I have not been to date in my writings. i have have had quite a lot to do. but i have been keenly following my two favourite candidates for the US presidency try out their popularity. Obama no doubt has proved a better candidate. but i am neither entirely happy nor am i sad. why? i would have felt better if the contest was not between the two, Clinton and Obama, which invariably meant one had to go out. not bad for their US democrats because somehow they have managed to break fresh grounds that would have been unimaginable in the 60s.
way back in history when my ancestors thought for the comuunity to be rescued and safe from attacks of the evil spirit, wars, diseases and all such ills as were absolutely detestible, an innocent life, human or other blameless animal had to be sacrificed. on all such times the human or other animal was just minding his or her business and not troubing my ancestors' village in any way. he just had his life snuffed out because some dimwit thought that would solve the problem. i do not have the data on whether or not such sacrfices were worthwhile. but i am certain that for the people who were killed it was not worthwhile. that practice is no longer in vogue among my people and you can be prosecuted for killing another person's goat for whatever reason let alone taking a human life. 99% of the human community now know that it is not justifiable to take a human life. we have also gone to the level of pressing for the eradication of the death penalty. in my country Nigeria, of the 36 Governors of the 36 states that make up the country not one will willingly sign the death warrant of a convicted murderer. they find one way or the other to avoid it.
we have the constitution in the country that is channelled along the lines of the US with a high regard for the human life, dignity, movement and other such fundamental rights. the US should in a way be a role model for such respect for the rights of the person. but i have this fundamental problem appreciating why certain decisions are taken which more or less remind me of what my ancestors had done to their fellow humans and which we now realise is really, really bad. such decisions as sending young men and women as well as children to their early graves for the betterment of humanity. war, is what i really can't live with. killing is the other thing, dehumanising others is the third thing.
somehow in the very first year of the Bush administration he thought it would improve the human community to send American lives to ruin and in the process ruin other nations' people's lives all for the betterment of the humans that are living. one only has to watch the news on all tv stations to know that this theory like the one my ancestors relied on did not yeild his desired result. and getting out of the situation rather being seen as the only option is being viewed as an ego problem. how long this will last and at what cost is the question. ask a typical American parent who has lost his child in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq and he or she will tell you it was not worth it. Bush thinks otherwise. Now take time out and ask the parents in Afghanistan and Iraq thesame question, they will tell you in-between sobs that it was not worth it. Bush again thinks otherwise.
anyhow if you take a look at it he is right. for one, his daughter was able to find one handsome, young American who managed to avoid getting killed or sacrficed for the common good to get married to. his daughters are of military age, they are not serving in the war torn regions of the planet. of course that is not feasible, someone being sacrificed has to be sacrificed for another to live well. what use it if everyone made the supreme sacrifice. get it, now? alright then, were my ancestors on the right track? i would hate to imagine they were. i may never have come to be. horrid to think you would not be able to read from me.
the good news is everyone all over the world and particularly in the US thinks Bush messed up big and other people's kids lost big time. another good news is, Obama who hates the idea of a human sacrifice is going to be the next president of the US and hopefully, the other humans living in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the US can breathe a sigh of relief. and i can too. i just hope MacCain loses.
abbah r. agor-agalanga
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