Penguin RushThe Video & how it almost changed me... (Updated)
In the horror sequel Jeepers Creepers 2, there is a scene where a character says, "When someone is really scared, it's just like when they are drunk; their true nature comes out." I don't know about being drunk (not a drop a liquor has ever landed on my tounge, alhamdulillah, but does drunk of love count? hehe) but when I get really scared, I think I might tremble like a vibrator, have goose bumps or perhaps to my own surprise, I might actually become super-brave?Ok, let's put that aside for now and talk about something serious. I remember a conversation I had with another Malaysian friend who lived at the university hostel throughout our study years in the UK. He said, "I notice that behaviours of some students, really change whenever they are drunk. They turn out to be, not that nice, contrary to how they would behave when they are sober."
You might wonder why I talk about humans' true nature during 'drunk time', right? Well, I will get back to that in a moment.
A few years back, when I was very much younger and much naive (still naive to this day), I received from someone, an email containing a real-life video footage. It showed a horrendous act committed by a soldier towards an unarmed civilian-clad person. However, I won't mention what soldier, who the victim was and where it was allegedly committed.
The civilian was lying on the ground. One side of his face was against the gravel, while the other was under the soldier's right booted leg. The soldier pressed his left hand against the man's shoulder. Then using his right hand, he repeatedly stabbed the man's neck using a knife. At the final stab, with the knife's blade still in the man's neck, without mercy, the soldier pulled the knife outward, slitting the throat. With the trachea obviously broken and the skin wide open, veins spilled blood profusely onto the gravel.
The soldier laughed together with a compatriot, seeing how the man, still under his */#%ing right leg, wriggled to his death; after which, the soldier beheaded him.
I can still recall the face of the unfortunate man. I remember that, even before the knife reached his neck, he already seemed like out of breath; you know how a fish would behave when it's out of the water. I guess the man already saw the Angel of Death approaching him, the moment he was pinned to the ground.
After watching the footage, I was crying my eyes out, thinking the horror and torture that the man had to endure. I even put myself in the man's position - how horrifying it must be, knowing the inevitable was about to happen! I just hoped that Death had taken his soul away from his body, gently and with mercy, contrary to what the other being had done to him. How could a human resort to something like this and become worse than animals?
Watching the footage really fuelled me with so much outrage. The only thing that came to me at that time was, how could I help my fellow brothers and sisters who were oppressed out there (most of them are still being oppressed as we speak). I then voiced out to a lady friend that I would like to go to Palestine, and helped those people who have been fighting for justice and freedom for many many years. I wanted to go there as an aid worker. But if conditions required so, I wouldn't mind lifting a weapon and fight with them.
But I told her, I would't resort to being a suicide bomber. The one and only reason: I DON'T CONDONE TERRORISM AND ANY SIMILAR HEINOUS ACTS! I find suicide bombing is rather foolish and useless. No good can come out it other than further tarnishes the image of their religion.
But let's be rational and ponder our thoughts for a while. Whenever a war breaks out between two nations and it involves civilian casualties, especially women, children and old folks; we can expect people to retaliate. In the past, people retaliate by joining the army. Well, this is not me talking, histories have shown us that over and over again....
Imagine I, who live a thousand miles away from the place of conflict, could get so angry and was willing to lift a gun and fight in Palestine. Let alone those who are directly affected, and witness those brutalities in front of their very eyes; especially if their loved ones are among those killed and mistreated. It is very possible that some of them are willing to strap themselves with explosives. After all, they pretty much have nothing to lose. Also, bear in mind that they don't have other means to fight: they own no fighter jets, no submarines, no tanks.......
As Ogilvy had said in the War of the Worlds movie, "This is not a fair war. This is a war between man and maggots, and (those) people are being exterminated."
For a while after watching the footage, I started to hastily generalise some people as 'a breed of animals'. I was thinking, perhaps a percentage of them, does (secretly) judge those of a certain religion, with hatred and prejudiced eyes (and for no good reasons whatsoever). After all, a 'friendly' neighbour in Bosnia wouldn't change to become a devilish monster in a blink, if not all the while, they were just pretending...
But the lady friend managed to bring me back to my senses. She reminded me that my fight was here, in Malaysia and I could still help out from my own country (she was very right), how could I leave my family behind (she was right again; I could never do that, especially since it was possible that I might not return). She also said that NOT ALL of them are like that! Although we didn't have the same friends, but we both had friends of different religions and different origin countries (yes! they are all very nice and I know THAT is their true nature).
In my 31-October-2005 entry (Greatest ‘war’ of all……well, I stick!), I shared - the greatest war that humans need to face is a war against themselves. Apparently, some people who falsely claim they are 'leaders', have failed in their own war. They have failed to control their own anger, misjudgements, vengeance, greed and irrational fears. As a result, wrong decisions have been made and other people are made to suffer.
We should create a special arena for them - to fight with each other and if necessary to their own deaths (although I think that's even better); without dragging us, innocent people into their conflicts. Once they are 'done', they can be replaced with REAL LEADERS, WHO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THEIR OWN CONFLICTS FIRST, BEFORE HANDLING WITH MUCH BIGGER ISSUES (AS THEY ARISE).
Recently, a similar video was in my Inbox. This time, a group of unarmed men were shot to death in the heads and for some reason one of them was executed differently. Although the method was different, but the 'goal' was the same - to slit the man's throat, followed by beheading...
This time, I tried so hard to rationalise myself - it's possible that those people were probably under the influence of alcohol when they committed those acts. But then, sober or not (I DON'T REALLY CARE), they have put themselves on the same level as the devils. They WILL join the devils, as coals that are used to light up HELL FIRE !!!!
And don't they dare think, that their sins can be easily wiped out by just one simple confession. They have millions of people to apologise from, starting with the victims' immediate families (i.e. if they are still around and they can forgive those *%$&ers).
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Coming Soon: Read about my detailed review on King Kong (a different entry), as I take you through the journey at Skull Island, where the beauty meets the 'gentle' giant.
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