Right
for Life
Introduction
is lengthy but latter part is spicy.
My
philosophy is masterly inactivity as far as the mother nature is
concerned.
Another idea that springs out of that philosophy is, every life form has the
right to live its entire life cycle without hindrance.
Unlike
in Buddhism I have extended it to the plant family taking a cue from
Darwin.
So
killing life (not plants) for food, I abhor.
This
has nothing to do with religion and like human rights there should be
animal rights not only for cats and dogs (what about chickens, almost flightless bird).
Now
with the rain coming in and not enough sunlight shining down
catastrophe was about to hit my guppy fish population.
I
have had enough past experience.
I
lost almost entire population of Green Swordtails.
My
first interest is not fish keeping but looking after water plants
which has extended to water lilies.
I
keep fish to control mosquitoes.
That
has given me lot of problems.
When
they start dying, they die in large numbers, since they do not have a
powerful immune response.
So,
I decided to use the air compressor for two fish tanks (instead of
one) using a T connector but that piece of Chinese T connector
(unlike coming from the West) did not work even for a week and the
fish start showing signs of ill health.
Sure
enough they started dying.
Immediately
removed the ill functioning T connector and used a spare air
compressor to pump air to the second tank.
This
Chinese made air copressor had two outlets but only one would work
after six months.
Even
the death of fish touches my heart (I go into overdrive).
That
is the entry point for the spicy stuff.
While
I was attending to the fish tank, wife came and showed me a
photograph of the garden created at the site of Bogambara Prison
Complex.
This
was built by the British, and I hated it from my school days and
I voiced an opinion that it should be removed forthright (a prime land
in the center of the City).
Nobody
cared to remove it for over 65 years.
It
was an eyesore.
I
visited this place with the first opportunity I had.
One
of my friends became the Prison doctor who had to certify the death
of the prisoner (he hated the job within few months- he wanted to
stay in Kandy) after execution.
If
I remember right Somara (not sure) and Maru Sira were executed there.
It
was an appalling site to wonder around.
I
told my wife just imagine the plight of the prisoner there waiting
for execution.
Can
a true Buddhist watch an execution?
Our
current (probably future presidents,too) can do that without
revulsion.
I
will never visit this park and I do bypass this track if I have to
visit the hospital.
It
reminds me of the painful past at first site which no one can erase
with rose buds on plant beds.
Nobody
has the right to kill any living being.
It is bordering psychopathy.
