Oil prices go up and down, stock prices increase and decrease, but the only commodity that seems to be suffering chronic devaluation is the human soul. This crisis, of course, has been around for as long as humans have existed on the planet. But what is remarkable is that in spite of the ubiquity of human-rights organizations, institutions, declarations, resolutions, reports, councils, committees, campaigns; flagrant violations still occur. It's no secret to the world that a human soul can in fact be snatched away for as much as an opinion, as the rising death toll in Syria asserts. After about 2 months into the protests, about 800 civilians have been killed. Such large-scale institutionalized killings are nothing but a badge of shame on all communities concerned with human rights, especially Arab ones. At least back in 2008-09 when about a 1000 were killed in Gaza, Arab and international states quickly condemned the actions and demanded an immediate halt to the violence. A UN-supported mission was later assembled to investigate the crime. It's true that verbal condemnation was deemed highly insufficient, but to tell you the truth I miss any sense of justice no matter how insufficient.
(Painting: Lady Justice by Luco Giordano)
