i just read this article on msn.com. wow. it's really sad that Wall Street Journal's Daniel Pearl was killed. it is truly unfortunate. i was going to talk today about girls and sports, but i think this is a little more important, and weighing a little heavier on my heart. i cant imagine how pearl's family must feel--especially his wife, who is with child. the pakistanis should have known that there would be no negotiations, but they still made their demands and used pearl as a hostage. i wonder what he went through his last hours...it must have been a dark, dark time...probably a time without very little hope, if he knew what the situation was. i dont know if anyone, even in berkeley, can say that this wasnt a tragedy, that this was truly a horrible thing. but im sure some will be able to spin it some way, saying that the pakistani people were trying to get theirs in a world dominated and exploited by the united states. just like they said the same thing on 9/11. what a crock. yeah, maybe they were treated unfairly, but it again reveals a terrible thing that humans do--using a fellow man's life as currency. but the Bible knew of this all along. it says in Proverbs 28:21 that even for a piece of bread will a man transgress, so threatening and taking a man's life to free some prisoners in guantanamo bay shouldnt be so surprising. and it's not. but it is still quite tragic and pierces the heart. it just hurts me to think of how he just sat there, waiting to die. for nothing except being at the wrong place, at the wrong time. ive probably said this before, but real life sure isnt the movies. there is no light at the end of the tunnel oftentimes. the end of the road is the end. no hero to hatch and execute a perfect rescue operation.