Disclaimer: (I've been putting a lot of disclaimers for previous posts, damn ...) Yup, you may call me a blogger composing this type of post in a place of comfort and had minimal social experience. However, I admit that this post expresses my opinions from a layman's perspective. I have no intent to hurt anybody's feelings or exaggerate issues but you may skip this post if you feel uncomfortable of this topic.
Seriously, the headlines of the papers are getting boring day by day .....
Think about it, every single day the headlines are more on social issues, eg. crime, suicide, accidents, natural disasters, bla bla bla ...... Else, there will be government and politics issues, especially those salivary, finger-pointing conflicts ...... Argh, can't stand them ...
Okay, recently, the trend of the headlines have turned towards shootings. I didn't knew that in Malaysia, this scene is to be seen not on the rifle range, but now at public places. I remembered that there were extremely little case(s) of shootings in my country. I don't know that if one shooting case could've sparked a chain reaction towards more shootings, though.
There is one thing I would like people to consider, if there's this person holding a gun, pointing at you, you should feel pity towards that person. It signifies that the person is psychologically weak, just like a bully in school (I'm sorry, people whom are holding guns/weapons alike, but that's a hard hurting truth). That person could be going through tough problems in life, eg. insufficient of money to support his/her life, and probably his/her family. That person must have no choice in his/her mind that he/she decided to steal someone's money instead of earning his/hers. Well, people aren't gonna give you cash for nothing, right? Thus, he/she turned to guns to do so. Of course there are some other reasons for the gun holder to shoot.
Now, that's the simpler case. Let's talk about the gang members whom have been involved in shooting. If the person involved above is quite bad, this one's worse. Think about how an ordinary citizen become a member of the organisation. In my country, (at least that's what I've heard or seen on mass media) the gangs have been recruiting members from secondary schools, some even primary schools. These innocent teenagers/kids don't even know what gang's all about, but anyway they joined them due to peer pressure or maybe just want to try something new (theoretically, that's what adolescence is, self-discovery), just like smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. Not their fault. So, was that the gang's fault?
A gang is no difference of an organisation. The only thing that separates gangs from organisations is that they do illegal stuff and attempt to control a territory (or at least that's what Wikipedia said). Well, on surface, they may look tough and defiant. However, when you penetrate through their outer appearance and doings and see what's inside them, that's when you see the other side of them. Many of them have joined gangs to get respect and reputation among their members and the society (I mean, the other type of reputation). They are actually fragile in deep, wanting somebody to understand and value them. When the society doesn't help doing so, they went to look for support groups, and some of them might thought that the gangs might do just that.
However, sometimes I'm thinking, why do they want to do something so that people will notice them and be aware of their presence. We don't actually feel valued when people said so, or vice versa. We create our own dignity, not by gaining respect from others. Of course there will be harsh critics or pessimist doing the energy zapping job of demotivating us, but we just take their advices/ignore them and move on. There's no point of doing something just to impress somebody, because in the end, it is us whom are going to be proud of our lives when we look back. How does it feel when an ex-gang member look back at his/her life and realised that he/she should've done something he/she is really interested in, but instead he/she had given their youth towards illegal activities, which brings them to no good? Anyway, what's the point of making chaos in the public when some gang members were shot dead? A funeral ceremony is essential, but practising hooliganism on the road is so over-the-line.
Another thing, why do some people tend to do stuff that jeopardise other people's lives. Providing them drugs or alcohols or tobacco is an act that could indirectly kill somebody. Stealing somebody's possessions or kidnapping or even raping will cause the victim to be hurt physically, mentally or psychologically. I agree that people can do anything they want with the condition that they do not harm other people and the environment. Ya, selling those illegal stuff may earn people big cash, but earning this kind of money would be ethically bad. They could probably regret of their wrongdoings for their rest of their lives, especially serious cases.
I don't know about those stuff, but I can tell people that it's better to do what you really love than doing those illegal stuff that can bring harm towards the society. Rather than smuggling party pills and tobacco, why not trying to help those whom are drug/tobacco/alcohol addicts to get out of their detrimental addiction? It works better than creating another small-scale World War. Society should accept the blame. Stereotypes have been flowing freely in the society that skin colour, race and religion became an invincible discriminating tag for those involved in the socially considered 'bad' category. We label them as this, we label them as that, but what about us? Law-abiding citizens? Perfect role model? or Simon Cowell/Gordon Ramsay? Shame on us.
I always believe that anybody can achieve the peak (they considered) of their interests or skills. It's not that I'm encouraging people to be individualistic, but the point is that you don't need to be a people-pleaser to be a useful person. Don't mind that if somebody is a Black, a shorty, a bi, or even a son of a real prostitute, all humans should be equal in terms of chasing their dreams. Stay up confidently when people around you starts to indirectly express their negative energy, let them know that you ain't that easy to be influenced.
That's the end of my short post. Wish everyone a good day ahead and be the person you've always wanted to be.
Seriously, the headlines of the papers are getting boring day by day .....
Think about it, every single day the headlines are more on social issues, eg. crime, suicide, accidents, natural disasters, bla bla bla ...... Else, there will be government and politics issues, especially those salivary, finger-pointing conflicts ...... Argh, can't stand them ...
Okay, recently, the trend of the headlines have turned towards shootings. I didn't knew that in Malaysia, this scene is to be seen not on the rifle range, but now at public places. I remembered that there were extremely little case(s) of shootings in my country. I don't know that if one shooting case could've sparked a chain reaction towards more shootings, though.
There is one thing I would like people to consider, if there's this person holding a gun, pointing at you, you should feel pity towards that person. It signifies that the person is psychologically weak, just like a bully in school (I'm sorry, people whom are holding guns/weapons alike, but that's a hard hurting truth). That person could be going through tough problems in life, eg. insufficient of money to support his/her life, and probably his/her family. That person must have no choice in his/her mind that he/she decided to steal someone's money instead of earning his/hers. Well, people aren't gonna give you cash for nothing, right? Thus, he/she turned to guns to do so. Of course there are some other reasons for the gun holder to shoot.
Now, that's the simpler case. Let's talk about the gang members whom have been involved in shooting. If the person involved above is quite bad, this one's worse. Think about how an ordinary citizen become a member of the organisation. In my country, (at least that's what I've heard or seen on mass media) the gangs have been recruiting members from secondary schools, some even primary schools. These innocent teenagers/kids don't even know what gang's all about, but anyway they joined them due to peer pressure or maybe just want to try something new (theoretically, that's what adolescence is, self-discovery), just like smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. Not their fault. So, was that the gang's fault?
A gang is no difference of an organisation. The only thing that separates gangs from organisations is that they do illegal stuff and attempt to control a territory (or at least that's what Wikipedia said). Well, on surface, they may look tough and defiant. However, when you penetrate through their outer appearance and doings and see what's inside them, that's when you see the other side of them. Many of them have joined gangs to get respect and reputation among their members and the society (I mean, the other type of reputation). They are actually fragile in deep, wanting somebody to understand and value them. When the society doesn't help doing so, they went to look for support groups, and some of them might thought that the gangs might do just that.
However, sometimes I'm thinking, why do they want to do something so that people will notice them and be aware of their presence. We don't actually feel valued when people said so, or vice versa. We create our own dignity, not by gaining respect from others. Of course there will be harsh critics or pessimist doing the energy zapping job of demotivating us, but we just take their advices/ignore them and move on. There's no point of doing something just to impress somebody, because in the end, it is us whom are going to be proud of our lives when we look back. How does it feel when an ex-gang member look back at his/her life and realised that he/she should've done something he/she is really interested in, but instead he/she had given their youth towards illegal activities, which brings them to no good? Anyway, what's the point of making chaos in the public when some gang members were shot dead? A funeral ceremony is essential, but practising hooliganism on the road is so over-the-line.
Another thing, why do some people tend to do stuff that jeopardise other people's lives. Providing them drugs or alcohols or tobacco is an act that could indirectly kill somebody. Stealing somebody's possessions or kidnapping or even raping will cause the victim to be hurt physically, mentally or psychologically. I agree that people can do anything they want with the condition that they do not harm other people and the environment. Ya, selling those illegal stuff may earn people big cash, but earning this kind of money would be ethically bad. They could probably regret of their wrongdoings for their rest of their lives, especially serious cases.
I don't know about those stuff, but I can tell people that it's better to do what you really love than doing those illegal stuff that can bring harm towards the society. Rather than smuggling party pills and tobacco, why not trying to help those whom are drug/tobacco/alcohol addicts to get out of their detrimental addiction? It works better than creating another small-scale World War. Society should accept the blame. Stereotypes have been flowing freely in the society that skin colour, race and religion became an invincible discriminating tag for those involved in the socially considered 'bad' category. We label them as this, we label them as that, but what about us? Law-abiding citizens? Perfect role model? or Simon Cowell/Gordon Ramsay? Shame on us.
I always believe that anybody can achieve the peak (they considered) of their interests or skills. It's not that I'm encouraging people to be individualistic, but the point is that you don't need to be a people-pleaser to be a useful person. Don't mind that if somebody is a Black, a shorty, a bi, or even a son of a real prostitute, all humans should be equal in terms of chasing their dreams. Stay up confidently when people around you starts to indirectly express their negative energy, let them know that you ain't that easy to be influenced.
That's the end of my short post. Wish everyone a good day ahead and be the person you've always wanted to be.
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