Communities of all creeds need to be vigilant and ready to report any extreme behaviour in order to help prevent terrorism and the loss of innocent lives
skulking in the shadows and whispering in the night
extremist voices rise, all convinced that they are right
“we fight for all the victims” is their common rallying cry
“our innocents who’ve suffered and so many who’ve died”
it all sounds so convincing that some justice must be done
that here’s a fight worth fighting, and a fight that must be won.
young men who know no better are so easily deployed
from those with little future living lives of little joy
aggrieved at feeling helpless in the broader scheme of things,
attracted by the glory that they think this struggle brings,
hardened by the movies and by some computer games
they’re ready to be heroes and achieve a little fame.
so, as champions for those they feel so unjustly died,
they target other innocents - just on the other side
they take a gun or bomb into a busy public place
and commit another travesty to publicise their case
forgetting all the rhetoric to face the simple facts
killing unarmed innocents is such a cowardly act
whatever made them headstrong and join in with this fight
no way can two so very wrongs ever make a right
but another hall of coffins isn’t all they’ll have achieved
another faction’s grieving and so righteously aggrieved
and well before the families’ tears have all been shed and dried
angry whispers of revenge rise from that other side
and so the cycle blunders on, each claiming higher cause
planning cowardly genocide with hardly any pause
as militants from one side spur reaction from the other
and innocents must bear the cost of all that fuss and bother
it’s time for change we must agree and mobilise together
to end these pointless tragedies soon and please for ever
when people talk of holy cause that should be a clear warning
it’s evil deeds they’re planning and evil thoughts they’re spawning
report them to authorities before it gets too late
protect all our communities from the evil at the gate
help us live in peace and all our innocents survive
break the code of secrecy that lets this evil thrive
the new zealand attack is just the latest example of how sick and misguided individuals or groups can think they are somehow justified and courageous in killing innocent and unarmed people going about their daily lives.
it is everybody's responsibility to report anybody who shows the slightest signs of extremist and/or other mentally imbalanced and antisocial behaviour. let the authorities investigate and work to prevent these unprovoked ad cowardly attacks.
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