So terribly wrong....

I was reading an update on the suicide bombings in Baghdad today. The first reports this morning on the radio said it was two women, and now the situation is even worse. The suicide bombers now appear to be two women with Downs Syndrome used as unwitting pawns who were blown-up from afar. This is so terribly wrong...

In general, I believe in the inherent goodness of people. There are of course evil deed and terrible people in this world, but at our cores I still think people are good. Events like this shake my belief in humanity. How could anyone hurt a person who so depereatly needs to be protected and taken care of? Over my lifetime I have had many encounters with the mentally retarded, and those with Down Sydrome are usually the sweetest and most kind of them all. Like abuse of children, cruelty to those adults unable to think and care for themselves is reprehensible to me. My gloomy Mid-Atlantic Friday just got gloomier. This news is just so terribly wrong...