Are we this terrible? Is it not time we retrace our steps?

As I write this, my heart is breaking.... literally and the tears won't stop. And it isn't because of these tragedies that we have been hit by today. Yes, I am sad that yet again lives were cut short in their primes while people congregated to worship their God; blasted to death for no wrong doing of theirs. True, my heart was made heavier by the news of the crash of a Dana Air craft that filtered into the social and other media earning today such a terrible pseudonym "Black Sunday" But these are not what have got me weeping so much so that my eyes are puffed. My once heavy heart is shattering to pieces as I type this. 

Where did we miss it? When did we become slaves to wealth and money? How did we get to the point where the "dignity of labour" became an obscure, out-of-date "rhetoric"? Have we become so bad some other humans would wish us all dead and indeed celebrate news of the painful end of over 147 people (as reported by Yahoo News)? That people can see a picture of an aircraft that's ablaze and all they think and actually type is serves them right?

Dear friends, I saw the story of the Dana Air crash on Yahoo News, attracted by the erroneous number of 147 victims, I decided to read. I was shocked by most of the comments I read there. Below are some of them as they were on the site.

"Its not like these people matter much. If anything the Nigerian scam emails will slow down for a day or two." 

"New wave of Nigerian spam emails- "My uncle died in the plane crash and left behind a big fortune, blah blah blah""

"isn't that where lincoln was supposed to send all the slaves after the civil war? he sure made another big mistake"

"WHAT?? I won't be getting inheritance frozen in a bank account anymore???"

"Problem is that the morons you are referring to...well, they don't have friends, they don't have lives, they just have their keyboard and the internet to hide behind." 


"we can all pray it burns too the ground. Nigeria, is so evil , in every facet of any living entity. , They come into the USA and steal, lie, cheat, kill, cannibalize. they rob on the internet, , pirates, kidnappers, genocidal insane maniacs, Its in their DNA too be natural born killers.
They are evil filth"

"I don't know which would be worse, surviving or not if you crashed in Nigeria. Ugh... Nigerian hospitals..."

"Nigeria is run by Islamists who ensvlave and perpetrate violence against the Christians who live there."

"New wave of Nigerian spam emails- "My uncle died in the plane crash and left behind a big fortune, blah blah blah""

In the midst of the terrible, psychopathic comments though I found one which ignited some bit of hope in my by-this-time-broken heart

  "...I have lived in Nigeria for 3 years, Nigerains are cheerful, hard-working, artistic, very gifted people. Their life is incredibly hard, yet they find things to thank God for every day. They are very proud and take no crap from anybody, black or white and I love that. ....."

The time has come for us to mend our ways; young and old, male and female, it is time to get our values back and stop material worship that has taken over every sphere of our lives....

I am too sad to say more.... we need to redeem our image....