Terrorism and the decline of ordinary things

The arrival of a new dawn seems to have ushered in a fresh list of challenges and resulted in a corresponding loss of previously innocent items or terms.

There was a time i thought about getting a pressure cooker to speed up the challenges of cooking then Boston happened.

There was a time i thought nothing about taking a walk with my backpack now i have to think twice and if possible purchase one that displays the contents for all to see.

Then i remember the day when a pair of box cutters made a massive difference when doing little tasks in the office. Well cannot travel with that anymore.

I certainly will not be able to dial emergency while in the U.S without giving thought to the Twin Towers.

Then there is the ominous hood which was a style statement for a while until Zimmerman came into the picture.

Thinking about a casual visit to the U.S embassy? Not me
last time i did that was in 1998. From that time onwards the sound of a banging door or anything close to it would paralyze those who are nursing those memories.

What about the world cup? Not here in Uganda certainly. We have to think about how we spend our leisure and who we spend it with.

A visit to the market? Certainly not in Nigeria or here for that matter.

What about our culturally relevant transport systems in Kenya. Well those are not safe any more either.

Are any of us ever going to look at a journey to the mall as an ordinary event? I am not!