Fire-And-Brimstone Justice [rev.]

The dawn ‘architecture’ expert becomes political
analyst now watching CNN - French cartoonists
executed at Charlie Hebdo magazine by Islamic
extremists - a world-wide response termed ‘Je
Suis Charlie’ defends press freedoms against
terrorists unable to question their own belief but
defend it attacking free people of the West

Why do intellectually suppressed try to destroy
freedom brought by enlightened rationalism, why
do some people accept intellectual manacles so
easily, becoming radicalised by religious fanatics -
is it because they find joy in causes that involve
war wreaking tedium of a cynical, self-serving
materialistic life without values or principles;

Delighted by causes creating bonds among men,
and because poor people left behind by privileged
capitalists enjoy peace found in religions’ promises
of a ‘better life’ heaven - and thus have to destroy
any means that reveals glaring contradictions in all
creeds demanding blind obedience; preferring to
kill sceptics who question the dreams offered by

Their religion instead of leaving non-believers to a
promised fire-and-brimstone justice of their deity to
be served in the afterlife…

[Revised 23 January 2015]


[ORIGINAL:]

This morning's architectural expert now becomes
a political analyst, watching CNN - the extremist
execution of French newsmen - and a world-wide
response code-named ‘Je Suis Charlie' defending
freedom of humour & press against terrorists who
are not free to question their own belief and defend
it by attacking the free people of the West

Why do the intellectually suppressed try to destroy
the freedom brought by enlightened rationalism - 
why do some people so easily accept intellectual
manacles and become radicalised by the religious
fanatics - is it because some find joy in any cause
that involves exciting war breaking the tedium of
a cynical, self-serving materialistic life without

Values or principles; delighted by any cause which
creates bonds among men - and because poor people
left behind by privileged capitalists enjoy the peace
found in religions' promises of a better life in heaven
and thus have to destroy any means that reveals the
glaring contradictions in all creeds which demand
blind obedience; preferring to kill sceptics who

Question the dreams offered by their religion, instead
of leaving these non-believers to the promised fire-
and-brimstone justice of their deity, to be served
in the afterlife….

[9 January 2015]