Two Faces of Human Kind

Attention Getting Sentence: Wake up! A million deaths are not a tragedy but it is a statistic.

Ladies and gentlemen, we always like to go around and say things like "every life is

precious" and "all people are equal". When death have claimed many lives and we realized it,

but the situation was unfavorable, we often care less about it. But, when a tragedy claims many

lives that we realized and positively think that they are victims of something that happened

unexpectedly, we are much more concerned about it. In other meaning, I’m trying to say that

we often treat natural disaster victims sympathetically whereas we often treat war zones victims

merciless. The question is, why do we react with such apparently unequal preciousness? If we

seriously take the idea that every life is of equal value, we'd expect to feel sympathy and offer

hope for every unfortunate people from around the world. And yet, we do the opposite. I

believe we need a wider perspective of what is going on in the world.

On 26th of December 2004, the undersea megathrust earthquake triggered a series of

devastating tsunami that killed more than 230 thousand lives in 14 countries. Asian expatriates,

world governments, corporations, world non-government organizations such as the United

Nations, European Union, World Vision and more, as well as individuals around the world

arrived to the disaster area to offer aid and technical support. Big countries such as Japan,

United States and United Kingdom formed a coalition to coordinate the aid efforts. Some of the

countries even pledged donation amounts based on a pre-determined percentages of GDP rate

of their countries to help the victims in rebuilding their home. The conclusion is that disasters,
sadly, tend to bring out both the best and the worth in humanity, which often includes bogus

charities that look to prey on human kindness.

In another situation, let us look at the world’s most neglected displacement crisis. Ladies

and gentlemen, almost 70 years have passed since the establishment of the Israeli state.

However, no one can predict that the establishment of the country was the start of a continuing

conflict that has forced millions of Palestinians to flee their homes. Today, more than five million

Palestinians live as displaced people, more than one million of them in Gaza. Statistically, there

is more than 1 million of lives has been killed throughout the war until now. Despite the fact

that the scale of the crisis grew over the last 70 years, the attention it receives has declined.

Historically, Jerusalem was the capital of the Palestinians. Recently, the government of the

United States of America even recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. World leaders

condemned Trump’s decision and United Nations voted overwhelmingly to rebuke the Trump

administration on its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. However, there is no

comprehensive work or solution proposed to solve the problem.

The world largest economic blocks, European countries, even launched a campaign to

“chase down” Palestinians refugee boats. They called those people as the enemies of Europe.

Education in Palestine has been brought to a standstill, with more than 250 schools and various

other educational institutions having been shot at by Israeli fighter jets. In terms of housing,

more than 15 thousand were destroyed and many were left homeless.

Until today, there are not any nations, organizations, nor any individuals that go against

those veto powers. There is also no anyone in this world that offered real helps and provides
constructive solutions to solve Palestinians issues. It is just an empty talk. So, let us think back.

Since European countries can help us in providing helps and supports during the Indian Ocean

Tsunami in 2014, why can’t they also provide the same help to stop the wars between Israel and

Palestine? Why they can’t even help the Palestinians to escape from the disaster like how they

help those Tsunami victims in rebuild their hometown?

As a famous saying goes: "One person dies and 1 million cries, 1 million dies and no one

cries". This is sadly the current situation in the world today. The sad death of Apple creator,

Steve Jobs remind us back to the death of pop legend Michael Jackson. In fact, both of these

legends are amazing creator, an artist, a revolutionary in advance mankind. In fact, Apple has

made leaps and bounds for technology. But, do we realize that everyday people die of

preventable diseases like malaria or simply of hunger. Should we ask ourselves that just because

of we don't see those people on the news everyday or they don't have a direct personal impact

on us makes then it would be alright to forget them? Think back when the death of a mega

superstar who had it all, we are ready to scream out loud and have our voices heard throughout

the world through social media. But yet, we let out a muffled sigh and a mere shake of the head

when we hear about war ravaging innocent lives and people dying unnecessarily of hunger.

Hence, I would like to ask two very simply question. Do we need more Steve Jobs? I wouldn’t

mind. Do we need more tears for Africa? Probably not because cry doesn’t improve their living

situation and those of them around them.

We, as the world population, cannot only sit on the sideline. A rally of unity should take

place in support of all those who are oppressed around the world, no matter where or at what

time. Followers of all religions will always be made to break each other by the world's elite.
Though if we unite and not "Palestine," "Refugee" or "illegal immigrants" we will not be labeled

as "two faced," and face a problem of conscience for the rest of our lives and have the blood of

millions on our hands. As the famous quote goes: "All of us, the great and the small, have need

of each other." Be a kind human not be a cruel and nasty human. Therefore, I would like to end

my speech today.