There are many groups of people in this world. There is a group that conjures up evil. And, to many people, including their own, fear.

This group deals in disregard for life. Any not like them are readily eradicated with no trace at all of moral consideration before or moral outrage after. This also very often applies to when they kill those even much more like them, maybe exactly like them. No regard, no care, no morality, no humanity. As close to pure evil as can be imagined.

There is no respect for property- all is there to be destroyed, looted and burned, at their own behest and whim. Anger unbridled.   Hate unopposed. Evil unabated.

Rape. Pillage. Plunder. Murder.

Within this group and also without there is no concern for a victim who may be of any color or religion but is usually associated with some specifics except in cases of internal opposition or rebut.

Within this group and also without there is no concern for a victim who can be of any age and either gender. All are expendable and none deserve special consideration. All are expendable.

In some cases this group claims a reason for their actions but often it is simply inexplicable and unable to be understood by most others- rich or poor, dark or light, religious or atheist, woman or man, adult or child, cleric or lay person, straight or gay, tall or short, thin or heavy, one-legged or two, capitalist or socialist or communist, hot or cold, up or down, left or right, today or tomorrow or any day that this very earth has passed or will pass away. Inexplicable and evil.

“There’ll be no one to save, with the whole world in a grave.”

Others try to say that this group simply needs an olive branch, some concessions, a dose of true understanding, a bit of TLC. Oh, and just throw some more money at them, at the situation, and all will be well. Throw daisies upon the invaders as they march onward, unabated. It won’t stop them but it might just make them hate you a little less.

There exists, or likely exists, or should likely exist, within this group a number of good persons who disagree with the actions and the leaders. But these persons are mythical because they do not speak up and sure as hell do not stand up. Maybe it is due to simple ridicule by their own, perhaps fear of bodily harm to themselves or their family or friends, perhaps fear of theft or destruction of their property…perhaps simply fear of emotionlessly administered death. When fear alone is all there is to counter evil I’ll let you guess which is likely to dominate.

Some of all of this death and destruction is random, sometimes killing one and often killing more.  Occasionally it is more narrowly directed.

And governments that can, well they do nothing to stop it. They too are scared.

These people hate and they act out their hatred with the most evil actions imaginable. If they do belong to a government, or should be governed and restrained by one, they are not. And if there are those among them who wish to speak out or stand up they do not. And if there are those among us who believe this should be stopped we do nothing to do so.

Nothing. Evil simply goes on.

This group? Is it just one?

And how close to you, to where you work and where you play and where you live, does it reside?

No matter how close it is today you can be assured that it will be even closer tomorrow. Unabated evil spreads…unabated. And it simply grows stronger with time.

So go ahead and continue to hide your head and appease and let others handle it. Go ahead and ignore it. Go ahead and hope for the best and simply do nothing. It can’t happen here, no not to me and mine.

Until, that is, it one day simply does.