I Feel Like I’m Going Crazy Because The World Has Gone Mad

How much genocide can we abide

indi.ca
7 min readSep 3, 2024
What it feels like opening Twitter these days. From Poe’s Masque Of The Red Death.

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Today I saw a wounded Palestinian child dying on a ruined hospital floor. Still gasping for breath but obviously fated, peace be with him. I couldn’t watch but I saw. I have children. It cuts me to the core. Today I also saw that they finally killed Abu Shujaa, a brave fighter I’ve seen cheat death before. Now he’s really martyred. At least he died fighting, while I’m fighting useless tears. How many more? How much can one people take? How much can all people witness? The Genocide of Gaza is not stopping, indeed, Abu Shujaa was martyred in the West Bank, where it’s spreading. Along with disease, famine, and all the horsemen these wicked people are riding.

We are deep in the extermination phase of genocide which — as per the 10 Stages Of Genocide — means, “At this stage, only rapid and overwhelming armed intervention can stop genocide. Real safe areas or refugee escape corridors should be established with heavily armed international protection.” And yet the armed resistance of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, etc is condemned in the ruling press, and the support of Iran, Yemen, and Hezbollah is suppressed by naked censorship. What a topsy-turvy world we live in. What a mindfuck it is just…

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Indrajit (Indi) Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer. Follow me at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.