Politics, lies, fear and loathe ... let's talk now!

News from around the world or rather the Western part of the world in the last few days:

British holidaymakers staged an unprecedented mutiny -- refusing to allow their flight to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed. The extraordinary scenes happened after some of the 150 passengers on a Malaga-Manchester flight overheard two men of Asian appearance apparently talking Arabic. Passengers told cabin crew they feared for their safety and demanded police action.

On a trip back from the Middle East, Iraqi blogger and activist Raed Jarrar was not allowed to board a flight at JFK airport because he was wearing a T-Shirt that said "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic.

Two British women with young children on another flight from Spain complained about flying with a bearded Muslim even though he had been security-checked twice before boarding.

In San Francisco last week, a Canadian doctor called Ahmed Farooq, was prevented to boarding his airplane, because he was praying in his seat.

I empathize with all the people who have to go through this injustice because of their name, looks or community they belong to. Could you believe that in this age and time with all the advancements in the world- we seek so much more faith in gadgets and gizmos rather than fellow humans and human values?

Power and money, and then more of it have driven a few to commit crimes against humanity in the guise of saviors. Sometimes human beings have to make a choice between the bad and the worse- and often from where they are they cannot see very clearly. That and many other conceitful and deceitful deals between those in positions high enough have pushed the rest of the human beings to the brink of war.

With the current trend of things going on we are not far from that day when there might be a clash big enough to destroy us all. What are we getting into? We are all in self denial here. Those at the helm of affairs are fooling themselves and those that trust them to believe that they are safe or safer than before. How's that possible? Hatred, distrust and violence spawns more of the same. Maybe one day we might see complete peace and love in this world if we allow atleast two generations of human beings to grow up without any experience of war. Then they would hate none and harm none.

And, you know what would be an amazing security plan for our airports?
Banning all electronic gizmos- no cell phones, no TV screens, no I-pods, no laptops! Just the chance to chit-chat and know each other like the good 'ol times.