Of young love - It's not pure Romi & Juli...

Forget about the roller coaster ride of Malysian politics. Life has to go on for those in the real world. Young and old, romance or not...

It is disturbing to read news in Malay Mail dateline 20th February 2009, barely a week after Valentine.
Mohd Azrin Mohamad, 16 years old, succumbed to his injuries on 21st February 2009 and laid to rest the day after, this time as reported by Berita Minggu.

Such youth, such innocence. Azrin and his friends were waiting for the other contender to a young girl's love was attacked by more than 20 youths armed with chains and helmets. It is not the mob attack nor the love triangle that is haunting but more on the direction of our society. Is violence the answer to everything? Why can't the relevant parties sit down and talk things over in a civilised manner?

Young love, puppy love is a passing phase in our life, experiencing the adrenalin rush of feelings the carefree atitude and the beginning of life, those of acceptance, rejections, frustrations, despair that should prepare him to face the outside world. Alas, this is just another shattered dreams when life is mercilessly taken out of Azrin. In this case, the ending is not as the movie "Romi & Juli"

Hishamudin, the Education Minister vows that the government will seek the culprits whilst the police has reclassify the case. There are also suggestions that students to be taught the basic law and order acts, in the hope that it will act as deterrence to unnecessary violence.

Are we heading uncontrollably towards western society? Is violence the solution for everything? Is his death another statistics? Are we heading towards terittorial turf? When is it going to end?

To the rest of the society, Azrin's death will pass by as another tragedy a week from now. But the scars left to his immediate family, his close friends, the girl in the middle of the tussle, the assailants will be forever. So many ifs, so many buts and all is not well...

It is hope that his assailants will be caught and justice meted out, not out of revenge but out of disciplining.

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...