Terrorism and the concept of freedom

One man’s terrorist another man’s freedom fighter. What is terrorism? Is it only relevant to national and religious boundaries? Does the concept of freedom allow terrorism to grow? Is absolute freedom a possibility or myth?

The wonders that man can create by limitless thinking and the destruction/depression it can bring by oppression of the same ideas. I can cite a number of examples where men have taken decisions made for present situations which has cost future generations to pay. Don't get me wrong, decisions are to be taken and yes the criteria of present do matter. Constructive ideas helps community; society and the nation grow as one. The influence of men and their life also plays a significant role in creating the cornerstones for a society. Now, if an idea occurring into my mind is creative, logical and widely acceptable by the chosen leaders of the community; in political and social terms then it is treated as a law and people in the coming generations follow it. Freedom of any type can be objectified most of the times in the law of that state and in some cases can be debated over subjective matters. The law here itself amount the value of freedom to be given to a society.  So freedom here is a portion defined by the law. The idea of violence in public when talking over the case of freedom is abhorrent to human beings. I am also not in the favor of fighting to attain freedom. You ask is it not been in the history of human beings to fight for their rights? It depends on the conditions we look at it.

What are basics human rights exactly? Do they consider or let us say approve the use of violence of any type in the prospects for achieving freedom? There are certain clauses for defense against any criminal activity ongoing but none of them states to initiate it. We have been here for a long time in this planet which we call our own. Divided we are in sense of nation, religion, community or I might even say in political opinions. It’s been around 5000 years when actual society of intelligent humans began to spring on earth. A society is a group or community of people that safeguards itself from the dangers of outside world. The community decides on reason, logic and culture the validity of the dangers. If the community did not approve certain illustrations or matters over the basis of cultural, moral or their political discrepancies then those elements in law were abandoned from the society along with the people accepting it. For generations people have passed sharing their cultural, ethnic, social, technological and political knowledge from one to another. If we were to think of it this way it was just a frame of mind; laws created by one society to leisure their own kind. Some cultures and societies had their expiry dates but some cultivated through time and passed their experience. Here we are in the 21st century, knowing about few of the many discovered/undiscovered cultures we have ever had in the history of human development. Some cultures have had extremist beginnings but moderate beliefs now, some had humble origins but violent apprehensions now. In due course of time we have learned to make peace with all of them. Thus a community or a society failing to fulfil the needs of young generations or massive population of older generation has to undergo some changes in order to exist. These changes are done if and when necessary, not only for the benefits of the present society but to continue to share the values of they have been cultivating.

The societies created in due time have had certain beliefs and valuable items or tradition which they try and save from diminishing. Come to think it is rather funny that you define a section or a society on the basis of the color of the skin. It had made me laugh all the time how naïve were the people in the past. But aren't we naïve when we see new things around us now and when we want our dear ones to be safe from its rather undesiring effects. Some of us still have the notion in Hindu culture that travelling in certain directions east, west or otherwise in some particular days are not safe. Some countries hate each other for no conclusive reason at all. But that is nativity of human beings that will continue, we will learn from it in due course of time as we have done in the past by looking into reason and making peace with the surroundings. Few say that chaos is natural order of the universe, to which I respectfully decline. They fail to see the leisure for the objects that are in that state. May be, when in comparison in a larger scale of events it holds true. But if you look in an event that is so miniscule; when it comes to specs like human beings, it is not so. Even the atoms in a molecule are guided by a set of predefined laws which cannot be broken even if they want to, because the leisure their natural state of order. They have their own laws and are following it and no one is there to invigilate them. So when I talk about absolute freedom it has to come from a state of mind so enlightened about his/her existence and the cause and effect it will provide by creating a hindrance in its own existence. It is easier said than done, in cases of atoms planetary bodies they don't have consciousness, speculation, ideas, theories, guides or any thoughts of rebellion in them. However, in humans, brain have developed to a state to be aware of its existence and acknowledge the existence of others too. Does it give us the upper edge or just another defect created by nature, I don't know. But the fact that I am quite sure of it is not normal. So the idea of absolute freedom to be attained by each and every singular human being residing on this or will be on any other planet is hard for me to visualize. I sincerely hope for that, but in due time we have to look to a possible solution for that to happen.

Terrorism is widely used word nowadays, most of it due to media spreading and also due to frequent acts of vandalism by group of individuals claiming themselves to be part of some religious cultures. If I were to simplify the act of terrorism I would stick to the thought that group of individuals not knowing the history of their origins and spreading useless propaganda for some unnecessary freedom among their fellow cultist or religion or any other word they want to distinguish it with. I do not hate them for their beliefs, they are individuals and they have a right to believe in whatever fashion they want to. But as I earlier said cultures that prolong and do not have an expiry date are the ones which make necessary changes in their laws for the older and younger generations to flourish because it’s a necessity. Although in a functioning society there has to be a position for rebel so as to help it keep growing. Terrorist are no rebels, they have a very clear agenda based on a notion that has been built up either by false remarks or political agendas or social agendas to cause harm to certain group or individuals because they are thought of as bad persons of influence for the society. You cannot divide the society into good or bad people, which again is very rational for an opinionated being such as humans. We humans as individuals work with a certain frame of mind to achieve something that is of value to that individual. We never said that valuable items or beliefs are same for all individuals and also not necessarily constant with respect of time. Very rational beings change their valuable items but not their ideas, few rational beings have fixed interests in material possessions, and it is the diversity of human thoughts. But nearly all of us have the fear of losing our life or the life of our loved ones without a cause. This fear is treated as the prime source of intimidation for the terrorist to cause crimes. The idea of taking a person’s life is not only dangerous because of list of laws you break, but also because of the major idea from depriving a certain person the right to live whose likings, ideologies and thinkings does not match your own.