Lord of War

i've just woke up from my evening nap. no wonder i've gained weight from day to day huh. yesterday i took my evening nap from 4 till 7! and today, i've miss my plan to play soccer. DAMN!!

i've watched this interesting movie downloaded by my friend, called Lord of War yesterday. starring nicholas cage, eathan hawke and some other who looks familliar but i don't remember their name. by the way, this movie was interesting in a 'disturbing' way. not that the story itself is disturbing, but the way it make me feel how on earth could there be such a heartless human being living on the earth, breathing on other peoples despair.

for those who haven't watch this movie, i'm sure you're confused right now. right now i'll be happy to enlighten you up. this movie tells a story about an arm dealer who at first starts by selling small weapons to small time croocks in his place before he decided to go big with a larger market. from there, he goes nationwide, to every war-torn country in this world, dealing big arms machinery, not to be bothered by who sides he's selling the weapons to, and what effect it might do. i won't spill out the whole story here, but it's enough for you guys to grasp the idea of this story.

there're one statement from the movie that goes on something like this..

"i did nothing wrong, i didn't kill anyone. people sell cigarette that statistically kills more people than guns do. tell me where i did wrong."

it's not the exact quote though. come to think about it, it does make sense. i mean, eventhough he's selling weapons illegally (eventhough there's a hint of support from governments around the world), what difference does it makes between selling guns illegally and selling cigarette legally?

the answer is actually simple.

consent.

people smokes or did anything destructable to his/herself with the awareness that the stuffs they take involve health risks or destructive in any nature. but when another person kill another human being (or animals, if that is align with your moral beliefs) with a gun, he/she is taking the lives of other human being without the person's consent. ok, so it may be with consent, suicide or a death penalty but that will involve a further elaboration and discussion, which i would not prefer to be included here, and i'm not an 'expert' in that area as well. but here, the main concern is consent. same as the thing that differ sex and rape.

but this is not a justification that smoking is ok. you decide it for yourself..