During a recent conversation with my work colleagues (around the water cooler), we discussed common sense. Many of my co-workers–myself included–believe that common sense is something that you are born with. Either you have it, or you don’t.
One does not have to search very hard to find instances where a lack of common sense has led to a person’s untimely death. Today, there was news from Afghanistan of a South Korean hostage killed by his Taliban captors. He was one of 23 Korean hostages from Korea doing some sort of church-related volunteer work in no man’s land.
Why in the world would you travel halfway around the world to a place where war is raging, unless you are on a military mission? You have no guns and no grenades. Suicide bombers await to embrace you with enough explosives to level a building. If something happens to you, there will be no rescue mission.
Common sense–you either have it, or you don’t. In this case, the net result of a lack of common sense was ten bullet holes and a stupid death.
Tags: christianity · islam · korean missionaries · koreans · murder · religion
Tara
07/25/2007
Yeah… I was wondering why those church group went to Afghanistan in the first place. I mean, I think you know what they decided to do were a self-sacrificing thing to do, but at the same time, like you said, Uhm… my common sense would have said, GO when the war is SETTLED.
Michello
07/26/2007
You are exactly right. Why on earth would you go into an Islamic country, where the main religion is Islam and try to preach Christianity is beyond me. The South Korean man that was riddled with bullets was a Christian minister, and should have known better. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and every other middle eastern country that doesn’t want any outside help has been blowing the hell out of everyone and everything for years, but all of these peace-looking folks keep skipping their dumb asses over to there trying to help the middle easterners. DAMNED! That’s a hint and a half for your ass to leave them the hell alone! Two tears in a bucket, f$%& it! Let them continue to level their country until no one is left. Right on! More power to them!