The other day when I was busy SMS-ing on a Taxi, the Taxi driver, obviously a devout Christian as could be seen from the string of slogans associated with "Jesus" at the back of the front seats, handed me a piece of brochure from a stack of paper spreaded out clumsily on top of the dashboard. He worded some comments in Chinese, "Want to join the Service? There has been a lot of things happening recently." I had absolutely no intention of converting, thus declined his offer politely. Nevertheless, I agreed with him.
One simply cannot bring himself to be happy while browsing the newspaper or listening to the newscaster these days. The world seems to be entangled in an intricate rough meshwork of what I call "mess". With the stalemate with Iran's nuclear ambitions and the stand-off with North Korean's ballistic missiles test still unresolved, the international community have to encounter further violence and bloodshed in the war between Israel and both the Hamas faction in Gaza and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. While thousands across the world have been protesting against the Israel offensive, the Bush administration appears to not pay any heed to the outcries and continue to condone what the Israelis are committing. Suspicions have risen, pointing to Iran's ploy of diverting attention away from its alleged nuclear program and also a possible collusion between Pyongyang and Tehran in the field of nuke technology. Must the lives of civilians always be sacrificed to achieve a greater good of the world in the war against terror? Perhaps it is really inevitable and someone someday has to be labeled a bad name to clamp down on terrorism and that happens unfortunately to be Bush.
As if the blood drawn from human's inhumane activities wasn't enough, Mother Nature has to protest in an equally violent nature. This month has seen a dramatic surge in the number of natural calamities, following the tsunami that lashed Java Coast last week, tropical storm Bilis that hit China badly, and the latest 5.5 magnitude earthquake that trembled Yunnan Province. The earth has been witnessing an increasing death toll from both man-made and natural disasters, it's no wonder people are turning to religions to seek sanctuary from the ugly side of the planet.
scribbled at 12:12 PM
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