Sunday, December 01, 2002
Finally, 100 posts. The exam weeks are commencing! Wish me luck.
On the last day of this year’s November, the world celebrated the so-called Life Day. The name of such event will somehow make some people just celebrate the day without much hesitations. Of course, who won’t celebrate life after all?
On the contrary, Life Day is not about preaching for a good and a fair ways of living for the Human community but instead, it is about abolishing death sentence.
Death sentence is admittedly, might be the worst judgment one might received depending one’s perception in life and it is not a wonder to see some people would love to see the end of this horrid judgment. However, death sentence, in my opinion at least is important to today’s society.
Although I love peace, no one can preserve peace without fighting back when one is pushed against the wall. Although I hate to mention this, it is true that there will be no peace without war. We could see clearly in history, Pax Romana, the golden age of the Muslim’s civilizations, Renaissance and the era of modern world, all the people who lived in those times had to fight to preserve their civilizations. Analogically, crude methods need to be present in Human society as a way to preserve peace. Death sentence is one of these methods.
The death sentence at least sometimes acts as a deterrent to crime. It announces to the world that every action has a consequence, much like Newton’s Law of Motion. If robbing a person would bring on death sentence on the protagonist, certainly the robber would rethink his or her action or at least, I would (that if I am the robber, if).
The sentence could also keep revenge in check. Sometimes, when peace is undone, the only possible way is to execute to peace violator. If somebody murdered someone and he is allowed to live on, vendetta might arise, as the other side that suffered crime will certainly be unhappy to see murderer of their member sitting happily in the Indian Sea under the sunny sun on the beach.
Finally, it is a way to reduce the population of planet Earth. This might sound silly but one way or another it is a fact. One way to put it is to cleanse the world from evil doers.
Therefore, I am glad that I didn’t celebrate Life Day.
On the last day of this year’s November, the world celebrated the so-called Life Day. The name of such event will somehow make some people just celebrate the day without much hesitations. Of course, who won’t celebrate life after all?
On the contrary, Life Day is not about preaching for a good and a fair ways of living for the Human community but instead, it is about abolishing death sentence.
Death sentence is admittedly, might be the worst judgment one might received depending one’s perception in life and it is not a wonder to see some people would love to see the end of this horrid judgment. However, death sentence, in my opinion at least is important to today’s society.
Although I love peace, no one can preserve peace without fighting back when one is pushed against the wall. Although I hate to mention this, it is true that there will be no peace without war. We could see clearly in history, Pax Romana, the golden age of the Muslim’s civilizations, Renaissance and the era of modern world, all the people who lived in those times had to fight to preserve their civilizations. Analogically, crude methods need to be present in Human society as a way to preserve peace. Death sentence is one of these methods.
The death sentence at least sometimes acts as a deterrent to crime. It announces to the world that every action has a consequence, much like Newton’s Law of Motion. If robbing a person would bring on death sentence on the protagonist, certainly the robber would rethink his or her action or at least, I would (that if I am the robber, if).
The sentence could also keep revenge in check. Sometimes, when peace is undone, the only possible way is to execute to peace violator. If somebody murdered someone and he is allowed to live on, vendetta might arise, as the other side that suffered crime will certainly be unhappy to see murderer of their member sitting happily in the Indian Sea under the sunny sun on the beach.
Finally, it is a way to reduce the population of planet Earth. This might sound silly but one way or another it is a fact. One way to put it is to cleanse the world from evil doers.
Therefore, I am glad that I didn’t celebrate Life Day.
