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Essay on Mahatma Gandhi
Shortly after 9/11 I accompanied a friend who had lost her father there in the attack. I know I looked at the workers trying to clean up the seemingly endless pile of rubble. But somehow, I don't feel like I saw it. It is as if our brains aren't programmed to be capable of grasping such destruction. I stood for hours in a few minutes, thinking and praying and trying to understand it. When I came back to real time, I was unbelievably angry. But, I wasn't angry with the terrorists. I was angry at any belief system, or ideology, or thought, or doctrine, which could cause such mass destruction and devastation. Mahatma Gandhi said, "You must become the change you want to see in the world." (Web 1) America is a great country.
The concepts of our founding fathers are brave and true. To achieve enlightenment and transformation through Freedom is a dignified goal. We are fortunate to live in an open society, which believes in the free exchange of ideas. I have faith in Freedom. We should not allow our fears to chip away at our liberty. With the same conviction that terrorists are willing to give up their lives for their cause, we must counter by ceaselessly striving towards a future of peace. I love this country and what it has done for me, so I feel it is my duty as an American to voice what I believe to be wrong with our actions in order to promote the ideals of peace and justice that we hope to represent.
Countless people have died at the hands of terrorists let us help them die for a reason, a catalyst for peace. Otherwise, these precious lives will have been wasted, forgotten as expired pawns in an endless game of violence....
