Down South

You live on an island and one day all the swordfish ran amok and started a suicidal blitz onto your shores.

What would you do?

If you were the Sultan, why don't you ask your loyal servant with their tulang kering at a ready, to form a barricade. Brilliant isn't it?

If you were a young boy, whom all now regards as a genius and a martyr for his cause, why don't you gather all of your islander to chop down all your banana trees and form a banana wall instead. More brilliant, true?

I have a couple of issues with this story.

One, how many fishes are there in the sea attacking this godforsaken island? Thouands, millions? Surely a finite number right? So why don't everyone just walk inland a few kilometers away from the beach and chill there for a while?

Secondly, how many banana trees were there on the island. Say the fishes attack from all corners of the island, are there enough banana trees to cover the whole perimeter? And since this banana wall needs to be constructed, surely the builders need to brave through the hail of swordfishes to put it up. How is that different from berdindingkan tulang kering in the first place?

Many people cursed the sultan for killing this intelligent young boy because he couldn't stand having someone smarter than him living on the same island. Well, maybe the sultan did a right thing killing off that lunatic. Not only he depleted the island's banana trees, but he also killed off a few hundred of the civilians along with it.

Since banana is an important source of potassium, in the long run the islanders will be faced with potassium deficiency which among other things, will result in fatigue, muscular problems, memory loss and anxiety thus leading to a very dangerous pandemic that could cause an increase in the mortality rate in the island.

With the collapse of human resources, the island will then be faced with an economical and social problem mainly due to weakening demand and a workforce that is too sick to work. Birth rate would likely fell into a historic low and the children born would face a high child mortality rate thus causing more and more problems to the island.

All because a young boy and his wild imagination.

And a group of old guys with severe leadership deficit.

Heh.

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Published:
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
by amerhadiazmi