Things I had in mind…Preaching for
humanity

My first blog entry, earth date, September 7, 2007

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           I’m
at home today, managed to get a relief for L&L coz I attended it on
Thursday, the only Dr Boon’s Friday tutee coz the rest did not inform me that
they wanna go on Wednesday. No CM on Friday so I went back on Thursday eve.

            Enough
bout me, we’ll continue later. There are some things I wanted to share about.
Well, to those of you that are concerned enough to read it. No comments please
about my grammar, language or spelling, I’m not that good and I know it’s
broken. Still learning..

            The
thing is, I watched stg bout  the Rwanda genocide on Wednesday (oh no, here Dyau goes again!). Just finished ELTM
assignment at 6.20, don’t wanna sleep n woke up at 9, what a waste, so I went
down and watch history channel. So anyway, the thing that interested me beside
the history of it is the reason of it. It’s hard to image why 2 people that are
hardly distinguishable side by side (both of em africans) kill each other at the
rate of 300 people per minute (more than the Pol Pot n Nazis). It’s kinda
complex about the story between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Some believe they
were once a single people and that of Belgian colonization wedge them apart.
The thing is colonization did play a role in dividing them. Around the 50’s or
stg there’s a power struggle. One side rules while d other is oppressed. The
oppressed turn into refugees and went to neighboring countries. Somehow the
tide reverse and d oppressed got power, thus oppressing the once ruled.

            To
make the story short on April 6, 1994 the plane carrying
the Rwandan president and the president of Burundi (both
were Hutus) were shot down. The Tutsis were blamed thus began one of worst
genocide in history. They were UN peacekeeping force there but they were not
allowed to involve (the peacekeepers tore their blue beret to show disgust
towards the UN when they pulled out). What are the international community is
doing? Well..nothing! There is a conflict in Somalia
and one in Yugoslavia (Bosnia happened at the same time I guess) so sending a large force in Rwanda
gonna cost money, logistics n nobody wants to be involved in this mess.

            Back
in Rwanda, radio is a tool for propaganda; every Hutus took out their arms
and start to kill the Tutsis. Machete (parang in malay) is circulated between
the militias and civilian and so does d good old AK-47 (yeah!). Neighbours
start to kill each other. Villagers were dragged by the riverbanks, tied and
thrown off. In the chaos people turn to Church for refugee only to find that
Hutus priests turn them into the militias to be slaughtered. Those good ones
that provide protection were bulldozed with people in it and in one scenario
militias thrown grenades (was free for all!) into the church killing em all (d
skeletons remained to this day).

            With
nobody wants to take the responsibility in the UN, the French (those,
cheese-eating, surrender monkeys) took up the challenge and moved into
Rwanda.
Basically they don’t want any American or British to have influence in their
ex-colonies. At the same time a Tutsi invasion force (those who were once
refugees), attack Rwanda from the north like saying we’re back and we’re kicking Hutus ass.
The Hutus were losing the war and escaped to Zaire.

            The
Tutsis manage to gain power and stabilize Rwanda.
Today Tutsis controlled Rwanda. Those Hutus butchers that do not managed to escape we pardon for
their acts (in exchange for some community service, based on tribal law). So
they still live side by side to those people they once terrorize in the same
village. Islam is becoming a popular religion as they regard it more peaceful.
The fact is, Muslim Hutus and Tutsis are not involved in the genocide and even
provide shelter for the Tutsis. Some Hutus converted in order to escape
punishment. Well I’m not the judge of that

             The
thing is friends. In the history of humanity genocide happens. The
reasons…complicated (even people of the same ethnic kill each other) and each
people try to justify their action. Holocaust is the worst disaster in human
history, I agree, even if it’s the Jews who were being killed. It’s ironic to
think that some people might try to exploit these events but the thing is we
don’t need to kill each other. It’s wrong!

            We
cannot stop war, but we must prevent genocide. It is sad to think of the people
that we had dinner last night, came back today to kill our father and rape our
sisters (happened in Bosnia). Imagine seeing a mutilated people on the street of gasping for
breath or screams of young women brutalized by several men. We don’t want that
to happen in our society and our future generation, hating each other, calling
each other with demeaning names. We are human! Not cockroaches or snakes or any
sort beast! We have intelligent therefore we should act in a dignified way.

            How
it started? Because someone believe that they are racially superior to other,
that their own the land or the land is their ancestor’s. Disrespect for each
others beliefs. Discontent over some minor issues. Try to think of it, it is
wrong to called others ‘bangsa asing’ if they are the citizen of this country!
Its is also wrong for anyone to disrespect other peoples’ belief in addition to
influence them further to abandoned their belief.

            There’s no such thing is one race more
powerful (Master Race) than the other, whether its Malay becoz of the land,
nor Chinese and Indian becoz of their renown civilization or the native coz
they are here first. Every religion preaches about peace and humanity, its juz
in a different way. Like a multitude of rivers originated from the same source,
form the supreme being that every man and women belief in, GOD! And if GOD tells
us to kill each other, kill the people if this race or this belief, that is
preposterous.

            It’s
been 50 years since this nation is founded friends, and please let it last more
than another 50. Please don’t let this tiny peninsular turn into Balkan
peninsular where 3 major races (serb, croats, and Bosnian) can’t sit still.
People flock to Malaysia becoz of its wealth. Don’t waste it over petty issues. Let’s not
create a bad history of ourselves.

PLEASE…!!!!

 

 

(p.s..It’s pretty clear to you that I hate
genocide n killing, please don’t associate me with war juz becoz I like the
history of it and like warfare technology. I don’t want to hear d next time
people describe me as ‘d war guy’ or even worst a pervert juz becoz I can
control my eyes. Please, Please, Please! And stop associate me with Nazism, I
hate being called Hitler in high school and people shouting my name when it
comes to Nazism. Juz becoz I like d history doesn’t mean I adhere to that
believe)