The horror on our screens

We seem not to learn from our recent history. As the war drums beat in certain capitals to move against Syria I remember being fascinated watching high explosives bombs exploding in Baghdad not understanding, as I sat in my living room, the full implication of the death and mayhem attributable to each explosion. TV sanitises all events, even the scenes of starving children seem, as if its in a play, dished up for our viewing like a soap opera. We are drenched with disgusting scenes and we become immured to it all as we contrast our peaceful, relatively secure environment with the horror on our screens and can not find an emotional bridge. As the Twin Towers collapsed it was difficult to realise that thousands of ordinary workers were inside the buildings being pounded to death as the building disintegrated. We are in a Victorian peep show looking at grotesquely deformed people who were on display to provide a wow factor and make our penny entrance fee worth while.

Our leaders egging themselves on like boys in the playground,  daring each other to throw the first stone,   are gathering for a bout of long distance missile throwing. Press the button and release a death on some poor bastard who won't even see it coming. Like the generals of the First World War, their orders from which they were insulated by many miles, resulted in the unnecessary death of hundreds of thousands of innocent men who had been drawn in to enlisting. 

People the world over will continue to harm each other. The stabbings on our streets, the theft and the fight for each other's possessions are part of our genetic make-up to be ugly. When a society, which is made up of many conflicting sects, tribes and religions,  becomes ungovernable, one can expect civilised behaviour to go out of the window and, as we sit in our controlled plastic environment there can be no adequate comprehension. 
One therefore, has to question applying our morality to others,  regardless of the horror on our screens.