Sunday

Of a flawed and tragic humanity


Amongst the various personalities that make up the local blogging universe , I confess that I have a softspot for this one particular man as pictured at the side who goes by the name Kickdefella .

Of all the noteworthy writings in cyberworld,many are capable of appealling to ones reason but few are as successful in petitioning to ones heart strings as he so easily does . (Come to think of it , other than Nuraina A. Samad's 3540 Jalan Sudin on certain days , I can't think of no other who are worth mentioning in the same paragraph)

From what I gather and by his own admissions, he is a filmaker,a father and a husband, which to an extent may explain the sensitive touch.
But more so than mere sensitivity, I believe his chief attractiveness lies in the courage that underlines his every word and protects his integrity even when his reasons are found wanting .
When you hear him, your brain may tell you that not all his facts make sense but often your heart goes along with it anyway because it is more than able to appreciate his passion despite this more obvious defects.
One learns with age I suppose,that as Providence in its wisdom tempers the timbre of all caring souls with one loose note, one too must learn to appreciate a man despite his imperfect nature.

If it is in to the hallmark of humanity to be both tragic and flawed then I would even venture so far as to say none in the local blogosphere have represented the image of man quite as well as this man does.

Recently though,word have came to pass that he has accepted employment with PAS while still being a card carrying member of UMNO .
As he is a popular figure in the blog world , congratulatory notes are pouring in from all and sunder as can be seen here, here and here.
What is disturbing though ,that far and wide and amongst the many well wishers he has it seems , not a single soul thinks of this as a bad idea and would go so much as to ask him to reconsider his decision.
Is is so far fetched to see that such a move like by a man in his position an responsibility may not be in his best interest ?
Is it too much to ask that someone al least warns him of the possiblility that to put himself between these two opposing and impersonal beasts may leave a bitter after taste where his conscience is concerned?

One can understand why both UMNO and PAS are silent on this man matter if one can learn to not expect much from either.
Soulless organisations as a whole , tend to have no trouble accepting the logic that the divine-made-man should sacrifice for human-inspired-creeds whenever convinent.

But his frens ?Where are his frens ?
Do they all concur that this move has no downside ?
Where are the blogs who are so famous for their fierce independent?
And yet , not a single soul dares to differ over this man's fate .
Like I have mentioned in a previous post ,with each passing day they sound more and more like those they claim to oppose.

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