Pilgrim Soldier

Ruth Gledhill in her Times blog this morning said:

It is odd how, even in today’s globalised world, it can still seem more shocking when young people die random deaths in the US than when young children are blown to bits by bombs in Iraq.

I’m ashamed to say that yesterday as I watched the news unfold on BBC World my reaction was probably similar to this. This is not to detract in anyway from the sadness of the situation. The loss of any life under any circumstances is tragic, especially when it is such a violent death. However, we have to question media portrayal? They still portray people as being of different value depending on where they come from!

Why can’t we accept that each human life is of value? Everyone is loved by someone and their family and friends feel grief. Let’s see every human life as important, not just those who happen to have been born in the same country/hemisphere/side as us!