Soul in the Shadows
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
「 The Soul Has Spoken. 7:04 AM 」
hmmm...its been rather some time since i blog,so i shall do so now...the topic for tis entry would b 1 word:BackStab

tis action is reminded by the watching of a channel 8 show,war and beauty,deplicting the constant backstab of palace maids and women in order to win the favour of the king. It also reminds me of the various backstab that i had taken,which left me scarred to this very day. so, i will just write what is in my mind,with some use of better english.

backstabbing,it happens frequently in tis complex world tat we live in. let me define what is backstabbing(my version of it). It is the term used generally to describe an action or a series of action of causing harm to a person,without the victim having knowledge of it. It's metaphor can be described by the word, poison. A successful backstab will have extremely painful negative effects on the victim, while a failed backstab, once caught and exposed, will caused devastating effects on the one who initiated it.

A backstab can come in many different forms, with many different cause. However, all have the same agenda- to make sure that the victim would be harmed without the initiator being found out. Therefore, it is very difficult to detect a backstab,let alone counter it. Exposing it would be out of question, due to the fact that even the earliest detection would have had negative impact on the victim,and the victim would have the mistrust of others. Worst, the victim might be accused of trying to backstab the initiator, which would have dire consequences. Therefore, backstabs are the most dangerous type of attack that 1 should try to defend from.

Talking about the danger of backstabs, how do one defend themselves from such atroscious acts?the best way i could think of is the PREVENT it. As the saying goes,prevention is better than cure,i find that this is true for such acts. However,prevention can only be done with much difficulty. 1 way is to act stupid,so that u will be seen as a lesser threat to others. Another way would be following the saying,Attack is the best defense,which is to backstab the person first before he strikes. One can also be wary and anticipate his attacks so that it would be useless on you.

Personally,i use only the wary part,with some reasons. I am passive unless provoked, and thus i do not favour striking at others. I also have no skills that will b considered a threat to others,so tat is out. Thus, being wary would be best. Due to the countless backstabs tat i received from secondary school, i hv honed my technique to read ppl, only to use it against backstabs. Also, i made clear to myself that i hold backstabbers with much distain,thus any action of backstab would be condemned.

Now, why does humans backstab others of its own kind? It is well known that humans are the only species on Earth that will destroy their own kind, but what is the ultimate reason for all this? From a biological point of view, I think that this is due to Natural Selection, or the survival of the Fittest. I do not use these keywords without fully understanding their meanings, but i feel that these words best describe the reason for the backstabbing nature of humans. As it is taught, an organism aims to propagate as many of its own kind as possible, but humans are different. Humans want to ensure their OWN personal survival, and to do that, they must remove as many threats to themselves as possible, hence the backstabbing nature. Wars of the past are fought with sword and honor, Wars of the present are fought on backstabs and intellectual destruction.

In conclusion, backstabs are done so that one can survive in this scheming world, and the better the backstabber, the higher the chance of survival. Instead of adopting a backstabbing attitude to counter backstabs, one should defend themselves by dodging the backstabs. Without new backstabbers, the old ones will die out, and this world will once again be free of the merciless ravages of backstabbing.