Beyond "Good" and "Evil"

This week, we were once again witness to the great double-standard that is global politics. We were reminded which side was "good" and which side "evil". We were told that it's okay for the forces of "good" to have stockpiles of nuclear warheads, but this "evil" regime cannot have a single one.

First of all, no nation on Earth should be in possession of any nuclear weapons, period. We didn't learn our lesson from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and now, we're all in a world of shit for it. This nuclear test conducted by the North Korean military is a result of sixty-plus years of irresponsibility demonstrated by the international community. The fact that the five most heavily-armed nations in the world have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council speaks volumes about our "progress".

That being said, we need to be careful before we succumb to the will of our "leaders" and begin beating our war drums. If there is a solution to Kim Jong-Il's reckless behaviour, war is not it. There are over seventy million people currently living on the Korean peninsula who have had to deal with the mess caused by the world's superpowers over the years. Millions of families were torn apart because opposing ideologues split the region in two and installed a capitalist and communist dictator on either side. These people deserve better than to have their lives dicked around by the elite while being fed a steady stream of lies.

We, as common, compassionate people, deserve better.