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[aid] => mick
[title] => MINDLESS BRUTALITY
[time] => 2004-09-01 02:42:54
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[bodytext] => Twelve Nepalese killed on video by Iraqi terrorists Twelve Nepalese workers kidnapped by Islamist extremists were murdered on video yesterday in the biggest mass killing of hostages in Iraq since Saddam Hussein was toppled. --O/-- Now we see simple ugly hate Depravity and pointless death No good will be gained from such acts By taking vital breath Violence begets violence Hate only begets more hate in a cycle without hope As the time grows so late No good will come from arrogance No good will come from fear No spark of hope will ever grow While such men rule here it's time to move on and up Away from men of hate In us all there is the deepest need To avoid this darkest fate No more ruthless killing In arrogance and cold blood No more poor tortured souls Shedding innocent tears in flood This is the darkest nightmare The endless cycle of death The goal must surely be peace With each and every breath Killing the innocents can never be right And war the very last step All sides must see life as light Or into hell we'll trip A pitch black night of the soul Suddenly opens wide A nightmare now has begun We must not sleepwalk inside Too much killing has gone on Too many with hearts of ice We must now build a BETTER world Not based on Devil's Dice Step back now all you men of war You arrogant and hateful ones Your time is over to bring us pain With your butchery and guns The darkness must give way And let our souls be free No more hate or killing This must be our plea [comments] => 1 [counter] => 164 [topic] => 41 [informant] => steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 14 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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