Sunday, February 03, 2008

Big and Small

A murderer is a person who kills another.

A serial murderer, is a person who kills a few people.

What do we call a person who kills thousands of people?

Historically there is a term for that: hero (or heroin).

Next example:

You borrow money to buy a property, if you can't repay the loan, you lose your property to the money lender.

What if a million people do that? The money lenders are told to freeze the interest rate and government injects money to bail them out.

Here we can see there isn't any absolute right or wrong in this world, and everything is pretty subjective.

Killing is a crime? Not if you kill the enemies.

Borrowed money must be repaid? Not if the number of borrowers is large enough and election is close enough.

When pondering upon the world. Do keep in mind the stage is full of mortal beings who aren't necessarily consistent and sane.

Wish everybody a Happy Chinese New Year.

Cuppa is in his hometown now. IDD and web access are limited.

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Translation: Have a prosperous New Year!)

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