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CRIMINALISE WAR CLUB by AIMAN SYAKIR ABDUL HARIS from SEKOLAH SULTAN ALAM SHAH

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CRIMINALISE WAR JUNE 2015

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First of all, I’d like to give my utmost appreciation to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, the guests of honour, and my beloved family at the back there. Before we begin, I’d like to share you all with some rather intelligent words from Ernest Hemingway :

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HOW WAR SHAPED US

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In war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. -

ernest

hemingway

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War is often associated with brutalities and terror. In fact it’s true, and it does affect who we are now. Let’s take a few moments to understand what sort of events are categorised as war crimes. Here are just some. Let’s say, war is always a crime. It’s never something good anyway anyhow. I’m going to pinpoint the three main reasons why the atrocities happen and how they shape us now. Firstly, because they could. Second, because they want to. And lastly, because everyone else was doing it. Or if you’d prefer fancier academic terms... Technology. Ideology. And the escalating cycle of violence. Let’s see the first one. Technology. It wasn’t just machine guns and airplanes in the battlefield. Industrialisation producesmass munitions that’ll certainly lead to wasteful overkill. Oh, and urbanisation too. They gathered huge populations in a place for them only to end being blown up by our old friend Mr. Nuclear! Can we ever escape the clutches of technology? So where do these modernity of weapons lead us to? The nuclear


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