the australian drug trafficker

i'm sure you guys must have heard or read the news about the australian who is going to be hanged and that australia is pissed off with singapore's decision. well i do not believe in taking away someone else's life because they were trafficking drugs. on the other hand, i feel that a lot of unjust comments have been made about singapore, and while i am not one to say that i am a patriotic singaporean, i feel that such comments should be rebutted on the sake of intellectual debate.

now there are many comments, mostly negative, made by foreigners about the sentence and i shall not highlight them all here but basically here are some of them:

comment: if he is hung, who is the one that suffers? his mom and relatives who would be mourning till the end of their time because of the lost of a loved one.
my rebuttal: what if he had made it through with the drugs? then how many more lives would be destroyed as a result of such people taking drugs? i would even go as far as to say that those drugs could be pushed to first time users and thus getting them hooked onto a fatal habit.

comment: a lot of people are seriously offended by singapore's actions
my rebuttal: the law is there for everyone to see. if you do not know the laws and you get caught, is it your fault for doing the illegal? it is one thing to be ignorant about the sentence but another thing totally when you know what you are in for and still go ahead and commit it.

comment: people would have a negative view towards singapore because of their actions.
my rebuttal: wun the world have a more negative view if they let this person off? true we are talking about a life here but what message is this sending to the druglords? i really pity the guy and would be sorely bitter towards the government as well if something happened to a loved one of mine, but alas, if this is the path that he chose to lead, then he has to be man enough to face the consequences.

again i have to stress that i do not condone what singapore is doing but looking at the bigger picture, it is something that has to be done. the fact that a life is involved makes it even harder and the area grey. however, those who would like to comments should always consider both sides of the story before letting their emotions run high and making one-sided judgements.

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|12:04 am|
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complaints

yo dan, this blog entry's for you for aksin me about my absence. dun take it the wrong way, i dun usually blog for people unless i am blogging for my babe and its dedicated to her. but the reason this entry is dedicated to you is because it kinda explains why i havent been blogging, and on top of that, my perspective on the world as well.

we humans have the tendency to complain. its not just a singaporean thing like we all think it is. because i believe that one who does not complain when they are not treated the way they are or get the serivce that they expect are just timid inside and do not dare to face the world. if i have offended you with this comment, dun take it to heart as you will soon see why.

well that was what i used to think, of people who didnt complain. but i realised how wrong i was. there are 2 types of people who do not complain. the ones who are timid as highlighted above and those who do not let such problems affect them. and i realise that i wanna mould myself into that kind of person.

when i blogged in the past, i used to write about reasons and my unhappiness with the world around me. but it all changed when i got attached and things got really great. i then started blogging about perspectives and all. but the underlying reason was still the same, that i wanted to let out steam on something. my previous post on education showed just this. it does feel good to let it all out, i can tell you that. but it had a negative aspect to it. it made me feel inferior somehow.

and now i embark on a new journey. to be a better person. i shall no longer blog when i am pissed off with something. rather i will blog after i have cooled down from an episode. i shall think bout what made agitated and control it first and then i shall blog about it. to me, i see no point to complain about life, coz its not gonna change anything. the person or thing you complain about will still be the way it is.

rather i would talk it out or work towards a solution. it may seem like a silent protest but it is far from that. its the growth and development of someone who strives to attain what he wants in the shortest time possible. while men start to live their life at 40, i want to do it 30. and i realise that to do that, i would have to take the road less travelled. complainin will only slow me down and i could do with less baggage on this journey.

so there you have it. the next time you wanna complain about something, stop and think. what good would it do you? plato once told a guy that if the information that the man for him was not informative, would not do him any good and was not confirmed would do plato no good. and that's just the thought i will carry with myself as well.

on a side note, good luck to all in the upcoming exams. godspeed and god bless.

Tariq :: email ::
|8:41 pm|
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