No missed calls: In defence of a fallen soldier

The vilification of his actions was thorough and precise: "that man fought the evil fight and died an evil death". "History is always written by the victor" said Niccolo Machiavelli. This explains why this man has been made into a beast. Touche oh victor, his memory has been been crushed. He is despised by most and there is not a single missed call on his phone.

Now who will cry for this fallen soldier ? A man who fell for what he believed in. Who will shed a tear for the one that dared to unite and fight under a different type of ideology? . Who will remember his courage and innovation in the most difficult and trying times ?. Who will point out the fact that although he thought differently, His fight was exactly the same ? Who Will tell the youth that no single person can hold the monopoly of "Liberty" nor the definition of right and wrong?. "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently"- Nietzsche

A true soldier never goes to war to fight but to win. however, in order to win, they are very often forced to fight. The same is the case with this fallen soldier as he has been forced to fight in a desperate bid to win the war. His enemies unfortunately gained the upper hand and he fell believing in the doctrine that he stood for. Who is he ?

He is Mao, he is Karl Marx, He is Stanley "Tookie" Williams, He is Carlo Gambino, He is Fidel Castro, He Che Guevara, He is Michael McKevitt, He is Gideon Orkar, He is Attila the Hun, He is Maximilien Robespierre, He is Ayatollah Khomeini, He could be you and he very much could be me. Even if we dont understand these fallen soldiers, the least we can do is respect them.

From the realms of absolute power : Why I am not God

The concept of absolute power has never really been physically demonstrated on the human earth ... history has proven that power, no matter how much or strong, has always been contested on almost every level. Men in the likes of Genghis Khan, Alexander the great, Adolf Hitler, etc were powerful rulers who enjoyed overwhelming approval ratings. However, even at the peak of their rule, they never had a 100% hold on power as something or someone always stood in the way. In the human mind, the only person mostly thought to have absolute and incontestable power is a being referred to as "God".

Absolute power and authority is believed by most to be in the the hands of "God" or a "God" like being. It is also believed that from the perspective of God, all things are seen and every mystery is solved. One is very quickly tempted to wonder who exactly God is and what is His or Her exact location. Men like Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler etc went crazy with power that was nothing close to absolute and proved very clearly that man must not be left unchecked. Thus If i was God, I would probably make Stalin look like mother Theresa ... Thank God I am not him ... Should anyone actually seek to be God or have God like powers ? .... I vote no .... Mans selfish, evil and animalistic tendencies tend to almost always override any sense of rationality or balanced thinking, and if left to run wild, will destroy, oppress and ruin anything that does not eat, sleep and think like him .... And the reward for the most savage animals of planet earth incontestably goes to; you probably guessed it already ....

The level of intoxication in the realms of absolute power will make a man getting off his twentieth shot of la fée verte(absinthe) look as sober as a judge. Power may be brutal and dangerous, but absolute power is lethal and deadly. No person should be God or try to have God like powers as there is none so powerful, so wise, and so rational to be able to take the fate of another person into his hands. In the thoughts of Henry miller, the best a person can do is to restore to others, the belief in personal guidance.