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Cancel the Easter Egg Roll!



After the Pakistan Easter Day Bombing in Lahore, President Obama hosted an Easter Egg roll the next day, which is a traditional White House event. He also went to a baseball game and wore sunglasses in Cuba after the Brussels attack.

 He was highly criticized for daring to show signs of levity while Europe and Brussels were reeling from a terrorist attack. But curiously, not a word was spoken about the hi-jinks and laughter on the White House lawn after so many people had died on Easter Day. Even the Pope had issued a statement of condolence. The difference was that one country had high-profile white European allies, and the other country, Pakistan, consisted of mainly Muslims.  All were killed by terrorists. The Pope denounced the killing of Christians, but the irony was that most of the dead in Pakistan were not of the Christian faith.

 The point is that perhaps the President should never leave The Situation Room. Because every single day terrorists kill innocent people somewhere. Why should some terrorism acts be considered more brutal & deprived than others? And what value do we place on the killing of innocents? Some media value is higher than others, but in this case, All Lives Matter.
 
No, of course the President was correct to host the Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. But as Alice would say, it becomes curioser and curioser when so many voices speak out in protest, and end up saying so little.

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