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BY ANGELICA LOUISE PFLEIDER
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I AM SLOWLY being turned into an Otaku.
One of the anime I am currently hooked on is Tokyo Ghoul (yeah I know, I know better late than never). I’m still at Season 1 but there was a lesson in the last episode that really struck me.
It was when the protagonist Ken Kaneki was being tortured physically and mentally by the sadistic ghoul Jason.
There was one part where Jason wanted Kaneki to choose which of his servants he would let live and which one he would let die, the girl or the boy.
However, since Kaneki was afraid to hurt them since choosing would be like “killing them himself”, he didn’t choose any of them and as you would expect Jason ended up killing both of them.
That’s when I realized how this can also be applicable in real life. Kaneki could have saved at least one of the servants if he only had the guts to make a choice.
Sometimes constantly being neutral, the man in the middle, undecided, can have dire consequences. I can relate this to non-conformists and people who “don’t like politics.” Maybe you can’t find a candidate or politician that you favor, but I don’t think that should be an excuse for you to shun participation altogether. If both candidates seem to be full of crap, at least try and choose the lesser of two evils.
When we were granted the right to suffrage we were given the power to form opinions and ideas. Why don’t we use this power to at least try and help our community?
Sometimes our opinions may not be popular, sometimes we may be insulted or challenged, but at least that’s better than just a useless waste of space in your community. Human civilizations have been led by a form of government all throughout its history. From simple tribal chieftains to infamous dictators.
People need to make choices and form ideas in order for their community to develop. Don’t just be middle-ground because you are afraid of the consequences of your decisions.
Choosing not to act will hurt even more people. (angelica.panaynews@gmail.com/PN)
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