The author expresses gratitude to friends on Slideshare who offered solidarity during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in India, though the author was far from the site of violence. The author stayed glued to television coverage of the attacks for 72 hours, as with the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The author argues that terrorist strikes should divide people into two religions - humanity and violence - and recalls that those who live by violence shall perish by the same. The author thanks specific members for enabling discussion on the attacks.

1. My heartfelt thanks to all the friends in Slideshare who have expressed their solidarity with us in India. I have received anxious personal inquiries from my friends here even when some of them knew the Indian geography well enough to know I was far away from the site of horror. The terror strike made me stay glued to TV - almost all hrs that I was not working or sleeping in these 72 hrs. Just as I had done during the 9/11 tragedy of 2001. Terror strikes like this needs to divide us - yes, divide us across the world into two religions: 1) Religion of Humanity , and 2) Religion of Violence Before taking one's position one may recall the saying: 'Those who live by the sword shall perish by the same' My very special thanks to Satanic and Spiderweb99 for enabling the members of the SS community to share their perspectives on this terrible 60 hrs of horror. Mumbai Terror Horror WORLD India mumbai