Yes, they may be very good at surveillance techniques (working in teams, running off or looking the other way when you think you've seen them) but... they're there!
;)
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Hell is other people
I was reading about the Khmer Rouge today (as you tend to do) and thinking about Hell - or rather, an appropriate hell for the type of people involved in that appalling mess.
You kind of wonder what special hell could be lined up for someone like Pol Pot (or Hitler or Stalin or Cheney). Given that most of those people don't believe in God, hell might come as a bit of a surprise if there is one. But when you think of what punishments might come up - their own seem the best.
For most of them, as they pass into the netherworld the best result would be if they turned up in one of their own prison camps/concentration camps/gulags/Gitmos knowing (unlike most of their victims) that they were trapped, doomed and due a life (death) that was going to be extremely unpleasant to say the least.
That made me think of my own life (no, I don't think I've done anything worthy of a negative article in Wikipedia!) and how all of us might be effected in our own personal hells. From harsh words said in unjustified ways, to people leaving mess knowing cleaners are cleaning up after you, to looking at photos where models pose scantily dressed (as much in women's fashion magazines as men's titillating titles) and in reality they're freezing their butts off, to every aspect of someone "hurting" to make your life easier or more enjoyable, imagine if the "punishment" was to be that person when "reckoning" came.
It certainly gives a view to "treat others as you would want them to treat you". Given everything I've seen on the Internet (or even at the movies), I might have a grim future ahead. Maybe the things I do good (small and large) can counteract some of these things? Are things really about balance?
You kind of wonder what special hell could be lined up for someone like Pol Pot (or Hitler or Stalin or Cheney). Given that most of those people don't believe in God, hell might come as a bit of a surprise if there is one. But when you think of what punishments might come up - their own seem the best.
For most of them, as they pass into the netherworld the best result would be if they turned up in one of their own prison camps/concentration camps/gulags/Gitmos knowing (unlike most of their victims) that they were trapped, doomed and due a life (death) that was going to be extremely unpleasant to say the least.
That made me think of my own life (no, I don't think I've done anything worthy of a negative article in Wikipedia!) and how all of us might be effected in our own personal hells. From harsh words said in unjustified ways, to people leaving mess knowing cleaners are cleaning up after you, to looking at photos where models pose scantily dressed (as much in women's fashion magazines as men's titillating titles) and in reality they're freezing their butts off, to every aspect of someone "hurting" to make your life easier or more enjoyable, imagine if the "punishment" was to be that person when "reckoning" came.
It certainly gives a view to "treat others as you would want them to treat you". Given everything I've seen on the Internet (or even at the movies), I might have a grim future ahead. Maybe the things I do good (small and large) can counteract some of these things? Are things really about balance?
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