often have dreams about dismembered parts or rooms full of corpses. They
have trouble relating to others and tend to feel bored. Preferring dark colors,
they’re often obsessed with devices of destruction or role models who carried
out large-scale slaughters. They feel a smirking superiority toward others,
often being insensitive about tragedies that involved a loss of life.
Psychology has a term pseudocommando defined as “A type of mass
murderer who kills in public during the daytime, plans his offense well in
advance, and comes prepared with a powerful arsenal of weapons. He has no
escape planned and expects to be killed during the incident. Research suggests
that the pseudocommando is driven by strong feelings of anger and resentment,
flowing from beliefs about being persecuted or grossly mistreated. He views
himself as carrying out a highly personal agenda of payback. Some mass
murderers take special steps to send a final communication to the public or
news media; these communications, to date, have received little detailed
analysis. An offender's use of language may reveal important data about his
state of mind, motivation, and psychopathology. It is argued that revenge
fantasies become the last refuge for the pseudocommando's mortally wounded
self-esteem and ultimately enable him to commit mass murder-suicide”.
There are many more
psychoanalytical explanations to mass murders which is scary, but my heart
bleeds and asks “Why Children?”
A haunting question, Why children?
ReplyDeleteI can't begin to imagine the grief of the parents.
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ReplyDeleteAs we progress with higher technological inventions and scientific know how, somewhere we are also regressing in our mental psyche, tolerance, fortitude, values and such.. these incidents send shivers down your spine and one just has to be thankful for each moment in the present as the future has become so uncertain..
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