We all probably have dreamt of this event, since no one can avoid dreaming of the annihilation of any power that has grown to be god-like.
The story of stampedes is the new exodus – people being trampled to death on their way to being one with their god – be it God, Sports, Celebrity or Money. Just last month, a stampede in Mecca killed at least 345 Muslims during the last day of Hajj. In 1989, a stampede at Hillsborough stadium in England slaughtered 96 during a soccer semi-final. There was, of course, the Who concert. And now Wowowee.
Wowowee. What’s in a name? Full of meanings.
Erratum: We are all sorry.
Martyrdom in such religious occasions is believed to assure the dead of a place in heaven – a paradise full of angels running (or flying) with no clear direction or purpose, destroying everything in its path.
Paradise included.