Let’s venture awhile in the realm of imagination, realm of concept and what-ifs if you want to call it that way. Suppose that people are land areas which are indeed not so, but in this play-about scenario people are land areas and religions are countries, then in order to secure more unoccupied land areas, countries will have to aggressively expand their territories by any means possible, any means they can think of which might not be limited by prudence. After all, if gaining more unclaimed land mass is what matter the most, then perishing that land mass altogether if the country currently fighting for it could not in any perceivable way gains it, is perfectly making sense, right? Why give it or let it be occupied by other countries while this country could not control or take advantage what’s on that land, right?
Well, it sounds very well versed indeed, at least in medieval times, where unoccupied land areas mean countries we don’t recognize, where the world has beginning to see there are other countries around the world, not just some unoccupied land areas.
Now, let’s speed into modern era, where the world has been segmented nicely into countries, borders are good-mannerly settled, unless in certain areas where they stubbornly claim each rights for the lands, there are no more unoccupied land areas. We are settled or at least, those with good imagination would like to think that way, right? Sadly, no.
Although we have acknowledged each other borders, although we have acknowledged each other countries, flags for that matter, we are still declaring open wars to seize what’s currently not ours, which of course are theirs. We still want to rob, to plunder, to pillage, to loot, to ransack, to strip, to raid, to …– I’ve run out of verb – our neighbouring countries.
Isn’t that so last century?
I AM Shaumbra,
Helmy Kusuma
