Over a million marchers gathered in France to decry the attacks. What happened in France will stay etched in our memories forever like 9/11. Over 40 world leaders joined the marchers in solidarity to reject that this tragedy would become the new reality. What happened in Nigeria, in Cameroon--violence is a daily reality. Since 2002, thousands of people in northern Nigeria and surrounding areas have been attacked and killed. The violence has spread into Cameroon and Chad with deadly consequences. When hundreds of Nigerian schoolchildren have been abducted and thousands killed, why was there no march of African leaders? It is a sad place to be when you accept violence, when you accept maiming and killing. Acceptance is not condoning. But for many people, sometimes it is difficult to reject violence when you have no choice. For those who live in these places, it is the choicelessness of their reality--the state of acceptance of instability. In a state of choicelessness, do we continue to allow evil to prevail? Or create a choice for society towards peace and justice? For those of us who have a choice, we must act boldly for peace and justice.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:39:39 +0000
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