It's our nature to destroy ourselves?

“We are fighting among ourselves while someone else is taking away all the goods; while the country is facing bigger threats.”

First of all, I would like to express my sympathy to YM RPK on the case involving his son. It is indeed a great sacrifice.

To be tortured by human beings, despite being a human being himself, is indeed sad. Does it really have to be like what’s said in the movie Terminator 2 - “It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves”? Must we kill among ourselves just to satisfy some worthless selfish greed? How much can you get? If, take for example, tomorrow to be our last day on earth; where there will be no more, that we will all die due to natural catastrophes, or even alien invasion. What would we do today? Rob? Kill? Hide? Or stand united to face it with our loved ones? What would a man get, robbing and killing people if he’s sure of dying the next day?

Go to the hospital and ask terminally ill patients. Ask what they really wish to do and you will know how precious time would be to them. What is money to them then but burdens? While his children may be fighting each other to get a bigger share of the wealth, he lays there gasping for breath; neglected, forgotten and worthless. So what is money to him then? After some tens of years, the same children who fought over the wealth would, too, face the same fate; and the circle goes on and on. This is especially prominent in families that have not properly educated their children on the values of life, or the value of virtues. Families whose children spend lavishly, without control, who doesn’t cherish the hard way wealth came. All because the parents didn’t value them too in the first place.

Part of the reason being, the wealth was acquired NOT the hard way, thus the lesson is not learnt on its value; for it’s too easy to come by so they took it for granted. The other reason would be the greed for more. And that greed is an ever powerful parasite that keeps feeding the human’s weak mind, controlling and manipulating our thoughts, speech and action. Would the mind then be filled with good, or would it then be filled with evil?

“We are fighting among ourselves while someone else is taking away all the goods; while the country is facing bigger threats.”

“What are we doing?” I asked myself. Is it really our nature to destroy ourselves? What are we fighting for? The ship (country) is sinking, and yet we are arguing and fighting over mindless matters. Shouldn’t we mend the leaking crack and save the ship instead? While the country is facing threats of corruption, intimidation and abuse of power, shouldn’t every single citizen stand up united and drive those evil powers away?

Watching the progress on DSAI’s case; the sudden enthusiasm by some MPs in turning into jumping froggies; the sudden outburst of displeasure; the unanimous ruling on the rightful head of a State; YM RPK’s Son’s misery; and not to forget, the one-sided reports by all mainstream media where they focus on the bad side of PR but hide all necessary and important news of the ruling party, it made me asked myself that question over and over again.

I wish to ask the judiciary. For a living, you put an innocent man to jail. For your pride and benefit, you strip an innocent man’s freedom. Can you live with that till your death? To betray your countrymen, to betray your conscience, to betray God, to betray the very thing you studied – Justice. While you enjoy your spoils, how many more people suffer due to your foolish, selfish acts? While you sit atop your seat, could you bear seeing the very country you love going down? Sinking with crew members screaming in fear, pain and dismay?

I wish to ask the media. For a living, you put on news that is untrue, that is edited, and made to tarnish someone else. News that you yourself could not believe; yet you put it up for someone else to believe. Can you live with that till your death? Knowing well that you are wiring someone’s evil desire; yet you continued writing, betraying your readers' trust in your articles, betraying your conscience, betraying your pledge to God, and insulting the very honor you have as a public “informer”?

I wish to ask the descendants of the great explorers of this land, the forefathers of the first community of this land. Your ancestors fought hard to obtain this land, and ruled it well. They fought it hard against invaders, against diseases, against powers to overthrow them, and against force that brought misery to their people. But now, you are about to lose that land the same way your ancestors lost to the Invaders. Like back then, you remain as an icon, but your country and its resources are being taken away, owned by another group of people who exploit it. Although you were given enough wealth to fend for yourselves, your countrymen suffered as the rest of the land and everything else being controlled, manipulated and owned by another group of people. And instead of it enjoyed by your countrymen, it is enjoyed by a small group of people who have taken your land for themselves. Now you don’t own your land anymore, but merely serve as an icon to supposedly maintain order; to create an image as if you are still the honored royal of the land. Can you live with that till your death? Can you face your ancestors whom had fought so hard, yet to be seeing this day in such manner?

Let us forget about party, about race or religion for the moment; forget about stature; about you being a royal, or a knight, or your rank or whatsoever. And think only as a human being. A simple person. Let us all ponder:

What is the point of all the troubles made up for us to suffer? Ponder for a moment within yourself. Those people that made issues up, making certain statements to incite hate, confusion, anger and disunity, will they be of any good? Will a good person do that? Will a person of virtue do that?

In name of religion, I’m sure everybody will agree with me in saying that God/Tuhan/Allah does not confuse people, or make people hate each other. That only the Devil/Satan/Evil does that. So what are those people who try to incite hate, confusion and anger? It is a definite certainty they are not messengers of God/Tuhan/Allah; or of Goodness, for how could God/Tuhan/Allah get his followers to create evil in his name? How could God/Tuhan/Allah confuse people, and make people hate each other? And if they are not followers of God, What qualifies them to lead the followers of God/Tuhan/Allah?

There are enough miseries in the world caused by natural disasters, and poverty. Let's not make more by our own deeds, and lets not allow any more of such deeds. If you are a person with a conscience; if you are a person who has a sound mind; if you are a person who has a brain to reason, to think; you would be able to notice something very wrong is happening to this country. Stop staying in our shells; stop believing in the evil lies; and for those who have been doing it, stop doing it. Family members of the evil-doer, stop your loved ones from continuing evil acts. Wake up to the danger our country is facing and do your part as a human being. Put down your ego, your pride, and your greed, anger or hate. And make that change before it’s too late, before innocent people begin to perish under the fire of greed, hatred and confusion. For the sake of the country, for the sake of your own self, and for the sake of our future generations.

WE SHALL VOTE FOR CHANGE. TOGETHER WE SHALL SAVE THIS COUNTRY.

P.S: By the way, I remember the government saying that they want to close in on anyone that gamble even in their own house; by installing "spies" who would report to the police. But why am I seeing the empat nombor ekor shops operating as usual even on the first day of CNY? Wasn't that gambling too? Or is the government trying to say that "Losing money to your relatives and friends is not allowed, but losing money to government approved agencies are allowed"? Why impose the ban while those betting shops triumph? It doesn't make sense, right?

16/02/10