EDITORIAL BY Dhiren Shah
Hello Readers,
Coronavirus or COVID-19 is making havoc all over the world. However, all the religious leaders and all the astrologists and psalmists are silent. Before the pandemic, they were there to cure everyone’s health problems, money problems and what not. Now, they should come forward and do some magic, if they are truly what they say they are. I had a discussion with one of the readers, he mentioned that the faith in religion will go down, as you can see the membership of the churches decline as high as 50%.
In 2020, the main religions numbers in the world were: Christianity, 2.382 Billion or 31.11%; Islam, 1.907 Billion or 24.9%; Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist, 1.193 Billion or 15.58%; Hinduism, 1.161 Billion or 15.16%; and the remainder was 13.25% not declaring themselves with any religion, or Atheism.
Bernie Madoff, a Ponzi scheme con artist in the world, died at the age of 82 on April 14, 2021. He was in prison before getting transferred to a hospital. His fraud was the largest in Wall Street’s history.
According to AP: “Over the years, court-appointed trustees laboring to unwind the scheme have recovered more than $14 billion of an estimated $17.5 billion investors put into Madoff’s business. At the time of Madoff’s arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60 billion. Madoff pleaded guilty in March 2009 to securities fraud and other charges, saying he was ‘deeply sorry and ashamed.’ After several months living under house arrest at his $7 million Manhattan penthouse apartment, he was led off to jail in handcuffs to scattered applause from angry investors in the courtroom. ‘He stole from the rich. He stole from the poor. He stole from the in between. He had no values,’ former investor Tom Fitzmaurice told the judge at the sentencing. ‘He cheated his victims out of their money so he and his wife … could live a life of luxury beyond belief.’”
Another shooting of a black man by a white police officer. Officer Kim Potter apologized after she pulled the wrong gun. Instead of a taser gun, she pulled her real gun and shot Daunte Wright. Yes, The police had a warrant on Daunte Wright, and he was trying to get away, but that does not give an officer the right to shoot someone. They are not the judge, jury, and executioner; they have to follow the law and catch the bad guys, not kill the bad guys.
If it happens once, people can understand it as an accident. But every couple of months it’s happening. The majority of the time, it’s a Black person. I think “Black Lives Matter” is the right movement.
Potter resigned immediately, and was charged with second degree manslaughter. Most probably, she will go to jail. Despite that, Daunte lost his life, and his family will suffer for the rest of their lives.
STOP THE KILLINGS, STOP THE VIOLENCE and most importantly, STOP THE RACISM.
Have a wonderful week.
I’ll talk to you next week.
