This is why "Imam Samudra and brothers Amrozi and Mukhlas" were tied to pieces of wood and shot through the heart yesterday. This is what they did to 202 people, from more than a dozen countries around the world, including 88, mostly young, Australians. This is what bombs and missiles and artillery do to human beings all over this war of and against terror.
Photos are from here
Revenge for the revenge for the revenge has been vowed, by an isolated, feverish few, while the majority remain appalled that this years-long nightmare of death and misery and sadness ever happened, ever began, ever smeared the name of Bali with the blood of foreign tourists.
The hatred and intolerance that drives men to do such things no doubt still burns strong in the hearts of some, but you have to believe, at least you want to believe, that this fever will fade, must fade, that it will not spread, does not grow, that any religious or political belief that promises a better life promises the same for all humanity.
They wanted to die for what they did. Now they are dead. They died in far less agony and fear than many of their victims.
There is consolation in knowing they cannot taunt the families of their victims anymore simply by being alive.
Claire Hatton, who lost her husband in the 2002 attacks :
"I saw a quote by Mahatma Gandhi and it said: 'The trouble with an eye for an eye is that it makes us all blind'. That's what I think."
Maria Kotronakis lost two cousins and also two sisters in the attacks :
John Mavroudis, who lost his son David :"We're very happy ... we've waited a very long time for this and this is our justice.
"Finally the moment has come ... we are over the moon."
(he) said he "couldn't care less" about the bombers.A panoramic night image of the incredibly serene memorial to the victims in Kuta, Bali
"I don't give a damn about them really ... we just try and get on with our lives."
