My editorial
Posted: 19 Nov 2020, 12:22
Once again, we found ourselves in another cycle of war. It is as if Ethiopia is under cloud of curse for some sin our fathers committed in the past. At least , this is how a common man explains bad events that keep coming back again and again. Rarely we bother to investigate our action that may have brought this curse and eats up our human and material resources. It is very easy to point a finger to some divine being some where in sky and try to win his fever through prayer or some sort of ritual we think can please him. After doing what it takes to please all Sky gods no change happened.
Further more, when we look to Ethiopian society we find it very religious and in fact claim to be the second home for both Christian and Islam. These two religions center on moral cultivation where killing another human being is considered the worst sin gods hate. After almost becoming Christian and Islam nation over 1700 and 1500 years respectively we as a nation became a nation of war that can’t tolerate any one for any thing. This is true as nation as well as individual. The northern Ethiopian peoples of Tigirai and Amara got more churches than any institution. We expect from such people less war and behavior of aggression. Rather we see the opposite. The question is why? How come the most religious people of Tigray produced the most cruel organization like TPLF. What went wrong?
When I went to Tigirai two years a go just to see the region that produced TPLF there was nothing special I found. They were the same with other people in main land. There were so many devotees in churches who spend all their lives praying. My trip couldn’t solve my question. Then I stoped and thought this TPLF type of people are all over Ethiopia who act like Mafia and robe the peoples of Oromiya and the South. These are also Christians and Muslims who joined the unholy union with TPLF and robe their people. By doing so they angered the general public and pushed them to the limit that triggered the last revolution that removed TPLF. It was just like cutting one horn from a beast leaving the other body intact. After TPLF left Addis Abeba and tented in Tigirai we hopped things may be ok this round. Alas! We were wrong. Here we go again. War.
Further more, when we look to Ethiopian society we find it very religious and in fact claim to be the second home for both Christian and Islam. These two religions center on moral cultivation where killing another human being is considered the worst sin gods hate. After almost becoming Christian and Islam nation over 1700 and 1500 years respectively we as a nation became a nation of war that can’t tolerate any one for any thing. This is true as nation as well as individual. The northern Ethiopian peoples of Tigirai and Amara got more churches than any institution. We expect from such people less war and behavior of aggression. Rather we see the opposite. The question is why? How come the most religious people of Tigray produced the most cruel organization like TPLF. What went wrong?
When I went to Tigirai two years a go just to see the region that produced TPLF there was nothing special I found. They were the same with other people in main land. There were so many devotees in churches who spend all their lives praying. My trip couldn’t solve my question. Then I stoped and thought this TPLF type of people are all over Ethiopia who act like Mafia and robe the peoples of Oromiya and the South. These are also Christians and Muslims who joined the unholy union with TPLF and robe their people. By doing so they angered the general public and pushed them to the limit that triggered the last revolution that removed TPLF. It was just like cutting one horn from a beast leaving the other body intact. After TPLF left Addis Abeba and tented in Tigirai we hopped things may be ok this round. Alas! We were wrong. Here we go again. War.