Why Were Teachers Murdered?

The ability to inspire thought, to give knowledge and show others how to quest for knowledge...is a sacred gift.

There exist few things in the realms of the human experience that enhance us, while reminding us of our duty and responsibility to all that we interact with, like learning.

The reported death of two teachers on 01/05/08...has weighed heavily.

Not because their lives were more precious in terms of human worth than the lives of any who have suffered and died, all those lives had value and were sacred.

But simply because of what they did.

What the term teacher, represents... and the way they were murdered...both beaten to death.

The mark of progress of any nation rests in the way people within that nation value knowledge...

Zimbabweans are so proud of the fact that they can boast of one of the most highly educated populations in the world; while in Africa and elsewhere, education is considered a vital means to unlocking opportunity and progress and a gaining a better life.

So what does it mean when those tasked with holding and dispensing of the knowledge of a nation are so poorly served, that they can be beaten to death for the dishonest, grasping ambitions of politicians and their hired thugs.

The concept of 'the teacher' is one respected globally almost as much as mother, or father.

It is a far more real and sacred concept than the current idea of 'the all powerful, dear leader' that some dysfunctional people within our midst would have us believe should be the paramount national thought.

Without conduits of learning how will any nation have access to its past, its present or a future?

To retain an addictive and corrupting earthly power that fades with the passage of time, the OPFOR regime have made targets of those people among us who make it possible for us as a human race to 'live forever', due to the role they play as dispensers of our truth: information regarding our past, present and future...the ideas that allow us to aspire to greater things.

We at theZIMBABWEinsurgency cannot over emphasie our sadness at the implications of these acts of orchestrated state terrorism.

The very fact that in the OPFOR version of Zimbabwe teachers are considered an enemy worthy of murder, rather than valued members of our society worthy of the utmost respect, highlights the very reason why the OPFOR regime has no useful national function and must be removed.