wannursyazana..an insight on the life of a traveller on earth

The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us. (Quote by – Edmund Leach)

Seriously you cannot say that the quote’s wrong. Violence are everywhere esp in a war. What is a war without violence right ? What is war without losses of lives and destruction of properties. War is violent.

But then again, why choose violence when there’s peace ? Why choose something so vile like violence ? I cannot say why because i for once do not know. Perhaps it’s a need. Violence inflicted by certain people because they want people to know they’re in control. Violence of those whom are strong against the weak.

But Edmund Leach seems to think that violence are caused by the differences between human beings. True to the bone. We live in world that comprises of people with different skin colors, religions, race, backgrounds, way of life, etc. Certain people just can’t accept the fact that there are those that are not like them. This is what we have come to call prejudice. It began as ethnic jokes. Then only with discrimination,the prejudice minds are acted upon.

Take Adolf Hitler. He is one fine example. He believed that economic and social problems have biological solutions. Meaning he can cure poverty by getting rid of poor people. Biological racism was at heart of the Holocaust where ethnic cleansing occurred. What’s horrifying is that the Holocaust happened in public view but no one did anything to stop it. I guess they were satisfied by just being bystanders as Jews were being sent to Auschwitz.

This stereotype that promotes discrimination against people different than us is poisoning our minds. Instead of hatred among one another why not unite ? Being different is unique and it’s a diversity needed. If we just learn to accept one another the way they are, then only can peace be achieved. Accommodation guys!! We are who we are and we cannot change that fact. Respect them even though they’re way different than us. There are more to a person than just their skin colors. Stop being judgmental.

Make peace, not war.

p/s : after two months.. hihhi.. well this isn’t my primary blog anyway.. i say what i think is right. please correct me if i’m wrong. after all, i am just a person like you.

i miss my old blog. that’s why i’m back. but that doesn’t mean i’m abandoning blogspot.

i’m writing again here because of my coursework for one of my subject which is globalization, cyberculture, and future studies. the guideline requires me to have a blog, choose a topic (current issue), and write about it and eventually attract people to participate in the discussion. i dunno yet whether i’ll do it with a partner or individually. personally i think individually is easier since i get to express my own opinions. but that won’t be problem. i haven’t decided yet on what topic to write about.

the most hot and controversial issue rite at this moment is the Palestine-Israel war. from day to day ever since Israel launched their ground strikes towards Gaza City i’ve bought all kinds of newspapers just to read about it. now the death toll of Palestinian has reached over 500 people including innocent young children. it saddened me when i read today’s newspaper and saw the picture of a scared-looking boy against the wall seeking shelter from the bombings. the bodies of three little children whom died from the attacks and a distraught father grieving over the lost of his son. the syifa hospital’s morgue is crowded with dead ye yebodies and hundreds others wounded by the turn of event. the hospital had to rely on it’s backup generator fully. if the generator breaks down, it’ll be the end for those whom are hooked to the life-saving devices.

i dunno what to say. things like this have been going on for a while. the UN should call a criminal tribunal against Israel for committing war crimes. then again, nobody is doing anything. they can only speak..but not act. people’s effort from demonstrations, protests, assembly…aren’t gonna change anything until we all realize the need to be unified and stand up against those who are wrong. all the Islamic countries should severe ties with Israel in order to protest against their action. we should stop buying american products. as we know it, America supports Israel by supplying weapons and ammunitions. where did they get the money to make those weapons ? us of course. the money you pay for buying their products are used to
make the weapons and then supply them to Israel. it is just like you supporting Israeli action to attack Gaza. no different. just the same.

p/s : it’s good to be back. 🙂

Democrat Barack Obama, the first black US president won the 2008 election and it was a landslide victory. it seems like the US presidential election has become a major phenomena all around the world. evrywhere people tuned in to the news channels yesterday just to see who won the election. he will sworn as the president of the US next year on Jan 20th. of course now that he’s the president he’s gonna have to deliver all of his campaign promises. but his major priority is to tackle the economic crisis the country’s facing rite now. US economic crisis has affected Malaysian’s economic condition also especially regarding the fuel prices. So, it is also in Malaysia’s interest to see how the new president is going to overcome this problem and make right the economic conditions. withdrawing the US troops out of Afghanistan within 16months would be his next priority. personally, i think he can make a difference. a change. at least he can do better than Bush did. well, give the man a chance.

the night of the election, Michelle Obama’s dress became the 2nd most popular thing other then the victory of her husband. kinda weird to talk about her dress on such a big night. but people kept buzzing about her attire. it wasn’t that fantastic but i admit, i got to give her credit for her bold action wearing a dress like that instead of the should-be-First-Lady’s dress. haaha~

i was reading Kornblum’s book of sociology when i stumbled upon a subtopic about isolated children. It was about a little girl named Genie. Her father was psychotic and her mother was blind and rely a lot on others. ever since Genie was a kid, she was strapped in a chair and locked inside a room completely isolated from the outside world. when the child services discovered her, her father committed suicide. at first sight, she seemed like any other normal young girls but after a while, they began to realize that Genie was severely impaired. she didn’t even know how to dress herself and she couldn’t even utter a word. even if she did say something, she was babbling. she spits most of the time. even after she was taught, her language ability does not go any farther than a third-grader. i’m betting Genie’s not the only one out there. because the lack of love and deprivation of social learning, she became severely retarded. instead of living life to the fullest, she spent her entire lifetime in a home of disabled adults.

see…that’s why love is important. i’m not emphasizing on love between a guy and his gf. it’s love between evryone. love between you and your God, families, friends, pets….anything. without love, we would all perish. learn to love guys !!

sarah, aku da btau mak aku psl accident tu. luckily im still alive. translation, she didn’t kill me..heheh. die suh aku amek lesen. n die xbg aku naek motor lg kalau xpenting. wuhuhuh…nsb ek lesen kat penang nie murah..huhu…anyway, it was your article that made me told her the truth in the first place. tq sarah !!