Killer hung, let the victim's soul rest in peace! Justice prevails! I was aghast by these captions found on many sane people's FB statuses. Maybe I am the insane one.
People who were displaced from countries have forgiven their tormentors and planted their roots and had gone on with their lives. Victims of attempted genocides have recovered from their shock, thanked their lucky stars and are smelling the flowers now. The abuse victims have taken a grasp of themselves and tried to erase the past, albeit with great difficulty, and moved forward. Orphans have forgiven God for their predicament and thank the general public for giving them a helping hand. People affected by MH370 have come to terms that their loved ones are gone for good. Theories were creative speculations of self-proclaimed experts with halos, inflated egos and empty vessels with mere thoughts. Given a choice, if a genie were to appear granting three wishes, one of them would be to know what actually happened on that ill-fated day. Victims of natural catastrophes have renewed their faith and rebuilt their abodes.
But, after 16 years of waiting on death row and trying to amends to his biggest mistake in his life, how can the hanging of the perpetrator give solace to the victim's family? Can a life gone be replaced by another life killed?
Turn the other cheek, love thy enemies, don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you, ... and you should forgive and overlook - do you not like God to forgive you? Love thy neighbour. He who forgives is The Merciful. Everybody seem to say these things when it fit them. But somehow, when the perpetrator is pinpointed to a single individual, people forget all of it. They go ballistic. They put the whole weight of the for vengeance to set an example for others not to follow.
But what I do not understand is how the killer's death is going to give solace to the victim's soul to attain peace and for the victim's family to give closure to a heinous event in their lives.
People who were displaced from countries have forgiven their tormentors and planted their roots and had gone on with their lives. Victims of attempted genocides have recovered from their shock, thanked their lucky stars and are smelling the flowers now. The abuse victims have taken a grasp of themselves and tried to erase the past, albeit with great difficulty, and moved forward. Orphans have forgiven God for their predicament and thank the general public for giving them a helping hand. People affected by MH370 have come to terms that their loved ones are gone for good. Theories were creative speculations of self-proclaimed experts with halos, inflated egos and empty vessels with mere thoughts. Given a choice, if a genie were to appear granting three wishes, one of them would be to know what actually happened on that ill-fated day. Victims of natural catastrophes have renewed their faith and rebuilt their abodes.But, after 16 years of waiting on death row and trying to amends to his biggest mistake in his life, how can the hanging of the perpetrator give solace to the victim's family? Can a life gone be replaced by another life killed?
Turn the other cheek, love thy enemies, don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you, ... and you should forgive and overlook - do you not like God to forgive you? Love thy neighbour. He who forgives is The Merciful. Everybody seem to say these things when it fit them. But somehow, when the perpetrator is pinpointed to a single individual, people forget all of it. They go ballistic. They put the whole weight of the for vengeance to set an example for others not to follow.
But what I do not understand is how the killer's death is going to give solace to the victim's soul to attain peace and for the victim's family to give closure to a heinous event in their lives.
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