Aftermath of the
13/11/15 terrorists attack that claimed 129 lives in Paris, Facebook
unexpectedly requested its users all over the world to show their solidarity
with the people of Paris by overlaying the colours of the French flag on their
profile pictures. Even nations that had seen worse scenarios of terrorism
unbelievably followed suit without any reluctance.
Amazingly, in less than 1 hour, Nigeria's
Facebookers joined the rapidly-growing bandwagon. We suddenly forgot that brothers and sisters in the North who are being
killed by Boko on daily basis. Needless blaming the individual Facebook user
for using the flag filter, I do however frown at Facebook itself for being so
un-inclusive of its users and for showing a favoritism over western
countries.
Breathtakingly,a
French woman sees this issue from my point of view, she refused to add the
tri-colour flag to her Facebook profile picture. Charlotte Farhan, managing
director of Art Saves Lives International, totally kicked against the supposed
solidarity act. She said: "All humans are equal..."
Inasmuch as I express my condolence for France, I
beg to disagree that France is more special than other terror-infested nations
(Nigeria, Yemen, Burundi, Ukraine, Syria, etc).
No strings
attached, I would only overlay my Facebook profile picture on France flag if
Facebook signs an agreement with me that henceforth, same
"preferential" treatment would be given to any nation that is being
hit by terrorists. #AllLivesMatter #OneColourOneLife
