The Christmas Truce: A Day when Humanity Won

"We are all, we are all, we are all

We are all friends!

 

And today we are brothers, tonight we are friends

A moment of peace in a war that never ends

Today we are brothers, we drink and unite

Now Christmas has arrived, and the snow turns the ground white"

 

-"Christmas Truce" performed by Sabaton, 2021

 

            In this momentous time, two weeks away from Christmas as per time of writing, I am following up on the story about moments in world wars where humanity is deemed intact in the midst of hell created by the fighting and violence. In the previous instalment, I talked about two pilots from the opposite sides who ended up befriended each other after the war was over. This time around, I'm going to explore a bigger event, one that is still celebrated as part of the memorials to the lives lost during the first world war, and it actually happened during Christmas.

            By this point, we all know in what war this event took place in. The first world war erupted as a result of many diplomatic tensions after an assassination job that cost the Austro-Hungarian Empire their heir to the throne. After months of repeated diplomatic events to defuse the situation, war is eventually inevitable, and countries soon mobilize their forces across all fronts. The war itself was fought mainly at the Western Front and the Eastern Front.

            But towards the end of 1914, stalemates had occurred all because of the trench warfare, a fairly new system at the time. Soldiers would dig up pits that can stretch up to several kilometers, and that was their place to sleep and eat. Soldiers come and go, those who fought the initial battles over the summer were mostly dead, heavily, or moderately wounded, or imprisoned, and at this point, countries rely on conscripted men in order to keep up with ever changing condition. These young boys practically knew nothing about the situation that they signed up for, as they must deal with hostile condition, enemy fire, and diseases and pandemics (the Spanish flu pandemic took place around the time of the first world war). 

            Granted, the morale among the soldiers were at all-time low, as they realize the severity of the situation that they must deal with on a day-to-day basis. During this time, death doesn't even come in the form of an enemy barrage, but it can also come from cold temperatures, lice infestations, and other diseases. It was also noted that minor truces began to form all over no man's land. The so called "gentlemen's code" is basically a live and let live scenario, or nowadays called the "rules of engagement", which implicitly states that you must not engage unless you are being engaged upon. Such agreement was used by troops on either side to repair their equipment and bury their fallen comrade. This can also expand to codes that would alert the other side of an upcoming bombardment. Shots and grenades were deliberately fired off to the sides, and sometime, several troops would emerge out of the trenches unarmed with their hands above their head.

            The date was 24th of December 1914, it was a relatively busy day at the Western Front, where the German army, as part of the Central powers squared off against the allied forces, which consists of mostly French and British soldier. At the same time, Christmas presents started to arrive, mostly letters from home and some sweets, beverages, and cigars. But it was the event on Christmas Eve that would kickstart the truce itself. During the day, some troops were reportedly passing each other with no intention to harm, but instead involved in short conversations. Some high-ranking officers on either side even discussed a possible Christmas day ceasefire. The readers of the Christian faith must be familiar with some Christmas songs like O Holy Night or Silent Night. The latter was actually sung by the Germans in their native tongue, Stille Nacht (Side note, Stille Nacht is actually originated from Germany). This prompted the curious Allied Soldiers to inspect the other side of no man's land. Soon after, a friendly sing-off erupted between two sides, with each trench dressed to the occasion with small Christmas trees. 

            Then as dawn broke on the 25th of December, instead of barrage of bullets, it was silence, a deafening silence. Some brave souls eventually started to emerge from the trenches, some of them unarmed, some still carrying weapons. Furthermore, they were banned from activities that would insinuate a clear intention of harm, like erecting barbed wires, repair their trenches, or even worse, calling out a strike. At first, small talks were occurred, but it soon evolved to full blown Christmas parties and sing-offs, involving soldiers exchanging gifts, sweets, cigarettes, and even booze. And don't forget the Christmas masses and funeral processions for their fallen friends.

            You might be wondering, why this event is etched as the most memorable humane moments during the first world war, and the answer is the Christmas Truce Football Match. Some accounts detailed a football match of some sort breaking out along the lines, with most of them stated that the Brits initiated those games with a normal kickabout. Soon, stretchers normally used to carry wounded men were transformed into goalposts, and a football match began between England against Germany, played in No man's land Arena. One account stated that in that game, they lost to the Germans by 3 goals to 2.

            Of course, in the midst of the joy, there are some detractors that refused to take part in the truce and chose to remain inside their trenches. Some officers, like a certain future dictator reported this event to the higher-ups, claiming that fraternization between enemies is considered as an act of treason. And as the news traveled through the chain of command, Commanders on both sides quickly establish a new law that would discourage soldiers from forming future truces. And from then on, from gas warfare, America's eventual involvement in the war, all the way to the treaty of Versailles, there was only one Christmas Truce, and it was happened on the Western Front on 24 to 25 December 1914. And let me tell you, even as the news outlets at the time moved as fast as they could to censor the news, the story of the Christmas Truce remains as one of those moments in history, where humanity prevails, even just for one day in the midst of extreme inhumanity. 

            When I first wrote about Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler, this is the other story that I was referring when I said that I would keep the other story until the appropriate time arrived. I am not a Christian, but irrespective of religion, there must be unity and no division, peace instead of war, and harmony instead of chaos. We remember those who fought for their countries, especially those who participated in this truce.

            

"A Christmas on the frontline, we walk among our friends

We don't think about tomorrow, the battle will commence

When we celebrated Christmas, we thought about our friends

Those who never made it home when the battle had commenced"

 

-"Christmas Truce" performed by Sabaton, 2021

BreadTube: The Cesspool of Woke Propaganda

 (Warning: Strong languages and rants ahead)

 

            Goodness gracious, forgive me for I have sinned, My Good Lord above. This piece is about as cringeworthy as it is nauseating. I can easily say that everyone who engages in far-left, ultra-socialism, borderline communism deserves to be tossed off a cliff into a shark-infested ocean. There, I fucking said it. As someone whose country was almost hijacked by the communist ideology, I can safely say that this ideology, with everything surrounding it, is demented.

 

            But fuck me dead, the Internet has plethora of far-left discourses, opinions, even ideologies circulating in every corner, and this is also the case with YouTube. Granted, videos came and went in this platform, and for most of the time, everyone can speak up their mind, but there is one dark corner of the very far-left side of YouTube, where content creators gather up in a party of far-left propaganda enhanced by the algorithm to bring forth their communist-infused rules and at the same time, positioning themselves as the "thought police". This corner of YouTube is known as "BreadTube". I don't know about you who are reading this, but I think that is a pretty lame word to be used as a name. But there is a reason why this lame movement is named as such. The name derived itself from a book by Peter Kropotkin titled The Conquest of Bread, a book described by Kropotkin himself as an "anarcho-socialist book", since he himself is a self-described anarchist. There is a dispute of the origins of this movement, but there is arguably a starting point where the left-wing creators started their channels in opposition to anti-SJW ones that gained traction in mid-2010s. It is often used as a comedic alternative to the less-known term "LeftTube". Content creators under the banner of BreadTube usually posts video essays or vlogs talking about the hottest issues and discourses, but presented them through the far-left lenses, from liberalism, socialism, and even anarchism. There is a bit of a competition between the left-wing YouTube and the right-wing ones, both are extremely political, both are said to be complete opposite of each other, and both sides are equally influential. If the conservative side have The Daily Wire, then the liberal side have Natalie Wynn, also known as ContraPoints. 

 

            These types of contents, as you would expect, are skewed according to their political compass, some of them to the extreme. Take Ian Kochinski, or Vaush, as people know him online. He's one of the more prominent BreadTuber who holds many controversial stances, including stances on sexual relationships. Here's what grinds my gears about this neckbearded cocksucker: He holds the stance that sexual relationships towards minors should be legalized, even the circulation of child pornography should also be allowed, with the basis of today's society are using hardware devices or clothes manufactured by child workers. He is not above throwing insults and baseless allegations to get his point across either. During his feud with Isaac Butterfield (my favorite Australian comedian. Check out his channel if you have some spare time), Vaush implied that "Australianism is a disease", supposedly a backhanded joke about Butterfield's national identity as a proud Aussie. He also insinuated that by looking at the way Isaac presented himself in front of the camera, the comedian is also (allegedly) a child groomer. And then there is Noah Samsen, who also called out Butterfield's "fatphobic" tendencies, which not only falls on deaf ears, the bearded legend proceeded to tear him a new one while also affirming the stance that modern body positivity movement is nothing more than a glorification of morbid obesity, despite the efforts put forth by these alleged Kim Jong-un's ass sniffers. More recent shithousery by the leftist jackasses on this platform was by Ethan Klein, on his podcast H3H3 Productions, who mocked and attacked the recently Muslim-revert Andrew Tate (Thank Almighty God for that). In response, the man known as either the Top G or the most censored man in the world fires back at Klein's form who, compared to Tate, being a champion kickboxer, is more like a bag full of fat.

 

            I don't really understand anymore at this point. They claimed themselves to be anti-racism and anti-xenophobic, but based on those two above, I sense nothing but hypocrisy. Others are expert in manipulating words to make them sound like they are the smartest people in the room. Mr. Beard used this tactic while supposedly "destroyed" Butterfield while also calling out his "apparent" misogyny. There is no shortage of insults either; his video title outright attacks Butterfield by calling him "Australia's dumbest comedian." And low and behold, the man Isaac referred to as Ralph Wiggum (from The Simpsons) proceeded to mock him by poorly copying (or should I say appropriating) his Australian accent. Other times involving cutting out some parts of their target's content in order to manipulate the audience that what their targets are saying is inflammatory and racist, and not giving enough time to explain in what context those statements are made for. And thanks to these types of videos, I am enlightened on how shit the woke movement is, on how demented those people who claimed to be tolerant, and those who claimed to be against the establishment, but in reality, that same group of people are turned out to be corporate ass lickers. 

 

            BreadTubers, as it turns out, are heavily involved in the modern progressive movements, it means, in every progressive echo chamber, BreadTubers exists inside every single one of them. people like Vaush, Samsen, Mr Beard, and even Xanderhal are basing everything according to the US political dichotomy. Just recently, the backlash in the back of the new The Little Mermaid trailer posted by Disney by both fans and critics alike, for the reinterpretation of Ariel the Little Mermaid, who instead being played by an actress of color. Although never specified, the past interpretations of this character have always been white girl with a red hair. BreadTubers argued that the backlash in question is amplified by "racist trolls" and "conservative influencers". These are their go to trigger words in order to pull the Internet mob to side with them. Ironically, consider today's discourse climate, it's them along with others with similar views are actually racists themselves, exhibited by them favoring more about Persons of Color and LGBT movement. Hell, nowadays people are judged by their skin color, sexual orientation, and their body size (don't forget the fatties here). Those who are born either black, a woman (according to them, obviously), trans, nonbinary, have larger than life bodies or the combination of all those things are celebrated just because of their treats alone, not for academic, sporting, or other achievements. Those who were born white, a man, cisgender, and fit or slim are vilified because, again, according to these guys, they were born privileged. They wanted to be presented as an ally to the political left with a seriously twisted ulterior motives. Let's look at Vaush again, who confessed himself to align with the feminist movement so he can sleep with as many women as he wants. 

 

            In the end, BreadTube is nothing more than acid pool of woke moralism, with the extra sprinkle of Marxism, Socialism, Anarchism and all the things associated with far-left liberalism. They are ready to attack anyone who isn't in line with their demented opinions by bullying them systematically to the corner until their targets caved in and join their side. What used to be a healthy discussion between differing opinions has now turned into a hellscape of censorship and pseudo-moralism. Seriously, go jump off a cliff.

2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar: The Most Politically Charged World Cup in History

(Warning: Strong languages ahead)

 

            As I'm writing this, we are only 5 days away from arguably the biggest sporting event in the entire world, the FIFA World Cup. For this year's edition, we will travel to the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar, the third ever country from the Continental Asia to host the tournament (the 2002 edition featured Japan and South Korea as co-hosts), and the first host hailing from the Arab nations. I'm all for football and party, but this year, we're not even kicking off yet, there are already concerns about the host nation in particular, on how some of their stances left a sour taste for other countries.

 

            The World Cup is the highest international tournament sanctioned by FIFA (Federation of International Football Association) first held in 1930 with Uruguay acting as the host country, with qualification phases typically began roughly two years after the final match of the previous edition. Since 2002, Each edition features 32 nations competing for football supremacy, although the number are set to increase to 48 when the tournament reopens in 2026, which for the first time ever, hosted together by three countries, being the USA, Mexico, and Canada. Statistically, this world cup is the first for the host nation of Qatar, becoming the first team to host the final tournament without participating in previous edition. This is also the first world cup ever to be hosted by a member country of the Arab League. The last time a world cup was hosted in countries other than Europe, or the Americas was in 2010 by South Africa, the first and only African nation to host the tournament so far. Defending champions, on the other hand, are not exempted from the qualification process. Case in point, the 2018 defending title holders France had to fight their way to a spot in Qatar by placing 1st in their UEFA zone qualification group. There are teams that finally broke their world cup drought, notably Canada and Wales, last qualified in 1986 and 1958 respectively. Italy became the rare case where multiple time winners missed out on two successive tournaments, previously crashed out from Russia 2018. This year, Russia was barred from participating as a result of the ongoing invasion to Ukraine. Prior to this ruling, Russian athletes were banned to enter any competition as Russian representative; they must compete as a neutral athlete or representing their confederations as a sanction for violating the World Anti-Doping Policy. And due to the geographical size of the country, this edition become one such instance in recent history where the venues hosting the matches are less than 10 sites, where there are only 8 stadiums across 5 host cities of Doha, Al Khor, Lusail, Al Rayyan, and Al Wakrah. The first ever tournament in 1930 hosted by Uruguay only featured 3 stadiums in Montevideo, while the most venues across the tournament so far held by Korea-Japan edition in 2002, featuring the massive 20 stadiums across 20 cities between two countries. For the record, 32 teams from across the world are throwing their hats to the ring to become the single best football team in the world, a bragging right everyone is dreaming of. 

 

            But the 2022 world cup is not without its fair share of controversy. First off, the schedule. Since its inception in 1930, the biggest international football tournament always takes place in the middle of the year, following the conclusion of the European football season. That was the case back in 2010 in South Africa, 2014 in Brazil, and the recent one in Russia just over 4 years ago. But since Qatar is basically a desert country, with soaring heat that could reach as high as 40-50°C, the tournament was pushed towards the end of the year, with opening night on 20 November 2022 between Qatar VS Ecuador in Al Khor, and the final on 18 December 2022 in Lusail. This created a hell of a nightmare scenario for European based players and teams, as this tournament fells exactly during the middle of the season and pushing almost towards Christmas. As a result, the tournament was crammed from 30 days to just 28. This tournament then is in jeopardy of being overshadowed due to the nature of the tight schedule, as well as balancing world cup football with the ongoing season of club football, with majority of the leagues are only halfway into their respective seasons.

 

            The second, and probably most prevalent, is the Qatari government's stance on LGBT issues. As like many other countries in the Arab world, Qatari laws are heavily based on the Islamic sharia law, which means, any forms of homosexuality or any other alternate sexualities are heavily frowned upon at the very least. It's pretty obvious that homosexuality is considered haram not just in Qatar, but in every country in the Arab world, or even countries which have a substantial Muslim population. Hell, it is actually illegal to exhibit LGBT behavior in Qatari public space, and if Muslims are convicted of homosexuality in Qatar, then death penalty awaits. As a fellow Muslim, I have to say that the decision regarding the laws is up to the government of the host nation, but I guess what the Qatari ambassador for the world cup, Khalid Salman said about respecting the country's laws are spot on. The West are notorious for forcing their rhetoric on other countries, even if same discourse is not in line with the country's way of life. Hell, some teams are planning to wear a rainbow armband for "solidarity" to the community. Hell, there are news that The USA has revealed an alternate version of the team crest, which replaces the red stripes for the rainbow ones, depicting the LGBT Progressive movement. Other grievances are the limitations of alcohol consumptions in public spaces. It has been quite a staple of every world cup that every supporter of every team drinks quite large amount of booze. Countries like Germany and The Netherlands are known as the haven of alcoholic beverages, most notably beer. France is also in the liquor market, although there is a law that prohibits the advertisement of other liquor products like beers. As like many other Muslim countries, alcohol is also practically prohibited per the sharia law. When it comes to the backlash surrounding the gay issues, I say fuck this shit, and just play some soccer, you brain-dead fucks.

 

            The last thing is the working environment en route to the tournament. For the last three years, Qatar has come under fire for alleged slavery, especially during stadium constructions. Allegations included unpaid work, forced labors, unsafe work environment, even withholding their legal documents such as passports and other legal papers. As a result, backlash ensued in light of this revelation. Many of those workers as it turned out, are foreign workers from places like India and Nepal. 

 

            But on the bright side, this world cup features extensive technologies, either for the stadium or devices designed to help the match officials in the event of a foul or an incident. The 2022 edition will be only the second edition to feature the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), having been used in the 2018 edition, which produces iconic moments like the one at the 2018 final, when Antoine Griezmann of France scored a tide-shifting penalty in the wake of Croatian Ivan Perisic's handball which was reviewed by VAR. This extra set of match officials are used to review certain scenarios that otherwise would be missed by the on-pitch officials, like offside lines, fouls, mistaken identity, and other fouls that could potentially disallows a goal being scored. During its first introduction, football was the latest sport to utilize video referee of some sort in international tournaments. Other sporting events like the Rugby World Cup has used this system (dubbed the Television Match Official, or TMO) since 2011. Previous technologies used are the goal-line technology, first utilized in Brazil 2014 in the back of the controversy surrounding Frank Lampard's ghost goal against Germany in 2010, which ended up being disallowed. This edition will mark the first usage of the Semi-Automatic Offside Technology (SAOT) designed to assist assistant referees to judge whether a player is caught offside. Both of these technologies involving several cameras placed in strategic locations and several sensors planted inside the match ball. Speaking of the ball, Adidas' new match ball, named Al Rihla (which means "The Journey") has several new technologies like the Speedshell panels designed to improve accuracy by enhancing aerodynamics of the ball itself. The other is what is dubbed as CRT-CORE, which provides speed, accuracy and consistency with fast-paced action and precision.

 

            But the most notable ones being the stadiums themselves. As we all know, Qatar's desert climate means high air temperatures. This is mitigated by installing cooling vents inside every stadium used for the matches. Some stadiums even have retractable roofs to control the climate inside the stadium, reducing the excessive usage of coolant and water used for the cooling system. Other means of technological advancements is the usage of sustainable energy to power the stadiums, this being solar energy. Hell, one stadium in particular, Stadium 974 in Ras Abu Daoud, Doha is the first and so far, the only temporary venue used in FIFA World Cup history, being made from various shipping containers. It was first used at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup and would be dismantled after the tournament closed its curtains. 

 

            The 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar then, is the world cup edition like no other. From the tournament schedule, and all the politics involved behind the scene, this edition of the biggest international football tournament is shaping up to be the most memorable edition in history, all for the reasons people least expected. With all that being said, when Qatar 2022 opens its doors, we will be treated with spectacular football, nonstop action, and memorable scenes from the football pitch. Regardless of what the media said, this world cup is going to be the epitome of world football. Let's enjoy the world cup, and let the good times roll.

Fritz Haber: Sinner or a Saint?

 (Warning: Graphic description ahead)

"Haber-Bosch, the great alliance

Where’s the contradiction?

Fed the world by ways of science

Sinner or a saint?"

 

-"Father" performed by Sabaton, 2022

 

            It has been said that every human that ever lived has two sides of themselves. One is for public consumption to be explored and analyzed, the other is reserved for themselves, far away from the preying eyes of the masses. But never in history has a man is known both as a saving grace of humanity, and a cold-blooded monster responsible for millions of lives lost during a conflict. And as the words above have stated, he can be viewed either as a sinner or a saint.

 

            Since the end of the Renaissance era, scientific breakthroughs have been used to the advantage of mankind, agriculture is one of them. Two German scientists instantly came up to mind when it comes to this, thanks to the Haber-Bosch process. As the name suggests, one of the responsible scientists was the man named Fritz Haber. The Breslau, Prussia (present day Wrocław, Poland) native was born into a well-off Jewish family on the 9th of December 1868. Upon young Fritz being brought into the world, he lost his mother exactly three weeks after childbirth; his parents are first cousins as well. As a result, Fritz never experienced paternal love from his own dad, and consequently grew close to his stepmother and his three stepsisters. Despite his family's deep religious background, that of Judaism, The Haber family are fully assimilated to the German society; Fritz himself even identified more as German than a Jewish. 

 

           The young Fritz Haber was always interested in chemistry, so much so, his father eventually sent him to Berlin to attend Humboldt University. Felling dissatisfied with his winter semester, he switched to Heidelberg University for his summer semester, and eventually earned his degree from the Technical University of Berlin. But this is also costing his familial relationship with his father, whom, after working together, decided that he and his son were not suited to work together. Siegfried Haber even noted that Fritz never belonged to the business world. 

            

            Eventually, Haber began his academic career at the University of Jena, working as an assistant to fellow chemist Ludwig Knorr. His tenure with Knorr ended up beneficial to Haber's career down the line, as he was recommended by Knorr to Carl Engler of the University of Karlsruhe. From Engler, came Hans Bunte, who advised Haber to study hydrocarbons as part of his thesis. There are many areas of chemistry that involved Haber over the years, but it was his collaboration study with Carl Bosch, about the use of ammonia and its role as synthetic fertilizers that made his name a legend among chemists, even earning him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918. The process, known as the Haber-Bosch process, sought to convert ammonia and from the catalyst process were to be used as fertilizers. Their reasoning being the speed of the crops to grow were too slow, whilst population kept on increasing. 

 

            But with this man, there was a dichotomy. During his lifetime, World War 1 erupted as a result of several diplomatic tensions in the back of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Haber, along with 92 other German intellectuals, formed the Manifesto of the Ninety-Three, to support the German Empire's war efforts. And low and behold, Haber's work on ammonia was weaponized as chlorine gas to be used by German troops on the Western Front. He actually helped develop the non-ballistic use of chemical warfare, a fairly new technology at the time. It was first deployed on the Second Battle of Ypres, fought on 22 April to 25 May 1915 against the French. It was also this type of weapon responsible for the grisliest battle in the history of the first world war, the Osowiec Fortress Offensive, otherwise known as "The Attack of the Dead Men", where heavily gassed Russian soldiers managed to deal a heavy blow to the German army despite their near-death condition, with bloody rags, pieces of damaged lung being spit out, and damaged skin and other soft tissues. 

 

            Granted, the use of Haber's gas weapons was heavily criticized when he was announced as the recipient of the Nobel Prize, citing his involvement during prior war. Hell, one of the critics was his own friend Albert Einstein. And this is not limited to his academic career either. Haber was married twice, first to Clara Immerwahr and had a son, Hermann, and to Charlotte Nathan, fathering two more children, a daughter, and a son. His first marriage with Clara also full of turbulence. Clara Haber was known as a pacifist and opposed his involvement in the war. She committed suicide by shooting her won heart with a revolver after a nasty argument with Fritz. His second marriage with Charlotte didn't end well either, although there was no blood spilled from either party.

 

            During the last years of his life, with the rise of the National Socialist Movement (subsequently known as the Nazi Party), Haber traveled extensively, having spent his time briefly in France, Spain, and Switzerland. Fritz Haber died in Basel, Switzerland on 29 January 1934 at the age of 65, after his health failing significantly over the last two years of his life due to angina attacks, which is a common symptom of coronary heart disease. Per his last wishes, Fritz Haber's remains were cremated and reunited with his first wife's ashes and buried at Hörnli Cemetery in Basel 29 September 1934. 

 

            Fritz Haber's tale is like two sides of the same coin, each with its own dichotomy. On one side, he was a hero of the chemistry and agricultural world, responsible for the creation of synthetic fertilizers used to grow crops, and subsequently fed the entire world. But on the other side, Fritz Haber was a monster capable of evil by developing the same creation, but as a devastating weapon used by the Germans during the Great War. He was, and always be the most polarizing figure ever lived, and normally, I want nothing to do with this man, but the story is so fascinating, I can't help but to dissect this man. Even if it means uncovering more of his heinous underbelly beyond his legacy as the one who fed the world.

 

"Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare

His dark creation has been revealed

Flow over no man's land, a poisonous nightmare

A deadly mist on the battlefield!"

 

"During times when there's peace he belonged to the world

During times when there's war he belonged to his place of birth."

 

-"Father", performed by Sabaton, 2022

Dylan Mulvaney: The Epitome of Mockery

 (Warning: Strong language, sex and body shaming jokes, and rants ahead)

 

            Oh, God. I don't know what in the world is going on anymore. Between my current activities as a magistrate student and my researching activities, the world keeps on evolving with new ideas and discourses. But unfortunately, the evolution in question, instead of going forward, it would only go backwards. At this stage, we all are in course to become the society of simple minds and propaganda, as depicted in the 2006 movie Idiocracy. But what set this world and Idiocracy apart, unfortunately, is the level of stupidity the society had showed over the years. In the movie, despite most of the population is literally illiterate, they are not as bad as today society, not with those left-wing discourse and narratives being pushed into the masses every single day and working hour. And this is not limited to gender issues. I touched this issue some weeks ago while discussing the Muslim community's pushback against LGBTQ books being made available to kids as young as a grade schooler, and for this piece, we will dive into the life of a man who is deluded enough to think that he is actually a girl.

 

            Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Dylan Mulvaney. he was born in San Diego, California, USA on the 29th of December 1996, and was raised as a Christian. There is no further information regarding his upbringing, family member, or even a spouse, that is, accounting the fact that he rarely disclose his relationship status. But there is some info on his educational history, where he attended the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music and earning a BFA in musical theatre. Many would recognize him as a theatrical actor in his heydays, but not until his TikTok days people would discover him. 

 

            It all started when he first uploaded his "Days of Girlhood" video, where he detailed that he has been crying three times, wrote an email that he didn't send, ordered some dresses that he couldn't afford, and whether he's been asked on how he was feeling, his answer was "I'm fine." For fuck's sake man, you are creepier than Jeffrey Dahmer, or Jimmy Savile in that matter. He first identified himself as "nonbinary" prior to this stunt, which is a tell-tale sign that someone is a total idiot beyond salvation. This walking twig with a wig and a meat pole then started this series on TikTok, complete with an exaggerated stereotypical behavior of a high school girl with a princess syndrome. He even carries tampons and other feminine hygiene products, when in fact, his biological built is basically comprised of a penis and two testicles. Seriously, if this is the direction that our society is heading, we will be driving straight off a cliff. In fact, this is so out of control, another transgender celebrity, Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) criticize Mulvaney when one of his "day of girlhood" videos posted by him detailed Mulvaney's effort to "normalize the bulge" on women. First of all, you stupid cunt, women don't have a bulge, men do. And for you to casually say that to be normalize among other biological women is disgusting. Hilarity ensues when several conservative commentators take jabs at this beef, and especially Mulvaney's content as a whole, particularly Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, and Andrew Klavan. Walsh in particular, fresh off his critically acclaimed documentary appropriately titled What is a Woman? pointed out Jenner's response on that video, stating that he (Mulvaney) should not normalize any of the dumpster fire he's spewing, and that he has a penis himself. The Jewish legend that is Ben pointed out Mulvaney's visit to President Joe Biden, and their conversation about trans rights issues (what they mean is medical and chemical castration of kids). Several weeks before the beef with Jenner, Mulvaney appeared in a video of an episode of The Reality Of... by Ulta Beauty, discussing his vulnerabilities and his desires of womanhood, which is biologically impossible for him since HE WAS BORN AND RAISED A FUCKING MAN. I guess what Michael Knowles said about him is right on the money. He needs a priest, and he needs a fucking exorcism. Hell, I would gladly stand in front of him, reciting the Quran until he gives up on his delusions, and I'm going to need Andrew Tate's help to shape him into a Top G.

 

            Again, the way this world works right now is nothing short of an irony. If someone has a differing position on critical issues, they are instantly de-platformed, cancelled, and sent into the abyss of obscurity, and if someone is in line with the woke agenda, they will be praised and regarded as an icon. Honestly, watching all these TikTok videos makes me feel appalled. We all know that men and women are not the same. women are more of an empath; men are more rigid. Men are physically taller, bigger, stronger, and faster. Women are more caring, gentle, and more agile. And guys like Dylan Mulvaney and Jeffrey Marsh (another "nonbinary" idiot) served as a harrowing warning to us about the importance of instilling your kids with the correct values and norms, and to guide them as they navigate themselves into this world full of deceptions and propaganda. And if anything, they should not be drenched in admiration, it should be straight to the asylum on a strait jacket, and a kick in the nuts for good measure. And as I finish this piece, I need to lock myself up for the sake of my mental well-being after watching those videos. And to close this, borrowing a quote from an Australian comedy legend, Dylan Mulvaney, fuck you to the moon.

Elon Musk and Twitter: The Turning Point

 Free speech is arguably the most important part for a functioning society to run itself. It is the premise where everyone is welcome to share their ideas and discourse on some of the world's hottest issues. And as such, the suppression of free speech is regarded as a violation of human rights. In today's world, free speech is now being contested by some who consider themselves as the "most tolerant" groups on earth, but in reality, they are some of the most hateful groups of people I've ever seen. It seems like free speech, at least according to these guys, is valid when the opinions are in line with their narrative, and if someone dared to go against the flow, they will be instantly suppressed. 

 

            For the last two years, free speech on the Internet is a hot topic to discuss, particularly on some social media platforms. This is the case of Twitter, one such company that for the last two years since the 2020 US General Election, has been the haven of the woke left, alongside TikTok. Whenever you open these two apps, there is always some "nonbinary" person trying to force their ideology to kids by circulating sexually explicit books and inviting drag queens to "family friendly" shows to outright spew hatred and division to anyone who just wanted to live peacefully, all in the name of social justice. Virtue signaling is everywhere in this platform. From celebrities, athletes, even political figures are competing on who is the most woke of the woke mob, and sometimes, things imploded on them. 

 

            This issue them prompted one particular billionaire, South African American (yeah, it's safe to say that he is African American at this point) Elon Musk to state his intentions to acquire the social media tech giant, after he witnessed what a dumpster fire it has become. Prior to his purchase, Musk owns Tesla and SpaceX, one is an electric car company, the other is more like a space agency. At first, when Musk submitted his bid for US$ 44 Billion (IDR 690 trillion as of 7th of November), the forces at Twitter actively fought against the bid, even submitting the list of demands that Elon himself must follow in the event of the acquisition. The buyout saga even reached the courts after Elon suspended his bid after Twitter executives failed to provide him the exact data of their users worldwide, which included bot accounts. After the legal debacle, the buyout finally came to fruition roughly 2 weeks ago, when Musk tweeted "let that sink in" while posting a video of him carrying a literal kitchen sink into Twitter HQ. 

 

            And straightaway, he sprang into action by firing top Twitter executives, those who responsible of censoring differing opinions, notably The New York Post's coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, even permanently banned a former US president. Those three were CEO Parag Agarawal, CFO Ned Segal, and chief content moderator Vijaya Gadde. So far, he already made changes on content moderation while ensuring that Twitter won't become a "free-for-all hellscape". Predictably, the woke left lost their marbles after learning this, and Elon's plan to slash the workforce to about 75% of them. As of now, the mass layoffs are currently ongoing inside Twitter HQ, with the employees finding out their fates by email, or by their computers being remotely wiped clean. Musk's changes to the platform including the total overhaul of the platform's premium services, a. k. a. Twitter Blue, which gives their users a "blue check mark" as verification marks for public figures. The way this thing works under Elon's ownership is now a subscription plan costing US$ 8 (IDR 125.000) per month. This is also the source of grief among the left-wing users, most notably US congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. The woman known by her initials AOC argued that Musk's idea of free speech is only a monthly subscription, in which Elon replied with the absolute gold "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8."

 

            And the timing of the acquisition cannot be more perfect. As of this writing, the US is gearing up for the Midterm Elections, which will decide the control over the House of Representatives and the Senate for the next two years. For context, senate, congressional and several gubernatorial elections are held every two years, and the presidential elections held every four years. In this case, the presidential seat will be contested in 2024. Already there are some fact checking done by the platform, which now mostly consist of left-wing media, including the White House. 

 

            I guess what transpired over these past weeks has opened our eyes of the importance of free speech, not just for one group of people, but for everyone who has the right of speaking whatever they want to speak. Granted, there always be consequences for what they are talking about, but in this stage, that's besides the point. Free speech, whether we like it or not is important for a healthy society to function, and without free speech, all we ended up with is a dystopian world where censorship is rampant, everything is controlled, and people dying left and right just because of a twisted tongue. Let everyone speak freely, whether in person or on the Internet.

Religious Values VS Woke Liberal Agenda: An Unlikely Alliance

 Well, what do we have here? 2022 keeps on delivering some gold, and yet again exposing the crazy woke agenda that has been plaguing the world in recent years. For one, I am onboard this hype train of anti wokeness, as I am sick and tired of constantly having this rhetoric being shoved up my throat. I get that the world is moving towards a more inclusive environment, but at the same time, it also become more exclusive, particularly only for those who take those same woke ideology and shoved it down the throat whole. It seems like the world we live in today forces us to walk on eggshells in order not to piss off the wrong people, and it also seems like the woke mob finally pissed off the wrong community.

 

            This piece is being put together in the heels of the protests during a school board meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. It was almost the same case as many other cities and counties across the States, that being the inclusion of books and school curriculums that contain LGBT+ content, some of them even included sexually explicit pictures targeting kids as young as a kindergartener. Mostly in other cases, it was conservative Christians that are actively fighting against this woke indoctrination of the public school system, some of them even pulled their kids out altogether. But that was not the case in Dearborn. For context, Dearborn has a high concentration of Arab and Muslim Americans not just in the state of Michigan, but the entire United States. And as I previously touched many moons ago, Muslims are inherently conservative, even more conservative than any Christians would claim. 

 

            But long before the straw that broke the camel's back, Muslims in America are in constant turmoil ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. With the state of politics at the time, many Muslim Americans who are born in the states are constantly shunned and ridiculed, even subjected to racially charged attacks just because of their religious identity. As a result, despite their conservatism, most Muslims align themselves to the Democratic party due to the (supposed) inclusion policy that the party in question proudly exhibit. For the long time, they align themselves with this party in order to make America at least a little bit more inclusive. For me, this is quite bizarre, since the greatest American boxer of all time happens to be a Muslim. 

 

            But during this time as well, the Democratic party began shifting towards a more far-left attitude, by embracing the LGBT and critical race rhetoric and weaponize them to subdue the society to cave in with their ideology. They argue that Americans with darker skin tone, those who has female genitalia or has an alternate sexuality are systematically oppressed by the cisgender, heterosexual, white males who only care about themselves. But in reality, it was those same voices that are actively shutting down people who only wants to voice a different opinion on a discourse. 

 

            And this is what the unlikely alliance finally formed. It all started when Dearborn parents, who are mostly Muslims, went to a school board meeting to protest the circulation of LGBT books for children. The first meeting turned so volatile; it was suspended for a fire hazard. When the meeting was eventually rescheduled, the parents' apparent dislike of those literatures is pretty much evident, as some pro-LGBTQ speakers was met with jeers and boos as they tried to defend the circulation of those sexually explicit publications. During the same meeting, we can analyze the pattern of the speakers, with conservative Muslims and Christians present themselves as calm and collected, while voicing their opinions firmly, some pro-LGBT speakers showed nothing but suppressed anger as they deliver their remarks. Hell, one of the speakers, a black woman, showed a classic sign of the leftist victim mentality, by playing the race card by saying "black, queer woman who has to fight for their right to exist". Another one, Brian Stone, who is a gay man, also disrespected the entire Dearborn Muslim community by insinuating that the community hates gay people, when in reality, the parents are trying to protect their children from all those immoral materials. 

 

            And this is already happened at the heels of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory. All of the sudden, the floodgates were open, and all hell broke loose. From "fat acceptance", "open border policies", "critical race theory" to "gender-affirming care", the left-wing agenda has manipulated thousands of American citizens into thinking that somehow, everything is racist, homophobic, transphobic and bigots. Hell, those same voices also kept on rewriting the victim playbook. One of them even suggested that beside black people, Muslims, and nonbinaries, transgender Muslims are actually the most oppressed people when it comes to minorities. This is the obvious example of an oxymoron, by putting the words "transgender" and "Muslims" in the same sentence. When it comes to religious stances on LGBT issues, Islam has the strictest laws concerning gay people. I guess everyone reading this is familiar of the story of Sodom and Gomora, and Prophet Lot PBUH. According to the Quran's depiction, Prophet Lot had tried to preach faith to the people of those two cities, who were recorded as the first homosexual society ever existed. And in the end, God punished them by flipping the ground upside down, burying them alive, and filled the same land with water with the highest salt concentration. The remains of Sodom and Gomora is now known as the Dead Sea. Furthermore, Prophet Muhammad PBUH had stated his contempt of such behaviors despite never banning them, but both the Quran and the Hadith strongly condemn homosexual activity. Hell, in most Muslim-majority countries, LGBT practices could earn you a death penalty. 

 

            Back to the issue at hand, these recent events are said to mark a shift of political spectrum for the Muslim community, as even Democratic congresswoman from Michigan Rashida Tlaib is heavily disliked by her own people. I would not be surprised if the upcoming midterm election and the 2024 election, Muslim Americans vote Republican. If this is the sign of a huge cultural shift, they better prepare themselves for it.

 

            I guess what I am trying to say that inclusivity, in whatever form it takes, has its limitations, especially when it comes to morality. Of course, it is unethical to not include someone inside a community just because of their biological gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, and skin color, but everything has their limits. And if those inclusivity discourse crossed the limit, then prepare yourselves for the repercussions. Not everyone can be subjected to certain topics, especially those with sexual nature. Let kids be kids, let them explore the world and make their own decisions, and don't push them into these woke ideologies. Children are quite impressionable and mentally immature. One wrong move, and they are set up for failure that would last a lifetime. 

"Minor-Attracted Persons": Paedos in Disguise

 (Warning: Strong languages, graphic sexual description, and rants ahead)

 

            Just when you thought that the world just could not get any crazier, this shit came up on my feed as I sit down at my university campus for another lecture (I'm taking masters by the way). I want to touch on this subject for a long time now, but this is somehow too sensitive of a topic, even according to my own standards. It is not a secret that the ultra-left side of the political spectrum tends to spew crazy rhetoric after crazy rhetoric in order to steer the normal population and manipulating them into believing those ludicrous ideas. This included human sexuality. For years I have been witnessing the strange turn inside the LGBT+ community, from an innocent aspiration of just want to live their lives normally to this sheer insanity of trying to legitimize immoral sexual practices that has been banned or at least being frown upon for years.

 

            And now, there is another crazy ideology spewed by the lunatic jackasses of the far left, and it involves some of the most heinous criminals ever existed. Something like the white-haired fuckwit from Leeds, England Jimmy Savile (who, thankfully, is dead and currently rotting inside his shit-invested grave) or Glam Rocker turned sex offender Gary Glitter would do during their peak and prime. And the term in question known as "minor-attracted person". This term was coined by a university professor, of all people, named Dr. Allyn Walker. This "nonbinary" person (in reality this is a woman who has too much testosterone in her body with a fragile obsession to be masculine) who used to teach at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA argued that the term "pedophile" (which is the adequate term to describe these offenders in the first place) is deemed "too harsh" for "all persons attracted to minors" It seems like from her statement alone, this term is basically an umbrella term for sexual attractions toward minors. 

 

            First of all, what is this thing known as "pedophiles"? It's basically a condition where someone is sexually attracted to prepubescent children, mostly under the age of 13 years. It is also a self-discovered condition which grow stable over time, and often referred as a sexual preference disorder. It is still unknown what caused this type of disorder to develop in the first place, but we do know that it starts developing when someone hit puberty, where they start developing attractions to the opposite sex. It is commonly classified as a form of sexual deviation disorder known as "paraphilic disorders", as with many acts of indecency like the one I explored few months back. These heinous acts are not limited to outright sexual practices either. Other forms of abuse included child pornography, child grooming, indecent exposure, stalking, and statutory rape. This is based on various laws about age of consent. While the universally agreed age of consent is 18 years old, some countries are lower, mostly around 15-17 years old. For example, when it comes to statutory rape, any sexual activity involving a minor can be considered as such, if the other party is below the age of consent, thus legally unable to give consent to those activities. 

 

            There are some personality traits of pedophilia examined among sex offenders, particularly towards children. Studies conducted suggested that it often concurs with other traits such as low self-esteem and depression. But there are some differences when it comes to traits among those two, and that is what the left-wing media is trying to point out. According to them, sex offenders are certainly can be pedophiles, but those who are said to be born with it can decide to not follow through their desires. A first, this seems make sense, since some of them are describing themselves as "anti-contact" or "non-offending", meaning that despite their awareness of their attraction, they chose not to engage with it. But this is where the problem actually began. 

 

            I think this speaks volumes when I said that sexual attraction to someone under the universal age of consent of 18 years is viewed as immoral as it can be. Even in some cases, there are laws that allowed capital punishment for child sex offenders, like the ones introduced in India, or the recent chemical castration laws passed in Indonesia. But in the West, especially in the US, where the division between liberals and conservatives are way evident, it seems that the mainstream media and the liberal left are gunning for legalization of alternate human sexuality, and that include these creepy fucks under the umbrella term "minor-attracted people". First of all, whoever suggested this needs to be put down and tossed to a shark-infested pool. Secondly, if this "thing" becomes the norm, that means the human race has lost every ounce of its core values. People like Savile will be considered as a hero once again, and there might be another, more vicious Jimmy Savile’s, Gary Glitters or R Kelly's in the future. 

 

            There are some cases of these "MAPs" being recorded in recent times, and it almost always involving big-time celebrities or someone in the position of power. Take for instance actor Ezra Miller. The actor who self-identifies as "nonbinary" (fuck this shit, honestly) was involved in a scandal where he allegedly groomed an 18-year-old girl (who was convinced by him to think that she was nonbinary as well) since she turned 12 years old. He allegedly groomed her in a cult-like behavior. He also allegedly stuffed her with drugs and alcohol and exhibiting a pattern that is akin of "corrupting a minor". Despite this, Miller's career remained unaffected initially since his status as a "nonbinary" celebrity apparently acts like a free-pass card to sketchy behavior. This jackass even has the fucking audacity to actually scold a Hawaiian police officer arresting him for "misgendering" him. At the time, he was arrested for an assault on a woman. One word for Ezra Miller from yours truly, shut up and take responsibility, you weird cunt. And then there is R Kelly. This singer turned sex trafficker was sentenced to 30 years of incarceration for racketeering and sex trafficking of women and children. And his track record goes way before those allegations came to light. Remember the late singer and Actress Aaliyah? That one fine woman who starred in the movie Queen of the Damned? The sick fuck married her in 1994 when she was 15 years old! He forged the legal documents to falsify her age, at the time listed as 18. Thankfully it was annulled months later. 

 

            And yet these brain-dead liberals are still on about these "MAPs" and how they are suffering from their condition. I have to say that these people truly need help, but for the love of God, please don't normalize these behaviors! It will only embolden them to commit even the most heinous crimes, those even Ted Bundy would shiver. It is immoral and demented, and should be frown upon at least, and persecuted at most. And the crazy thing about this is they are somewhat included under the LGBT+ umbrella, which means if we call out these behaviors (which is clearly immoral), we would be branded as a bigot, homophobe, transphobe and a racist almost instantly. But it is a reality of this world ruled by wokeness. Anything and everything are wrong, and freedom of speech only applies if the statements are in line with their sick agenda. Hell, those who actually worked in mental care (a fucking "sex therapist" in this case) actually condone these sick fucks, even encourage them (here's the short video on YouTube if you want to know what I mean).

 

            What can I say about these "minor-attracted persons"? It means that those who are attracted to children EXCLUSIVELY. They are some if not the most heinous criminals of all time, those that would made Idi Amin or the aforementioned Savile look like a saint. It is morally demented, inappropriate, and should be purged at all costs. Parents, if you are reading this, make sure to keep your children safe. Their future should not be wrecked by these paedos disguising themselves under this term. 

Kanjuruhan Stadium Disaster: When Sports Fanatism Turned Deadly

 Indonesians, like me love their sports. It means that I have no shame whatsoever to admit that I've been a sport fan for the entirety of my life. We love our football teams, our athletes, our badminton athletes, and whenever our national team in any sport play a game, all Indonesians come together for their support. But just yesterday, we witness probably one if not the biggest sports tragedy ever witnessed in history. As I said earlier, we Indonesians are quite fanatic when it comes to football (or soccer). And sometimes, the fanatism of said football teams could turn deadly in an instant.

 

            The site is Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java. It was an ordinary Liga 1 regular season between Arema FC VS Persebaya Surabaya. In hindsight, it would appear that these two clubs are only playing regular season football as part of the 2022/2023 season. But for the rest of us, it goes way more than that. These two clubs in fact, are somewhat of a bitter rival, fighting for football supremacy in the eastern part of the Java Island. The rivalry can be traced as far as the two competitions they were initially part of. Arema, formed in 1987, played in Liga Sepakbola Utama (Galatama), Persebaya on the other hand, are much older being first established in 1927, and was part of the amateur-oriented Perserikatan. As a result, Persebaya was pitted against Persema Malang in Perserikatan, and Arema had feuds with Mitra Surabaya in Galatama. When the two competitions merged, many supporters aligned themselves with either Persebaya or Arema. Since then, Persema's form dropped, and Mitra Surabaya was disbanded.

 

            The main cause of this bitter rivalry, however, was not the antics of the players on the pitch, but by the supporter base of each side. There are 4 teams inside the Indonesian league system that have the most devoted fans. each 2 teams represent the west and east region of the Java Island. On the west side are Persija Jakarta and Persib Bandung. Two teams from two different provinces, one from the Jakarta SCR and the other represents the capital of West Java with equally hostile environment. Their fanbase, Jakmania (Persija) and Bobotoh (Persib) each have their own ways to intimidate each other, and whenever these two teams play each other, extra security measures are often enforced to reduce the chance of a riot between the fanbases. This is known as the Indonesian equivalent of the El Classico Derby. And there is the Super East Java Derby, guaranteeing hard matches and equally hostile fanbase. The relationship between Aremania (for Arema) and Bonek (for Persebaya) is so dangerous, each supporter base decided to form an agreement in 1988 to not visit each other whether the two teams play each other in any circumstances.

 

            I have seen many instances of stadium riots throughout my lifetime, and each of them is heavily covered. But on this instance, it might be the most devastating. As mentioned earlier, Persebaya supporters were nowhere to be seen when the match kicked-off on Saturday, 1st of October at 08.30 PM Western Indonesia Time. The match itself was intense, with the visitors taking an early two-goal lead, before the hosts equalized towards the end of the first half. Then heartbreak for the hosts happened inside the second 45 minutes, as Persebaya pulled an extra goal, snapping their 23-year home match unbeaten streak. The game finishes 3-2 for the visitors, and the upset Aremania then flooded the pitch while others threw objects in disappointment, demanding explanation from the players and officials for their horrid performance. Riot then ensued when the police, employed by the match organizers threw tear gasses hoping to contain the chaos, but that would only triggered mass panics, as fans rushed towards the only exit gate available. With the combination of mass panic and unbottled anger, several stadium facilities were damaged, and two police vehicles were vandalized. There was also mass stampede as the spectators rushed for their lives. Children got separated from their parents, others trampled by those who had no concern other than their own well-being, and some of them even suffocate due to the tear gas. As the time of writing, they were approximately 448 casualties, including at least 130 deaths from the riot, two of them were police officers.

 

            While I can safely rule out supporter-on-supporter violence, there are some problems that indirectly played their part during the riot. The first was the venue. Kanjuruhan Stadium used for Arema's home games has a 42.000-seat capacity, all of them were sold out. The organizers suggested before the game to only provide 38.000 spectator tickets for this game, with Persebaya fans banned from the premises. The police had also advised, per security concerns, to move the kick-off time ahead from its original timeslot, at 15.30 Western Indonesian Time (03.00 PM). But the match still went ahead on primetime slot due to agreements with the match broadcasters. The other problem being the use of tear gas to disperse crowds. FIFA strongly discourages the use of this contraption but has no say whatsoever for its usage by local match organizers.

 

            The stampede is now recorded as the second-deadliest sports disaster behind the Lima football disaster in Peru which left 328 people dead and ahead of the Accra Sports Stadium disaster in Ghana which killed 126 people. Liga 1 competition is temporarily suspended by the Indonesian FA and President Joko Widodo, until proper evaluation to every security concern is carried out. Arema are also banned from organizing home matches for the rest of the season. It means that by the time the competition is reinstated, Arema FC games are to be played in neutral territory. I might be a proud sports fan, but there is no way that this is something to be proud of. This deadly fanatism within Indonesian football has taken too many lives but with too little mitigation from the Indonesian FA. I wish I could say "let this be the last incident", but with our history of hooliganism, I highly doubt that. For all lives lost during the riot, rest in peace. For those who are injured. I wish you all a speedy recovery. 

Jake Davison: From Incel to Murder

 (Warning: Strong languages and graphic description ahead)

 

            With the immortal words of Carl Johnson from the game GTA: San Andreas, "Oh shit, here we go again", we dive head-first (again) into the world of the involuntarily celibate. It is a bottomless pit to explore, especially with the members of this particular sub-culture is basically men who has little or no care of their appearance or social cues, desperate for some good times with some girls that are way out of their league. This time, it's about another deranged unsub (thanks, Criminal Minds) who resented his life, his sexlessness and his lack of romantic attraction, to the point of lashing out onto the world, even dared to hurt his own mother.

 

            The story is set in Keyham, Plymouth, Devon County, England. The unsub in question was Jake Davison. His exact birthdate is unknown, but by the time of the shooting, he was 22 years old. He was the youngest of three from Mark and Maxine Davison, previously settled in Shetland Islands, just outside of mainland Scotland. His parents were poor, and his dad was arguably the worst of all. He was known as an antisocial fisherman with the tendency of violence and struggled with alcohol abuse. He has two siblings, Zoe, and Josh, but with Mark's alcohol problems, tensions are often unavoidable, and by the time Maxine fell pregnant with Jake, they left the island and moved back to Keyham. He was a quiet kid, but apparently had developed anger issues. He then diagnosed with ADHD and autism and attended Mount Tamar School for special needs children. The school is a public-funded, but was severely underfunded and consequently, the school's reputation was not very good. Jake was a quiet kid at school who didn't get along well with his peers. He wasn't necessarily a bad kid, though. He was described by his neighbors as a "pleasant kid", and often seen helping his mom with groceries. 

 

            As like other teenagers at the time, Jake wanted to lose his virginity, but due to his autism diagnosis, struggled to even socialize in person, much less finding a possible romantic partners. But as with other subjects of the incel world, he was active on online forums and video games. As an outlet to vent on his loneliness, he documented his personal thoughts and views on his YouTube channel with the name of Professor Waffle. In one of the videos on the channel, he often blamed his mental barrier (that being his autism) as an excuse of his inability to secure a girlfriend. He also blamed his appearance, commenting that he was "fat as fuck". His personality shift happened way before that. In 2016, when he was 17 years old, he once attacked a 25-year-old man while accompanying his pregnant girlfriend. He allegedly punched the man almost 20 times unprovoked while they were walking around the local neighborhood. Jake was warned by the police but didn't escalate into a prosecution due to the lack of evidence. He would also argue with his mother, who just wanted him to get the help that he needed. This also exasperated by the fact that when he turned 18, his mother lost her government funds to support their economics. From then on, he found work as a scaffolder, but his hatred towards his mother would only grow bigger.

 

            As I said earlier, he was active on online forums and his YouTube channel. He would often complain about his encounters with women, not just about his own mother. He would complain about women being simple-minded and only cared about money. He was a nihilist and a proud misogynist. He would also share his blatant homophobic views on Reddit, as well as other subreddits dedicated to either the involuntary celibacy movement or the nihilism subreddit, like r/doomer. Davison presented the classic characteristics of an incel, such as his sense of entitlement to women and sex, and also his resentment towards the more attractive men who could effortlessly get women to do the nasty together. This is known as the "black pill" ideology, where in order for someone to successfully settle for a partner, he must be physically attractive or economically stable (or in this case, being a filthy rich person akin to the members of the Royal Family). 

 

            Strangely enough, in 2017, he applied for a gun license. When it comes to gun control laws, the United Kingdom has a fairly strict laws that dictates for those who want to apply for a gun ownership must state that they must be judged not to pose a threat for safety and has a fair reason for owning one. Radically different than those in the United States, which thanks to the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, permitted their citizens to purchase and own their own guns freely as well as establishing a "well-regulated militia", with laws about carrying those guns dictated by individual states. Weirdly enough, despite his circumstances, he was approved to own a firearm, and subsequently purchased a pump-action shotgun. If that weapon was a simple handgun or a rifle of some sort, it would be understandable, at least for the Englishmen standards.

 

            For years, Jake's dramatic personality shift sparked concerns on his family, particularly Maxine and freshly out-of-the-prison Mark, who has since reformed. Then 2020 happened, the world went into lockdown, and NHS was overrun, understaffed, and underfunded. At this point, mental health care was deemed almost impossible. Maxine even resorted to call the police to do a welfare check on Jake but was met with deaf ears. In December 2020, he was involved in a fight with two teenagers that turned so volatile, it resulted in his gun license revoked, and his shotgun taken away. His previous offence being unrecorded and registered, means that his gun ownership would be instated, if he attended anger management class, which he completed in July 2021. This was a disastrous decision on their part, that would set up the horrific events just one month later.

 

            The date was 12 August 2021. Keyham was enjoying warm summer weather, but not for one Jake Davison. He himself was a ticking time bomb at that point. His rage was at his peak, and he just got his shotgun returned. His reddit account was suspended just one day prior due to his inappropriate remarks on a 16-year-old American girl on an online gun forum. He had his usual argument with his mother, before storming back into his room, burst into Maxine's room, and shot her at point blank range twice, each shot targeted the chest and head. She died instantly. Without remorse or any slight thought of compassion, he reloaded his shotgun, and exited his home, and found 43-year-old Lee Martyn and his adopted daughter, 3-year-old Sophie. With his sight set on the father-daughter duo, Davison opened fire, killed both of them. At this point, the shotgun shots were so loud, multiple police calls were made on Biddick Drive, Jake's home neighborhood. He continued down the neighborhood, and locked eyes with Ben Parsonage and his mother Michelle, 53 and 33 respectively. They were struck, but manage to drag themselves into safety, and subsequently survived the ordeal. He then turned into the local park, and shot another unsuspecting victim, 59-year-old Stephen Washington. He then continued his rampage, shooting at random directions without any care in the world. His last victim was 66-year-old Kate Shepherd, who was fatally wounded in front of her own salon. Sensing that police were on his heels, and also the thought of no longer living his life as a free man, he encountered a bystander, said the words "there is nothing to worry about, mate", before turning the gun on his head, and pulled the trigger, having stolen 5 innocent souls and cowardly taking his own as well. The rampage lasted for 6 minutes, and left a devastating aftermath to Keyham, and to the county of Devon as well. 

 

            The wake of this incident sparked a massive reform to the UK's gun control laws. On 15 August 2021, the British government announced that it would issue guidance to require police to investigate social media posts of firearms license applicants and current holders. Before the new guidance is published, the Home Office asked all police services in England and Wales immediately "to review their practices and whether any existing licenses need to be looked at again". The two officers who handled Jake's reinstatement of his license were disciplined, and the police issued new guidance on applicants with history of mental illness. In remembrance of the 5 lost lives, an evening vigil was held on 13 August at North Down Crescent Park in Keyham. Flags in the city were flown at half-mast, and Smeaton's Tower was lit up that evening as a mark of respect.

 

            This case, at least at the surface, was like a typical incel rampage, with one man who is frustrated to the world who turned their backs against him, unleash rampage in the name of sexual desire, Having little to no conscience of their actions. But what lies beneath is despite the excellent services, the NHS was lacking the mental health department. It would take forever to someone to be noticed, and by the time that chance came, it was almost all too late. For those 5 innocent lives snatched from the rampage, rest in eternal peace. And Jake Davison, I hope you rot in the deepest pits of hell, sucking the biggest devil dicks imaginable. A coward killer incel belongs to a special place in the very depths of hell.