Friday, May 30, 2008

Are We Human?

Atrocities Of Humankind

1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam, burns himself to death protesting the government's torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound, or moved, while he was burning.

1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hanged onto a priest in his last moments.

1965. A mom and her children tried to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.

1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam dragged a dead Vietcong soldier.

February 1, 1968 . South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shot a young man, whom he suspected to be a Vietcong soldier.

1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionary.

1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut, Lebanon.

1987. A mother in South Korea apologized and asked for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.

1992. A mother in Somalia held the body of her child who died of hunger.

1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken to the Tutsi rebels.

1996. Kids who were shocked by the civil war in Angola ...

2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body being prepared for funeral in Pakistan ...

2002. Soldiers and villagers in Iran digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid held on to his father's pants before he was buried.

2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tried to calm down his child.

There is more than enough for everyone on this Earth. Avoid War At All Cost.

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