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The Book of Eli

I don’t know why I had a feeling of emptiness when I watched this movie. I think there is a contradiction between what I saw in the movie and what the movie wanted to advocate. The movie theme is to save the Bible, which means that what the Bible teaches should never be given up. But the movie showed so much of violence and individual heroism while showing nothing about what the Bible teaches – kindness, compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, the desire to turn forces of evil into forces of good, mutual respect, brotherhood, the desire to help others, the desire to work with others, etc. I wonder why they bothered to make such a movie.

Why are crimes not reported?

  • Monday Nov 2,2009 09:17 AM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Crimes

Many people wonder why nobody reported the gang rape when it was happening. I have witnessed a crime and even participated in it myself. So I know why it happened that way. I did not have the power to stop it. I could not say no to my business partner. She was in control. And I did not want to do anything that may hurt her. So even though I did not like it, I could not do anything to stop it.

It is a common mistake people make in life

It is not good to blame the victim of a crime because the perpetrator of a crime should be the one to take responsibility for the crime. But it always help potential victims to avoid becoming victims of similar crimes if we can find out what they should do or not do to avoid becoming victims of similar crimes.

Read “Richmond gang rape seen as nearly inevitable” and you will see that the victim in this case made the mistake of trying to be accepted by the people that brutalized her. I guess she could have hoped that by being accepted by them, she would get protection from them.

I have made similar mistakes. I did business with people who I thought were good in business and so could help me in my business. I was abused by them all the time. I did not know that people who are strong either protect me so that I can serve them or they can take advantage of me. They never use their strength to serve others. They use their strength to serve themselves only.

I know a woman who makes a good living for over twenty years by promising young people to bring them jobs. Young people think that she is old and nice and has the experience and the connections to help them get jobs. So they pay her to help find jobs for them.

In fact, politicians have always count on this common mistake that people make to stay in power. People always count on politicians’ strength to have their interests taken care of. But most of the time politicians only use their strength to serve their own interests, not the interests of the people.

Many professional services such as legal services, lobbying services, consulting services, etc., as well as many organized religions, also count on this weakness in people’s psyche to prosper. People simply think that they can get help from professional services or organized religions and so would do whatever they are asked to do, from giving their money to giving their lives. Predators know this and prey on people who need help.

How Could People Watch Alleged Gang Rape ‘Like An Exhibit’?

I think the following comment by JR_from Fla is the best.

“There is a very simple answer is we have desensitized and marginalized our children to events in life and the consequences of said behaviors. All we have to do is look at the movies they watch, the TV programs, the video games and the video music which depicts violence to the extremes; with little associated consequences. Children are becoming numb from what they see and experience. It starts at home where the father might abuse a family member and little changes in their life except their inner emotions. Society has become too permissive in many aspects, and common sense predicates that people need to evaluate the message they are trying to disseminate before it becomes a full scale production. In the case of that young lady who was savagely abused, it started with the authorities at the school who allowed a certain group of men to ‘pack’ on their property and did nothing to protect the children. Were they trying to create a situation. You will have to ask them, but more than anything they need to be held accountable because of their inaction.”

The movies, TV programs, video games and music videos which depicts violence to the extremes bring some people in the entertainment industry enormous amount of wealth while ruining the whole society. As with the food industry, the drug industry, the financial industry, and the defense industry, huge profits for some people are created at the expense of the entire population.

ABC News: Gang Rape Victim Is Church-Going Honor Student

  • Thursday Oct 29,2009 10:47 PM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Crimes

Gang Rape Victim Is Church-Going Honor Student

I think this is a warning to parents who try to bring their children up as good students. Human society is a lot closer to an animal society than a civil society that we try to create. Although we should try to create a civil society, we can not bring our children up to believe that our society is civil.

Some of the people that I have met during the cause of running my business are very arrogant, selfish, and abusive. I have the feeling of being insulted and abused all the time. People never have any respect for you just because you are educated. In fact, they want to abuse you more when they know that you are educated, just to prove that they do not have to be educated to beat you and that they do not have to respect you just because you are more educated.

I feel very sorry for the girl in this case. It could be because her case keeps reminding me of the people that I have to deal with in business. Some of the men that I have dealt with think of me as a prostitute, not because I have ever asked for money from them, but because I am poor. To them, the amount of money and power I have decides how much respect I deserve. Men and women alike think that I would do anything for a meal, although I have never asked anyone of them for a meal.

The guys in this rape case must have disrespected the girl so much to have done all of that to her. They just don’t have any idea what rights the girl have. They just did whatever they wanted to do to her simply because she was there without anyone to protect her. What a bunch of animals! And yes, these are the people we have to deal with all the time. They would do anything they can do to you as long as they do not see how they would be punished for it. They do it to satisfy their need, their greed, as well as their desire for a sense of superiority. And many of them never get caught. They are always around trying new tricks.

Portrait of a Scam Artist

  • Wednesday Oct 7,2009 06:40 PM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Essays

First of all, I should thank the scam artist I am writing about for inspiring me to write this article and to dream of a reality TV show about a scam artist. Or at the very least, I should give her credit for giving me the opportunity to get insights on how scam artists think and what normal people are up against.

I consider anyone like her as a psycho. But she is normal in every way. She just has a mindset that is not normal.

She openly said that she loves animals and hates human beings. She cheered when she heard news of other people getting killed in a mass shooting. She spent more money on her pet (and even trail animals) than the people who work for her.

She despises almost everybody except those who she is not able to take advantage of. She runs false ads to get people to contact her. When they asked her what they had to bring to see her, she whispered to me (who happened to be next to her): “just bring your money”. When they asked her how long the meeting will take, she whispered to me: “as long as it takes to get money out of your pocket”.

There are positive things to say about her though. She works very hard. To make enough of money to support her lifestyle, she does not just have to be a good scam artist. She has to work very hard on her scam business. Also, there is time when she is very nice to people. That is when she wants them to give her money or help her out in her business or her personal life. She is also very open to her friends. That is why I am able to get to know her thoughts. And she likes to have friends to hang out with. So she does share her knowledge on many things that she has done research on with her friends and she gives them the opportunity to share her life experience. Also, she is generous to restaurant waiters and waitresses and like to make friends with them, but probably partly because she wants them to charge her less for food.

I am not sure if someone likes her is a great burden to our society. She wastes a lot of people’s time with her false ads. And she wastes human labor by ordering food that she may not eat. Money comes to her easily through her scam business. So she can afford to order food in expensive restaurants just to taste it. But most of the money she gets through her scam business is spent here and there: her apartment rent, restaurants, salons, clothing, bills, etc. It may not be much more of a waste than if she just stays home doing nothing.

The only thing I want to say is that in a society where there are people like her who hate other people so much, a lot of harm can be done to a lot of people. And this may be the reason why America has not been doing well.

I lived in Asia for 28 years and I never heard anyone saying openly that they hate human beings more than animals. People may have conflicts of interests. But human beings can not survive without a human society in which human beings work together and prosper together.

DEBTORS REVOLT BEGINS NOW!

  • Tuesday Sep 15,2009 12:02 PM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Complaints

I have had bad experience with Bank of America credit card service also. After I have paid $5000 to reduce my credit card debt, they raised the interest rate from 1.90% to 7.24% and reduced my credit line on my personal credit card from $14,500 to $8000 and on my business credit card from $8000 to $1200. When I told them I had difficulty making payment because of a major loss in my business, they told me I had to have fixed income to get on a hardship program and get my interest rate reduced.

I think it is unreasonable for banks to try to profit from people who are having a difficult time. If the government can not do anything to stop this, the economy can not recover. All the money made will just go to pay off debts and pay for profits for creditors. In time of financial hardship, creditors may have more opportunities to profit from the loans they have made. But their pursue of profits hurts the economic recovery.

Immigration Scams and Extortions

Immigration is probably the biggest money making business in the world. People are willing to spend their life savings for a chance to live in a country of their dream. Because of this, you can find the most wicked scam artists and the most heartless extortionists in this business.

Because of the immigration restrictions in this country, this business is thriving more than ever. The more the government cracks down on illegal immigration, the more money there is to be made in this business.

Many people made the mistake of trying to maintain a legal status and fell prey to all kinds of immigration scams.

What is worse, after they have become victims of immigration scams, they have to pay immigration lawyers as much as or twice as much as they had paid immigration scam artists to clear their names.

It is much better if people just stay illegal and fight for changes in immigration laws so they can become legal, rather than to pay all these immigration scam artists and immigration lawyers to become legal.

Professional Service Scams

  • Sunday Jun 7,2009 08:01 AM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Scams

This has happened to me three times. Once for website evaluation. Once for business plan writing. Once for patent filing. In all cases, all I got was a copy of another website evaluation, or business plan, or patent, with the titles and some content being changed to mine.

These professionals or firms, one of whom claimed to be a lawyer, did not know how to do the work or did not want to spend the time to work on the project. So they just copied from another project and made some small changes.

Of course such service does not produce anything that has any value. At best, it is a waist of time and money. At worst, it can hurt your chances of getting something that you could get by doing it yourself or hiring qualified and responsible professionals. For example, in the case of patent filing, you may get your patent denied because of a lousy patent application. So be very careful in choosing who you hire.

Employment Scams

  • Sunday Jun 7,2009 07:47 AM
  • By Jackson Fan
  • In Scams

Looking for work depends so much on connections and luck that people are often willing to pay for employment scams. And those who want to scam often try this trick even on people who are not looking for work.

I once hired a business consultant to help me with my business. Instead of helping me with my business, he tried to get me interested in a high paying job which I was not looking for at the time. But I was willing to give it a try, not knowing that he was using that to get me to continue paying him for business consulting that he could not offer.

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