A PieCe Of My MinD

our college have this public speaking program of which they will pick 3 random students weekly to present a brief talk on any topics in front of the whole college… and how convenient that i was 1 of them. tsk.. anyways, my turn was just a couple of days ago… and fortunately, it went quite well without boring my audience. so yeah… i’d like to share with guys what i talked about that day. here’s a copy of my speech. oh by the way, the title is "Is War The Only Answer?"  enjoy X)

"Ladies
and gentlemen, exactly what is meant by war? Most people would perceive it as
an armed conflict between two rivalries to obtain something that is highly
desirable. But sometimes, a war turns out to be a meaningless battle driven by
hatred and irrational thoughts, instead of a goal.

 

Let’s
refresh our memories on wars that are currently happening. There’s a civil war
between the Sunnis and the Shiites in Iraq, the battle to gain independence of
the Palestinians against the Israelis, then there’re numerous civil wars going
on in Africa, as well as fights for independence in Kashmir and Southern
Thailand and of course the famous war between Iraq and the United States of
America.

 

Most
of the time, we just read about these on going wars and be oblivious to them
because we take comfort in the fact that our country, Malaysia is as peaceful as
a country can get. We fail to understand their pain, their sufferings and their misery.
Imagine you being in their shoes for one moment. Imagine yourself shivering in cold,
starved half to death, seeing your family being shot at while running for your
life from being chased after by ruthless soldiers. How sad and poignant is that?

 

Undeniably,
war is brutal. War is full of waste. War is full of cruelty.
Inevitably, children and civilians are harmed. But it is not the worst thing.
Sometimes wars have to be fought to protect people, and to protect the world.
Not protecting the world, that’s the worst thing.

 

Without
war, Hitler would be President. Do you think the Nazis would have listened to
peace?

Without
war, we would not celebrate August 31st. Do you think the Japanese would have
listened to peace?

Without
war, African-American would still be slaves. Do you think the South of America
would have listened to peace?

Do
you celebrate our independence day? Do you celebrate your freedom, as
every man and woman does?

Without
war, you would not have it. Peace is an
act that has to be felt from the inside based on caring for other people. How
do you talk to a terrorist about caring for other people when they don’t even
value their own life? This is an act of justice. If it’s an act of revenge,
then we owe Timothy McVeigh an apology.

As a man of peace, I believe we should make room for love, not hate."   

Drop your comments please! appreciate it. X)
 

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