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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Systems

I did not mention any issues about V for Vendetta in my previous post cuz I felt that I would not be able to substantiate so many issues at one go. Anyway, towards the end of the film, most of the key players in the plot were killed off. Yes, V, the chancellor and the chancellor's right hand man were all killed off. Despite this, the plan that was already set in motion, did not stop. The march continued towards the government building. The "system" (military) to protect the building was already in place. Without the key players (Chancellor or Right hand man), the system could not execute what it was meant to do - to shoot at the protesting parties.

Well.. We are living in a world run by systems. System of education, system of purchase, public transport system, power grids, library systems, law and order - all of which are man-made systems to run our everyday lives. It is through these systems that we gain the "smooth" flows in our daily lives. Because these systems become part and parcel of our daily lives, we forget a simple and obvious point, they are created and run by people. There are loopholes in the systems because we created them. There are lapses in the systems because we are a part of them and some of us run them.

Since there are loopholes, there are probably times whereby people are "victimised" by the system as they may for some reasons overlook portions of the system. And also times when people see the loopholes and cheat the systems. At this point in time, who is to separate the victims from the cheaters? The people who run the systems.

People being people, we may use our emotions to judge the senarioes and may believe in the "victims". However, this will represent a lapse in the system and an avenue for the cheaters to cheat the system. Thus a lapse in the system, and also an injustice for those faithful to the system.

On the other hand, the people running the system may choose to "go by the book" and refrain from judging. This closes the avenue for cheats yet opens the avenue for victimisation (is there such a word?) to occur. Thus the "smooth" running and accountability for the system, at the same time, a form of injustice for who unwittingly fall into the situation of being victims of the unhumanly systems.

Based on the simple theory of action and reaction, I agree with the former. If I were a victim of the system, it is natural for me to argue that people should follow the first stand. And yes, I will definitely be angry. They should understand my plight!

However, if I were just a by-stander, abstracted from the situation, I would agree with the latter. It is easier to manage if you were to simply go by the book, not personal judgement. It is probably right that we feel this way because we are so used to systems that we lose our trust in our own judgement and emotions. I shall not dwell on it.

Ha.. This is as good as sitting on the fence, I know. And as a friend commented, "This is so Kenneth."

Yet, I do not ask that you, my readers, see things from my view or not make a stand, but only that you understand the both sides of the issue.

On this note, may I also ask for your comments if this entry is at all understandable to you? or is it confusing?

The Origin. 3/26/2006 06:48:00 pm

quotes

"You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true." - Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy

'How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears-
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity-' - How happy is the little Stone by Emily Dickinson

'This is your last chance.
After this, there is no turning back.
You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.' - Morpheus, The Matrix

'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it if you do.' - Unknown

'There are plenty of people with good intentions who take the wrong actions in the end' - Gundam Seed Destiny

'Life is no straight and easy corridor along
which we must seek our way,
lost and confused, now and again
checked in a blind alley.

But always, if we have faith,
a door will open for us,
not perhaps one that we ourselves
would ever have thought of,
but one that will ultimately
prove good for us.' - A.J.Cronin

"Every life has one true-love snapshot
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know
No life is a waste.
The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone"

"A man can endure alot if he still has hope." - Clyde T. Ellis

" 'Appreciate It.' 2 simple words. A life span of gratitude." - Cinderella Man

"A boxer enters the ring alone. If knocked down, he alone could pick himself up and keep the fight going." - Cinderella Man

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Jame J. Braddock: I know this isn't what you wanted. But I can't win if you're not behind me.
Mae: I'm always behind you."

"People die in fairy tales all the time." - Max Baer, Cinderella Man

"Maybe sometimes people need to see someone do it so they can do it." - Father Rorick, Cinderella Man

"You always got ot figure you're not the best man in the world, there might be somebody better. That's the way it was. That's the way boxing is. The champion don't always stand up. There's always somebody coming up to take him. That's a part of life." - Jame J. Braddock

"If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted" - The Queensbury Rules, No. 4

"All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory" - Motto of the King's Guard in Ancient Greece

"With each passing day in a good marriage, the love for your spouse grow stronger than the day before" - Cinderella Man

"I take responsibility" - President George W. Bush

"Sow a Thought, and you reap an Act;
Sow an Act, and you reap a Habit;
Sow a Habit, and you sow a Character;
Sow a Character, and you reap a Destiny." - Samuel Smiles

"Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt - Shakespeare in Measure of Measure

"What does your heart tell you?" - Aragorn, LOTR

"To an outstretched hand we shall respond with an olive branch, but we shall fight fire with the harshest fire ever." - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon

"To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. " - The Matrix

"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath." - Balian of Ibelin, Kingdom of Heaven

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird

"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

"Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf, LOTR

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." - Lilo & Stitch

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." - Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart

"Every man dies, not every man really lives." - William Wallace, Braveheart

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