sadarmed

this post, right after the previous one, probably convicts me as a no-lifer, (get it?) and adds to the many reasons why i should get off my bum,

anyway,

i'm alarmed and sad, because of the spate of murders this year, it's kinda crazy what desperation drives people to do what they would not normally do,

like pulling a knife and sticking it into someone's back, well, lots of persons probably do that on a daily basis, but that's not a literal story,

anyway,

why is this happening? the foreign worker argument which might be valid, however, it is also a tired one,

so maybe we have to look locally, at ourselves, why ordinary ah seng, mat and makkel, are turing to crime,

it's funny how this latest murder happened around the time straits times ran an interview with the PM, where one of the questions he answered was of the growing income divide - and i agree with him, we should never give the impression that we are a welfare state, although we should do all we can to help those that need helping, but can't help themselves,


but it's a fact that the income gap is widening, and that there is a greater number of people who are poor financially,

i'm inclined to think that the desperation that drove these people to commit murder is probably a financial matter, as really, money, is the root of all evil (pardon the cliche),

i mean maslow's hierarchy defines clearly that the most basic of human needs is physiological - food, drink, bodily comfort (wide interpretation, sex, good place to sleep, etc)

so in this fucking capitalist world we live in, we need money to satisfy all three basic cravings, and when we don't have money, we go beserk, and desperate,

and we do desperate things, chat up strangers in the bar, gel our platinum-blonde hair up to get attention from the opposite sex, steal, plunder, whatever, all those things you think you won't do out of desperation,

so we need money, and thats thats

and i've lost my point and train of thought

shit  ¶ 11:43 pm