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Pity the man who would eat the rich
Dear Editor,
On May 1, 2014 (Labor Day) at the G.T.U.C rally a man held a placard that stated this pathetic comment “One day the poor will have nothing to eat but the rich”. The holder of the placard gained front page caption in the Kaieteur News and inner page in the Stabroek News respectively. This placard is an uneasy symbol of humanity precarious relationship with the material world.
That insensitive placard was shocking, frankly it was so cross that a responsible newspaper should not have published it and by doing so they are perpetrating an evil. The placard holder and those who instigated him are to be pitied.
All over the world we see regional hate and discrimination, social and economic hate and discrimination, religious and cultural hate and discrimination, colour and tribal hate and discrimination. You do not right a terrible wrong with an insatiable spirit of perpetrating vengeance. So the man with his hate placard against the rich is dead wrong. You can kill, slaughter and eat the rich, thinking that will solve history’s problem, you aren’t. Instead, you are adding to it.
The logic of hate and unforgiveness perpetuates a lie and will destroy the possessor more than it destroys the victim. That lie has eternal consequences, beware of such inner deception for the man and the architect of the placard needs help.
The biggest price he will pay is within his own soul that thinks the ‘rich” owe him something. The rich and the poor respectively are the causes of their own problems.
Now let’s examine the media. The media is the most important medium of mass communication in a free and democratic society. In fact the media brings freedom and sometimes its practitioners are treated harshly with their lives and jail time, my sympathy.
The free media has an obligation to bring the truth in sincere and pristine purity; yes the media is not obligated to print a story that has the potential to create mayhem as we have seen in many parts of the world. Does everything have to be printed? What was the reason for publishing such a hate picture? The newspapers owners are wealthy people too.
Now let’s investigate the rich. There are good rich people as well as evil ones and throughout history the situation remains the same. People who are rich make great sacrifices in their life. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Sattaur Gafoor, Yesu Persaud, John Fernandes, Lennox John (Ashim) and Courtney Benn are just a few. Mentally and physically they sweat for thousands of hours to make an idea or dream become a reality. Why should anyone be envious of their hard work and accomplishments? Don’t talk about their philanthropy!
There will always be rich and poor people in societies. God-Almighty had designed the world into two categories – givers and receivers, while richness is a blessing of God-Almighty. It is how you use your wealth that will determine your ultimate future for it is not a guarantee to paradise. Wealth is a test from God-Almighty.
Rich people are not totally happy, if the placard holder thinks so he is deluded. The rich creates employment, pays taxes, gives charity, builds schools and homes, contributes to social, educational and welfare activities. Only the rich can develop certain big businesses like B.P, Exon Mobil, Bank of America and Shell Antilles just to name a few.
We have seen in many parts of the world entire societies destroyed when the rich were driven out.Let the rich and poor join together to fight injustice and some of the biggest injustices in the world are access to pure water, free education and health care. To the rich man who saw the placard on Labour Day you can ignore it through your egotism or it can serve as a wake-up call to become someone who does good with his wealth because the only reason you are not poor is “God’s enormous mercy”.
I hope and pray that God-Almighty causes us to be a people who are concerned about each other.
Sir – please don’t eat me – my meat is bitter and poisonous.
Nazar Moahmed
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