Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Brutality and savagery not exclusive to any one nation

Yesterday we heard of the cruelty meted out to young mothers and their children in Ireland. The behaviour of agents of the State, members of religious congregations, bishops, priests is beyond words.

And then how the Irish people allowed this savagery take place must make all of us hang our heads in shame.

The link below is one woman's experience at the hands of agents of the Chinese State. The same old story of savagery and brutality.

How dangerous it is for any one nation, any one group, any religion to say they occupy the moral high ground.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji


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