Easel

“The strong shall live and the weak shall die. That’s the natural order of things. I can’t understand why you have to help the weak, weak people are irrelevant. Shishio made me realize that the strong should live. He taught me to kill the weak and be aware of the strong people. Shishio gave me a sword, and if not for that sword I wouldn’t be alive today. He also made me realize that I don’t have a choice. If I don’t kill them, they’ll kill me. But the truth is, I never really wanted to kill anybody” – Soujiro Seta

This quotes is taken from anime series Rurouni Kenshin (or Kenshin the Wanderer). Soujiro is basically a young sword genius raised by a skewed master, Shishio which was a manslayer. In comparison, the protoganist, the former manslayer, Kenshin was a sword genius which raised by a master who embrace Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, a sword style that protects people rather than just to kill.

One person was raised by a just person on the other hand by a demon. Soujiro couldn’t discern the meaning of protect because he has been “brain-washed” by the “Strong shall live and weak shall die” instilled deeply into him by his master. He reduced from become a human. He became like a heartless animal with no good judgement and heart.

In contrast, Kenshin which was a pacifist vowed to never kill anymore for what ever reason. Vowed to use his sword only to protect. His sword was a special sword with reverse blade. Means that the sword won’t cut unless he reverse it.

After winning the battle with Shishio’s group Kenshin said

“Shishio’s logic dictates that the winner of a battle, in other words, the strong, is always correct, that it does. If the truth could be discovered by winning one or two battles, then we’d all go through life without ever being wrong. A person’s life isn’t so simple a matter, that it isn’t. The true answer is something you find out yourself by how you live your life from this day forward, that it is”.

There are extreme different in both two quotes. Judge them yourself. Just to “wash my hand”, I never meant that Soujiro is wrong nor Kenshin is right, the choice for the reader to decide.

Now what am I trying to imply?

There is a saying “History is written by the victor and not the vanquished”. It does happen even until today. What is considered fact is always what the winner hold as fact. Everything about the loser will be erased or forgotten by all means. None will know that the loser also hold a little bit of truth.

“The only person that is right is always and only ME“.

“Even when you say exactly what I said, you still wrong”. I guess that’s how world works.

“I shout loudest so I am the strongest so I shall live and you shall perish”.

This is indeed a one sided world.

“When you hurt my feeling, nah… I will find all the way in the world to persecute you. It’s a sensitive issue” But…

“When I said anything I like, even more than hurting your feeling, nah… just swallow those bitter pills for the sake of unity and peace.” WTF.

“When I killed your people, it’s just and right.” But…

“When you lift your finger just thinking to protect yourself, you are evil, demon, beelzebub, baal, lucifer, shaitan, ifrit, and what so ever name of demon I can think of, it is my responsibility to destroy you.”

When you asked the person called ME whether he/she believe in Evolution or Natural Selection or Law of the jungle or “Strong Shall Live and The weak shall die“?

“No, no I never believe in it. I must help all mankind, I am not like you who believe in those kind of “evil” ideology.” (Siap point finger lagi)

Read my post between lines and think about it. No one is right. I do what I do because I think I am doing what is right. So do you. Then should I stone you for not being the same with me? Or shall you? If we should than we will live alone (like I am) and kill everyone that pass in front me. No one have the same thinking with us even between a single heart twin is still different.

But if I am still wrong then just stone me…I washed my hand like Pilate did…