The Police and Civilization!
Europeans and people of
European descent, and to some extent, the rest of the world, have been taken in
by the erroneous notion that ‘civilization’ means skyscrapers, cars, computers,
rocket science and everything else that comes with science and technology. You
ask anyone and that’s what they’d tell you.
But how civilized is a PhD
student who kills innocent civilians in a movie threater? How civilized is a
medical doctor who kills his kids to get at his wife? How civilized is a well-known
physics professor who coordinates a web of child pornography? We never think
about them, do we?
In essence, those who don’t
have the materials mentioned in the first paragraph are considered to be
outside the ‘civilized world’: primitive, savages! However, we seem to have forgotten the
atmosphere that made or still make all these things possible: the cordial
treatment of fellow human beings; the forging of meaningful coexistence; the
capacity to know that other people have feelings and needs; the capacity to
empathize and sympathize, and the ability to realize that pain in you is as bad
as pain in another person. Without these realities,
we are just vicious savages with cars and computers!
Anyone in this world knows the
phrase ‘POLICE BRUTALITY.’ This is a ghastly sight to say the least. These
people, mostly men, treat humans like animals; beating them with no remorse or
human compassion. What comes to mind immediately one sees such brutality is: do
these officers have feelings? Do they feel anything inside them? Are they humans?
Does police academy teach them to be beastly in their treatment of
suspects? Anyone who views these brutal
images would be convinced that police officers acting in such a devilish and
inhumane manner aren’t themselves humans. They are an epitome of exemplary and
contemporary savagery! 
