Is it then a primitive mind or alternately
a sophisticated sensibility that takes umbrage
at the killing of humans in episodes of deadly
tribal-sectarian-infused assaults as opposed to
the destruction of cultural artefacts with great
religious symbolism? The slaughter of people
registers the need to send sincere condolences
whereas the wanton destruction of shrines to
saintly figures elicits roars of outrage reflecting
sacrilege of the most unforgivable quality.
Which then is the greater desecration -- the
impudence of laying waste to a symbol
treasured as a reflection of man's obeisance
to an immortal deity, or the heinous rage
of molten hatred impelling bloody slaughter?
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