What happened to us? Why all this violence, hatred and revenge? Are we living in a society that is angry and that cannot forgive or tolerate? What happened to us Egyptians? Perhaps it is the crowdedness. Streets are crowded. Cars are colliding. People are congested inside public buses. There is screaming, insulting, intolerance and violence. I advise you not to step out of your car if another bumps into it, even if you are right, so that you do not end up in hospital or in the morgue. What happened to us? Even robberies always end with murder. We often here that victims got slaughtered. Slaughter has now become the easiest way. We no longer hear of accidental killing. Is everyone now hiding a knife behind his back?
What happened to us? If some celebrity got indicted in some personal matter, we immediately see Schadenfreude in the eyes of the people. If it was a businessman, he is definitely corrupt. If it was an actress or dancer, she is definitely perverted. And if it was a journalist, he is definitely bribed. We like to condemn society as a whole. We became more afraid of society than of right and wrong. We fear the judgment of the people more than that of God. Hope in God's forgiveness is closer than in the forgiveness of the cruel people.
What happened to us? It cannot be poverty, injustice and ignorance. It is all of that combined. Add to it that we are away from religion. Do not get fooled by the religious costumes that you see everywhere or the sheiks and their fatwa. Had we truly known God, we would not have had all that cruelty and hatred.
The poor hate the rich, and the rich fear the envy of the poor. In the middle, there is a lost class that knows not where it belongs. Who are we and where are we going? We are a society that hates success. If I once write something optimistic, I get scourged. We in the media are responsible for this. Finding the truth is no longer our profession. It has become an option that some may practice and others not. It is easier to defame people in big headlines and then apologize in small letters of inside pages. It is easier to do wrong than to forgive. Let us hold ourselves responsible before we hold others. If we want our society to go on, we must change. We must restore love, tolerance and clemency to our hearts. He who has never erred may pelt us with stone. We are all human. It is time to accept and forgive others. It is time to reveal corruption. Not all who are under the limelight are corrupt and perverted. Let us have hope and mean good for each other.
