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Friday, February 24, 2006

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How much?

Just how much are you willing to give up?

Assume the scenerio of a man who has stolen 3000 dogs from across your nation(non-muslim), comes up to you, passes you a knife and issues you a challenge: plunge a knife in one of the dogs he's chosen, and he'll set the remaining free. Otherwise, all of them would be as good as gone. Ignoring the reasons as to why he'd come up to you of all other people, what would you do?

Cross checked with Cheng, Kent, ykian, Simin and Dqi, some of us would actually sacrifice that one dog. I would hypothesise the cause of their actions into 3 points:

1) With only one sacrificed, the percentage saved is actually very large. As the saying goes, ""Only with sacrifices, do winners come about."

2) The dog killed is not related to you and you're doing the other dogs a good deed.

3) It was after much summoning of courage and reason that leaves you with this choice.

I, however, held on to a different belief. "Sacrificing one to benefit the others" is a good thing, but can we note that the quote is not recalled completely? It is "Sacrificing oneself to benefit the others". The sacrifice talked about should be about self-sacrificial, not about sacrificing others. Now's it may only be a dog, but what if it's a human? Would you do the same just to save the "others"? Personally, I dont believe in killing to save, not in such cases when the dog/person is not even ill or handicapped. There are already many issues on law and justice on: Who has the right to judge? Who are we to judge the other dogs' lives is worth that one dog's life?

Next, the dog that I've put to you in the case is of no kin to you, what if, just what if, that dog happens to be your pet for 10 years already? Would you be able to even put the knife at its throat? I guess that's most probably a no. With the variable changed, we can now see that we wont want to do such stuff to out kins. But even if it is not your pet, you might be killing it against its will, because the dog isn't capable of thoughts so complicated, and even if it could, it would be hard for it to communicate with you. These are my thoughts because I'm a person who at certain times, place emotions before the right rights.

I'm not saying that those who would sacrifice the dog as ignorant and selfish. The best solution is always subjective, and everyone is entitled to their own views as i am to mine. Diffferent people have different concerns and hence, different behavior to different situations.

The above reflection doesnt mean I will watch the others die. I believe there is a better solution and i believe it is within reach. even if it means my life, cause 3000 dogs leh.. worth the sacrifice. I do love my own life, but at the same time, im with that self detest too, which is why im always changing,(friends with me long enough should see this). That is why, I value others' lives above mine. Im one who would treat an enemy better than how i treat myself. =).

This leads to another self contradiction. I'm one person who detest to progress at the expense of others, but there are times where I have to do so. I'm selfish lah. Im only human, a perfetc(perfetc:check definition in first text entry in November 2005) one. =

WIth the above issue closed, how about:

-][ If say one of your family member lost a limb, would you clone parts of him/her just to replace the lost limb? That at the expense of taking out cells from him/her and making duplicates of imcomplete him, who are uncapable to grow into a full human. And we're not even sure, how many of these duplicates have to be created before a suitable one is found. Some would argue that let nature take its course, it's fate, we have to accept it, and living by the quote that "Only when one falls and pick himself up will he learn and grow stronger.". While the other view would be that why not cure someone when the technology is available and with the possibility to return one to its "normal state", fills the advocates of cloning with plenty of "why nots". The opposing arguments leads to the formation of a grey area, of which is too hard to identify.

-][ If say you(gal)'re pregnant or your dear wife did an amniontic test to realise the child will be born handicapped, be it mentally or physically, would you abort the child? It's really a subjective view. but for me, i would prefer the choice of abortion for three simple reasons. One, I'm not sure if ive the capability, money and time, to spend with the child given the extra care s/he'll need. Two, I'm sure i can practice non-conditional love on him/her, but if a second child is born, im not that all saint. Three, knowing that he would be deformed before he's born, i would not want him to face the stress the society would "bestow", this society, just like many other, is just not ready to accept any unconventionals, for instance open realtionships and the minorities. But if i only found that he's not as "normal" as others only after he's born, I'll love him with no concerns. Leading us to another issue, Is genetic testing all that good?

There are just so many grey areas in life. Find them to lose them.

(above)Me and Yuhui, at L.O.V.E. landmark. On me and lester's birthday celebrations at Orchard Fish n Co 2005. Model shoot LoL, man I was stick thin then. Guess what from the the of Secondary Four till now, I've gained 18kg to just make it pass the 70kg milestone. It's time to control my rampaging appetite and do more workouts. LoL

(above)A gorgeous Chiobu pic that simpLi sent me from friendster some time ago. Really stunning, hope she's no shemale. However even if she is not, Im still on my guard. She's like the most beautiful, adorned with the most deadly spikes. lol.. dont know her anyway, just saw her pic. hope i dont get sued because i use her pic.

Why does the world decieve?

Why do I make believe?

Took my heel and make Archiles out of me.

till then; 21:46