I remember watching a clip from Game of Thrones in which the murder of both of mother and her newborn son was debated. What was disturbing to me, is that the advocates of murdering the two were making rational arguments, Such was the state of Game of Thrones universe.
Meanwhile back in our universe and time, from AP:
One person was seriously hurt when a pre-teen suicide bomber detonated her explosives early during an attack in Nigeria on Saturday, and an angry crowd captured another female bomber and lynched her, AFP reported.
No one had claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred near a food vendor selling noodles around 9:30 p.m.; however, the incident resembled the type of assault typically used by the Boko Haram terror group. Two girls under the age of 10 had blown themselves up in December in attacks that injured 19.
“[Judging] from her corpse the girl was around 10 years old,” witness Grema Usman told AFP of the New Year’s Eve bomber
In the words of William Sherman, “War is Hell.” I certainly long for the luxury of a world where all children are deemed innocent and are protected. Yet when children become weapons of war does such a virtue remain affordable.
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