"Living Alone" by the CNA program 'Get Rea!' - was just commenting that 'dying alone' that is happening in Japan will not come to S'pore and CNA screened the above mentioned program tonight about Singapore having one of the highest suicide rate among the developed world. It also stated that we will have 85,000 of such elderlies living alone(?) An area to pay attention to by the social sector and those with the power to help.
"Kenya identifies 1 of 4 Shebab gunmen as son of government official - AFP Apr 05, 2015
Authorities in Kenya said Sunday they have identified one of the four dead Shebab gunmen who massacred nearly 150 people at Garissa University as an ethnic-Somali Kenyan national and law graduate.
Interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka named one of the attackers as Abdirahim Abdullahi, saying he was "a university of Nairobi law graduate and described by a person who knows him well as a brilliant upcoming lawyer."
The spokesman said Abdullahi's father, a local official in the northeastern county of Mandera, had "reported to the authorities that his son had gone missing and suspected the boy had gone to Somalia".
Describing Abdullahi as a high-flying A-grade student, Njoka said it was "critical that parents whose children go missing or show tendencies of having been exposed to violent extremism report to authorities.""
Hmmm, a 'brilliant A-grade student and a brilliant up-and-coming lawyer' is one of the cowardly KILLERS!
Lessons for me are:
1. a rational man WILL NOT kill another fellow human being cold-bloodedly. So, no matter how 'brilliant' the KILLER may be academically and IQ-wise, the KILLING has to be an irrational act. An irrational act that was probably consumed by 'extreme emotional energy' of 'anyone not following my religion and the brand of religious practice DESERVE death'!;
2. often time the KILLERS' spokesmen, since the killers are NORMALLY also 'sacrificed or killed' in the attacks staged, claimed that the killing is for armies from the said country killing their comrades in some other operations. So, since they can't fight the regular armies, they can just kill INNOCENT civilians, and in this case, students who are defenceless and many probably don't even CARE, or worst, KNOW what was happening in 'the other places'!! A twisted logic by twisted minds!;
3. this type of 'killers' present VERY CHALLENGING test to the authorities to try to identify them BEFORE they went totally out of control. I guess besides watching any known radical groups in the country and around the region sharing intelligence with all laws enforcement agencies, the PARENTS CAN be an early warning source. Though it will be VERY DIFFICULT when the parents are busy with making a living to support the kids or to 'provide ALL creatures comfort to compensate for INADEQUATE time spent with the kids'! Many parents probably don't even KNOW what their kids are up to if they are not internet and ICT savvy.
This case hopefully highlighted the challenge that we can NEVER be overly complacent about 'seemingly normal, or even brilliant, people CAN turn into MONSTERS that kill innocent people irrationally'!
"Kenya identifies 1 of 4 Shebab gunmen as son of government official - AFP Apr 05, 2015
Authorities in Kenya said Sunday they have identified one of the four dead Shebab gunmen who massacred nearly 150 people at Garissa University as an ethnic-Somali Kenyan national and law graduate.
Interior ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka named one of the attackers as Abdirahim Abdullahi, saying he was "a university of Nairobi law graduate and described by a person who knows him well as a brilliant upcoming lawyer."
The spokesman said Abdullahi's father, a local official in the northeastern county of Mandera, had "reported to the authorities that his son had gone missing and suspected the boy had gone to Somalia".
Describing Abdullahi as a high-flying A-grade student, Njoka said it was "critical that parents whose children go missing or show tendencies of having been exposed to violent extremism report to authorities.""
Hmmm, a 'brilliant A-grade student and a brilliant up-and-coming lawyer' is one of the cowardly KILLERS!
Lessons for me are:
1. a rational man WILL NOT kill another fellow human being cold-bloodedly. So, no matter how 'brilliant' the KILLER may be academically and IQ-wise, the KILLING has to be an irrational act. An irrational act that was probably consumed by 'extreme emotional energy' of 'anyone not following my religion and the brand of religious practice DESERVE death'!;
2. often time the KILLERS' spokesmen, since the killers are NORMALLY also 'sacrificed or killed' in the attacks staged, claimed that the killing is for armies from the said country killing their comrades in some other operations. So, since they can't fight the regular armies, they can just kill INNOCENT civilians, and in this case, students who are defenceless and many probably don't even CARE, or worst, KNOW what was happening in 'the other places'!! A twisted logic by twisted minds!;
3. this type of 'killers' present VERY CHALLENGING test to the authorities to try to identify them BEFORE they went totally out of control. I guess besides watching any known radical groups in the country and around the region sharing intelligence with all laws enforcement agencies, the PARENTS CAN be an early warning source. Though it will be VERY DIFFICULT when the parents are busy with making a living to support the kids or to 'provide ALL creatures comfort to compensate for INADEQUATE time spent with the kids'! Many parents probably don't even KNOW what their kids are up to if they are not internet and ICT savvy.
This case hopefully highlighted the challenge that we can NEVER be overly complacent about 'seemingly normal, or even brilliant, people CAN turn into MONSTERS that kill innocent people irrationally'!
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