for heaven's sake

i just came across this piece in the Hindustan Times, 11/01/2009, the winner of a short story contest organised by the paper. (read @ http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=11_01_2009_016_002&mode=undefined)
"BLUE OF NOON by Rajat Gulati
it wasnt a dark and stormy night, but quite the opposite actually. the day was bright and balmy with hardly a cloud in the sky. yet the sunrays flicking merrily on the waves did nothing to lessen the knot inside his heart. all the years of preparation and fortitude, of piety and dedication to the cause - all was coming to fruit. there was no going back now, he thought as he looked around the boat. nine equally determined and grim looking faces met his gaze. it was the afternoon of November 26, 2008 and they were still several hours away from the shores of mumbai."

now this is no doubt a well written paragraph, but it is exactly the kind of thing i am afraid of. why can we not resist the urge to romanticize everything. we CANNOT see things from THEIR point of view. they may have a point of view, and a very valid one in their eyes, but at the end of the day, there are absolutes. there is a right and there is a wrong. these men were wrong. and we cannot allow ourselves to empathise with them or their "cause", whatever it may be. for heaven's sake, just this once, let us not see it from the other person's point of view.