Firstly, to put it so generally, that America treats all Muslims like terrorists because it does not understand Islam, is too much of an idealistic way to look at the situation when you think in terms of ways to implement practical and efficient security measures to safeguard your nation.
And to say those bastards with no regard for the lives and loves of others, are not Muslims, because they do not truly understand the religion, you yourself are conducting your thoughts in the same way as a Taliban village council member would. It is a convenient way to shrug these menaces to society by just saying, "Oh no...You guys got it wrong, we're not associated with them even though we fall under the same banner! Please don't clump me with them!". Unfortunately, who is to decide who's religion is which, if not the person embracing the faith himself. You have no right to say that what they believe in is wrong or a perversion of the truth, because if you do, so do they (which most already do because of their backward mentality – and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to lower yourself to thir standards). They carry out executions summarily, under the guise of a Muslim 'brother/sister' being a heretic, or having been diverted from the 'true path' of what is supposed to be believed.
You can say Muslims are not the only ones who commit atrocities - look at daily incidences of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives, killing each other for various reasons incomprehensible. Or cases of serial killers who commit gruesome and despicable crimes, whether against minors or prostitutes.
The DIFFERENCE between the majority of those killers and majority of the Muslim terrorists is: Most of these killers (who are not diagnosed with some psychopathic tendencies anyway) DO NOT proclaim their work to have been done in the name of God. Sure you get the occasional “I heard the Voice of God and the divine chorus of angels whispering to me to slit her throat.”. But you don’t find many groups and agglomerations of people willing to commit murder indiscriminately even to the point of killing members from their own faith just to create some chaos or receive some political attention, who claim they are doing it in the name of God. Mainly, you find them in the current world, as Muslims. The Inquisition had its days, so did the Serbs, and the Crusades. But at this point in time this is what we have to deal with.
I cannot understand your rationale which runs in a roundabout concerning invasion:
When the World Trade Centre collapsed to ashes, nightmare not only haunted Americans, yet citizens in Middle East. Warfare civilians may ask, “Are we the ones that do wrong?” Since then, America treats Muslims like all are terrorist. America does not understand Islam. America is too arrogant in solving international tension. If invasion is allowed in country suspected with terrorism, why cannot other countries invade America? America thought they are civilised, but only barbarians love war.
First of all I really don’t think the mother and fathers, sisters and brothers in the doomed towers even had the chance to ask “Are we the ones that do wrong?”. It is easy to blur the lines between Bush’s vested interests in Iraq that ran through from Bush Sr.’s days, and Bin Laden’s tailor-made nightmare. The war in Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11.
For one thing, it is easy to see how 2 shitty terms of the Bush administration has left a bitter taste due to pursuing the War in Iraq which had at best, shaky foundations and vested interests from generations past. But are you saying that America is comparable to Pakistan, which is festering with small isolated religious madrasahs – some of which serve as centers for the propagation of extremism and the induction into fanatical groups - teaching young boys that violence against women and creating terror worldwide is condoned by obscure and highly selective religious texts? That Pakistan should have the right to say we are invading you because you are suspected of terrorism? Yeah, I’ll bet, the one thing Pakistan should know best about is terrorism itself.
To say that only barbarians love war, I find that to be an extremely fun idea actually. Are you again passing judgement that America loved war but no one else did? Everyone else was just inadvertently and unwillingly ‘pushed’ into a war they didn’t wanna participate in? You’ll have to remind yourself that your Greats in the history books: Khaled al-Walid, Muhammad, Saladin. They all participated in wars. And quite successfully, I might add, does that increase their degree of barbarism due to their victories in a clearly barbaric practice? A lot of massive wars have been fought on the basis of nothing more than religious ideals. My god says this and is bigger and better than yours, you say the same about yours – neither one of us is willing to submit. BOOM!! One way or another. Holy war, genocide, feuds that last for generations, individual prejudices. Some shit is bound to hit the fan.
And somehow, I still don’t think that the solution to solve terrorism would fall in our laps after all CIA and Customs officials read and understood the Koran thoroughly and even converted to Islam. If you yourself understand Islam so well, tell us how you plan to solve in problem of global terrorism. How does that religious knowledge give you the insight to pick out who amongst the throngs in the airports will decide to carry a bomb or hijack the cockpit in the name of Allah?
And you say: There was once, a few Malaysians being stopped at America’s custom, due to the “bin” within their names. That shows how ignorant America is. Do not try to be a hero, if you do not know the truth, Uncle Sam!
What IS the truth, exactly? That people – seemingly normal as you and I - who have been educated in prestigious institutions within the United Kingdom, who have had millions in their bank accounts, who have led normal lives under the radar up to now, suddenly pop up from a flying school and hijack an aircraft for political weight? That it’s actually very easy to spot a terrorist? That only those with turbans, carrying a goat with them, walking in robes and sandals, bad teeth and bearded, should be the targeted suspects due to their disgruntled attitude to life? That those who could afford an education in the developed nations should never be included in the possible list of suspects who would be willing to commit mass murder? As you can see from the case Muhammad Atta and Co., and also the growing number of religious fanatics, extremism doesn’t afflict only a typical species of people. As I see it, the customs officials are merely doing profiling based on traits and groupings, in order to reduce the chances of being attacked. Sure it is tough in airports, but if you were in charge of security in your nation, what measures would you carry out? To be just and fair to everyone, and withhold all passengers for thorough luggage and background checks, till air traffic is at a standstill and so is the nation’s economy? The truth is, at this point in time, people under the label of ‘Muslims’, misguided or wrongly informed as they may be, are taking the spotlight on themselves as senseless mass murderers who have no other justification other than doing it “in the name of God”. Not I needed her life insurance, not I couldn’t take care of them any longer, not I was sick and tired of his abuse, not I wanted him to pay for what he did, not that’ll show them not to fire me, not even she had it coming to her a long time ago.
You also claim: There is always an issue floating in the air of Islamic countries. Islamic countries should unite, as humans, specifically Muslims are in the same ummah. Muslims should show by action, that Islam is a peaceful religion, and real Muslims are not terrorist!
The only problem is, when Muslim countries unite, they adopt a “them against us” stance against the Western or non-Islamic nations. They try to unite, against the rest of the world, because the rest are all wrong, and the Islamic countries have more right and also the divine justification to decide how the world should be run. They have their own conferences, condemning the way Western nations run, using twisted logic to explain how developed nations don’t ‘truly’ have democracy or justice. How the Islamic world is being ‘encroached’ upon and their existence threatened. They unite but only to drive themselves further backwards into isolation from the rest of the global society and economy, because they are unable to accept that people who do not live lifestyles such as theirs have an equal right to freedom of choice as they do.
People should just embrace their religion, get their peace of mind that it provides them, and, to put it mildly (excuse the language): Shut The Fuck Up. You don’t have to meddle with what others believe in what they choose to do in life with respect to your religious principals.
Because once you start policing others based on their religious choices and lifestyles, everyone else has a right to do so. You start condemning someone for drinking, having pre-marital sex, not fasting - you are giving everyone else the right to also carry out religious or moral policing. Everyone accuses America of being the "World's Policeman". Noone accuses religious zealots of being "Humanity's Policeman". These narrow-minded people who have had their traditions, of oppression of women or suppression of basic rights to select castes or groups, so deeply entrenched within their culture that they are not willing to give it up even if it means putting family members at equal standing with equal rights (e.g. to have the freedom to choose their spouse). They start to merge everything within their lives into an amalgamation of The Epitome Of The Good And Righteous Life – the way things are supposed to be for everyone. They merge religion into governance of society. They feel that because they are part of a monotheistic religion that reinforces the notion that it and only it is the right path to salvation and eternal happiness, that they have the divine right to stand on the moral high ground and pronounce what should and shouldn’t be, what is wrong and what is not, with the rest of the world -which might or might not have a rat's ass to give about your faith.
Religion is no longer a system of faith and belief, it is now a weapon and tool used to create fear and submission to authority. If you go against me, you are going against the Big Guy up there, hah, tremble and cower in fear of me. Listen and do as I say, for the Big Guy is on my side, not everyone’s, just mine. Because I have a crest here see? It shows that I have more authority to speak on behalf of God than you puny mites do.
Freedom to worship does not only apply to those worshipping something, it applies to the freedom to not worship something. Please keep that in mind before dropping little gems on what people should and shouldn't do with their personal lives.
Well not you Loh, but I'm pissed off with these people who think that meddling with other people's affairs with Heaven and Hell will somehow score them more points to go to Heaven. You go to Heaven by managing your own life, not other people's.
12:34 AM
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Lots of people around the world still remember the sad moments started today (of course not 2009, but eight years ago). When the World Trade Centre collapsed to ashes, nightmare not only haunted Americans, yet citizens in Middle East. Warfare civilians may ask, “Are we the ones that do wrong?”
Since then, America treats Muslims like all are terrorist. America does not understand Islam. America is too arrogant in solving international tension. If invasion is allowed in country suspected with terrorism, why cannot other countries invade America? America thought they are civilised, but only barbarians love war. Am I right?
There was once, a few Malaysians being stopped at America’s custom, due to the “bin” within their names. That shows how ignorant America is. Do not try to be a hero, if you do not know the truth, Uncle Sam!
There is always an issue floating in the air of Islamic countries. Islamic countries should unite, as humans, specifically Muslims are in the same ummah. Muslims should show by action, that Islam is a peaceful religion, and real Muslims are not terrorist!
I am wondering, will America invade Malaysia or Indonesia someday? Lets think about it, on this 11th of September.
**Sky in Dunedin turns grey after few sunny days. Tomorrow is Biochemistry term test, which will kill me.
7:58 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
After my Photoshop CS2 corrupted, I decided to find a newer version of Adobe Photoshop. I need this software to assist me in designing Blog promoting banner and some other web-related images. I feel so comfortable using this software, and it is my pleasure to share with my readers.
As I feel redundant to copy all the features of Ps CS4 into my Blog, I attached the official link to Adobe’s homepage:
Of course, I mean share, so I will not forget to give my dearest readers the download link (this is a Mandarin page, but I am sure you know how to click, as the official page needs registration):
Enjoy this great software! Feel free to write credit in my comment.
6:48 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Cartoon is almost a certain memory for every little kid. My favourite of all time is the “Lion King”. Yet, today I am not going to touch about “my cartoon”.
Let’s have a watch in this cool animation.
You may not understand it, but you may feel there are always some hidden meanings.
Two weeks ago, my friend suggested to me “Happy Tree Friends”. I knew this show long ago (famous what?), but I never got to touch it. Once I watched the show on YouTube, I found that the producer(s) are freaking sick!
Do you ever been in the Haunted Mansion in most of the Fun Fair? Sometimes it can be scary of some hidden hands, but it can never, ever peel your body parts off, am I right? How can a Haunted Mansion looks like a human slaughterhouse with so bloody scenes?! Any kid that watched the show may feel that world is always bloody, everywhere at anytime!
I feel creepy in myself, even though I am used to bloody body parts (sometimes it can still be scary though). I always assume that media producers know the responsibility to educate and entertain people of all groups, but Happy Tree Friends is indeed a series for sicko, not for kids! I do not know what memory will have in our kids nowadays, and in the future! Imagine, one day in 2020, cartoons featuring Blue Stuffs, Batman eating Cat woman out! WTH!
I cannot “Tahan (endure in Malay)” anymore. Yet I suggested my readers to watch animation from Aniboom in YouTube, they are all of high quality, I guarantee.
3:36 PM
Monday, June 15, 2009
I am now in the middle of exam period. I slept at four this morning, then woke up at nine. It is my habit to look outside the window once I open my eyes. Yet, this morning, my adrenaline shot up when I looked out the small window near my bed.
IT SNOWS!
This is the first time in my life I see snow with my own eyes, even though snow is common in movies. I immediately woke my flatmate and surprised him. I can see a few of my other Malaysian friends playing with snow outside my flatmate's window.
All right, snow flakes are still flying down from kilometres high. Now I need to get back to my Chemistry. Stay tuned!
4:03 PM
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Dunedin, May 31st – A few Asians in black just had a late dinner in Bennu Cafe and Bar. According to standbys, all five of them are involved in a few prominent drug and human trafficking cases, which are the most targeted by International Polices. They are recognised as the Dragon Triad.
Ha3! Just trying with new style of opening (or introducing) a post. It has been so long that I last updated my Blog, as exams and so-called-assignments are taking my time away from creativity.
Toroa International House had a Farewell Dinner (or End of Semester Dinner). Some of our friends, who are from all round the world, are leaving this residential college. Even though I do not feel any sadness or solemn in my heart, but I am sure somebody does. Living in a residential college gives us the chance to socialise and ponder into cultures from different people and nations. No matter how different we are, we still have the same sense that I noticed long ago, Patriotism.
Come back to the FOOD, I ate a whole meat pizza, which I thought to be only a few pieces when I bought the ticket for this dinner. The sauce is tasty, even though it tastes a bit too salty later. The ham is juicy. This pizza has already worth for 10NZD. After this pizza was a dessert called Sobet. It looks like ice cream at first sight, but…just ice! It is too sweet for me to bear the flavour…yet I still finished it.
Below are some random pictures from my Triad’s camera. I doubt if we can get such effects done using Photoshop.
Alan (left) looks shocked with something scary in Andy’s (right) grasp. Ha3!
The ultimate Martial from the Triad – Ultrasonic Peace, by LLT.
We just finished an illegal “transaction”. Ha3! I’m not drunk, that bottle is filled with plain water.
Thanks for J (one of our Residential Assistants) who sat in Boss’s place and had a good time with the Triad.
All right, I have to stop crapping and go back to books now. Take care, my readers! I am still alive…
4:49 PM
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Since I was small, my Mom is the one that stern and serious in educating me, who is contrasting with my Dad who is much milder in the way of love. When I wronged a word in dictation or spelling practices, I will got a whip of rattan cane. The image that will never wipe off my memory, is the pain on my feet whenever I got some careful mistakes in tests or exams. My heart was full of hatred and fear at those time, which I feel so fortunate and grateful now.
My Mom always scare that I will get strayed and cannot do well academically. Only during Year Five that I held the position as a class monitor. It was my Mom that shaped my personality as serious and not-to-smile. I should have been a school prefect as early as Form One, but cannot make it until Form Four in high school. Everywhere I went, my name is always related to a “fierce mother”.
If I want to do something not related to academic, my answer for permission is definitely “NO”. Hence, I admitted, I was trained to be a professional liar, even though I do not lie anymore when I became a leader outside my home. I had the biggest fight with my Mom when I revealed that I started my Trainee Prefect period, at the end of Form Three, just before PMR (lower secondary school certificate). From days on, I always had conflicts with my Mom, until I finished my high school in SEMEKAR as a Head Prefect (every teacher in SEMEKAR knows this).
Conflicts finally stopped after I took JPA’s (Malaysian government) scholarship and admit into preparatory programme. Since then, I felt so fortunate having such a Mom who made me more resistance to harsh words than others. If she did not gave me “tough” training, you will not read this post right now, maybe I end up behind bars now.
I already spent my whole weekend for Anatomy and Physiology. Finally I need to rest my cramped mind for couple of hours. Here I wish Mom “Happy Mothers’ Day” far from New Zealand. I will try my best to be a Malaysian that you will proud of.
