Monday, May 5, 2008

A forgotten war: Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

If it were not for the movie "Life is a Miracle", I would have forgotten the war between Serbs and Muslim inhabitants in Gorazde. How neighbors can suddenly turn into enemy and how enemy hostage can turn into lovers.

Much of the human atrocity has been animated under the name of race, religeon and idealism. Yet violence (verbal or physical) is the single point of the evidence that defines the line between good and evil, between justice and wicked.

 

When I watch action movies as a kid, I always wondered why the super-hero will not kill the evil guy, even if he dominated in the combat. The truth is, if he killed the bad guy, he will become the same as the bad guy, only a bit stronger.

Justice can never be earned through violence, and once a rebel becomes violent, it becomes the same evil force that is orginally stands to oppose, only not as powerful as the incumbent.

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