Which Side Are You On <br /> <br />Why do we think one victim <br />suffers more than the other <br />one deserves more sympathy <br />than the other <br /> <br />What guides us to identify more <br />with one and not the other <br />rhetoric that plays on emotions <br />twangs heart strings in one country <br /> <br />Falls on deaf ears else where <br />the same terrorist is judged <br />as patriot and martyr <br /> <br />A criminal act becomes moral <br />why do we equate a suicide terrorist <br />with terminaing the controllers <br />in fact why do we equate one act <br /> <br />Of violence with another <br />aren't they all honorable deeds <br />for honorable humane causes <br />strange the case of preferences <br /> <br />Strum the chords of sympathy <br />strut the stage in limelight <br />blind the viewer and voyuer <br />from weighing the causes and reasons <br /> <br />Devoid the emotions <br />free from hate and revenge <br />quit the game of equating one cruel deed with another <br />saying one violent murder <br />is more horrendous than the other<br /><br />shimon weinroth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/which-side-are-you-on/
