In response to recent articles on OpenDemocracy including: 'The United States, Venezuela, and "democracy promotion": William I Robinson interviewed' & 'What's wrong with torture' To what extent can a link be established between capitalism, globalisation and terrorism? In human nature as in life, science, and the universe we live in, for every effect there must be a cause. And the level and extent of that effect must be directly proportional to the cause. For such a destructive action as a bomb which kills many people this must be deemed a very high level of effect. What is the correspondingly high level of cause? And what does this say about the mind of the attacker? Surely the more violent the intent for attack, the greater the lack of harmony there must be in the individual to give the impulsion to carry out such actions. We all share the same planet. I think sometimes this is forgotten, but lest we forget, globalisation is forcing us to remember this. For true happiness for the world and for each and every one of us on it, surely we must respect and care for all on it, wherever they may be. We are not all from the same country, but we are all from the same world.