Death Note :: Is it right to take things on your own hand?

If you hadn't known what Death Note is, allow me to briefly explain it to you. Death Note originated from a comic, which then became a movie. The story is about a man named Light (Kira, his other identity) who received a death note book. When the name of someone he had seen before is recorded in the book, the person will die from heart seizure within minutes. The public is splitted into 2 groups - 1 supporting Kira as he kills the bad crooks, while the other argued that he is actually committing a crime with his act and that killing the bad guys did nothing to remove this fact.

So now, the question now -- Is it right to take things on your own hand? In this case, Justice?

When US President George Bush decided to go ahead on Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was just like Kira, using the power that he got to achieve a certain aim. Throughout the world, there was support and there was protests.

Operation Iraqi Freedom is just a recent example. In the history of mankind, we have seen numerous powerful figures that utilise their power to make changes through violent means, wars. Even at the personal level, we see people abusing power and commit themselves in activities that violate the law for good clause.

Laws are made by man. There are bound to have loopholes present in the judiciary system. And the law can never be just to everyone. Can it then be justified that people take it in their own hands to improve society by going against the law.

In my personal opinion, the world will be peaceful only if everyone acts according to a perfectly drafted law. However, law can never be perfectly drafted. And not everyone will act according to law. It is inevitable that certain heroes need to create a positive change such as good revolutions.

I do not agree to Kira's acts. Taking away lives can never be correctly justified.

And in case you are wondering what happened to Kira, he eventually died and the crime rate increased back to the original level.

Engaging Foreign Talents

A graying population will generally adopt policies in attracting foreign talents. Despite protests from various communities or groups of people, countries will still have to accept a fact. Either attract foreign talents to join you, or compete with these foreign talents being drawn to other states.

While it is easy to use incentives and tax reliefs for foreign migration into the country, it is not as easy to retain them and keep them within the country for long term. Immigrants might take advantage of the citizenship of the host country as a stepping stone to migrate to other countries.

To retain the talents that step into the country, there needs to be a long term engagement of these new citizens. This can take place in the form of community involvement, providing a forum for these minorities, assimilating their culture into that of the country.

New citizens might face rejection by the community initially. Grassroots leaders and volunteers should arrange more interaction programmes and activities to reduce this to a minimum.