FEB 12 — I want to offer a reward for anyone who can slap it, to teach it a lesson. It would be best if I can see blood on the hands.

I’m willing to pay anyone who can do it for me.

Don’t tell me that we should avoid violence during the Chinese New Year as I have had enough of it. It is my enemy and all I want is blood for blood!

Don’t think that I’m the only one having such a thought. In fact, many share the same view and it is the enemy of all. Everyone is desperate to give it a slap...

Don’t get me wrong, I’m talking about the Aedes mosquito.

The annoying and scary Aedes mosquitoes could be found everywhere recently. It caused more than 10,000 dengue cases within only a month, leaving 19 dead.

There is an increase of 277 per cent in dengue cases and some government hospitals have been packed with dengue patients, even private hospitals are getting full. Isn’t it terrible?

Dengue disease is very torturing and life threatening.

It makes me dare not to jog in the morning or walk in the evening. I keep all the doors and windows shut to prevent their intrusion.

Even so, it is still not so safe. Therefore, I no longer hold my mobile phone or TV remote control in hands but keep myself in a ready-to-attack posture all the time.

I give it a slap, and check for the result. The blood stain on my palms make me happy. The threat is resolved and it is indeed a great move benefiting all.

Offering a reward to eliminate Aedes mosquitoes, as well as the threat of dengue disease is not a move of benevolence and righteousness, but at least it still carries a good intention.

Moreover, it is not considered a blatant challenge to the law of Malaysia. In addition to confronting with mosquitoes, it basically has nothing to do with religion and race.

I mean, a group of supposed Muslim NGOs has allegedly offered a RM500 reward, later raised to RM1,200, for anyone who could slap Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

I suggest that instead of offering a reward for slapping Kok, it is better to offer a reward for slapping the Aedes mosquitoes. The former is a move of blatantly challenging the law, encouraging the people to use violence and provoking confrontation; while the latter is meant to eliminate the Aedes mosquitoes and promote a clean environment and healthy lifestyle. Everyone, regardless of race and religion, is invited to join and it can also help in promoting national unity.

If the video clip featuring Kok is not funny, it is not necessary for them to be so angry and take revenge. Honestly, I do not find it funny enough to make me laugh after watching the video clip. The vulgar style has wasted the three talented actors.

Moreover, there are thousand kinds of meaningful ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year, while unnecessarily involving politics and taking the opportunity to attack political opponents is a move of spoiling the festival.

If it is a video similar to the practice of late Yasmin Ahmad that features introduction to Chinese culture, encouragement of communication and racial harmony, the meaning it carries will be greatly different. It can also help in enhancing Kok’s political accomplishment.

Anyways, although I do not think the video is funny or meaningful, I have lost nothing except for a few minutes of watching it. I do not get angry or upset.

However, some people felt offended. Their feelings could be respected but the violent means of revenge must not be encouraged. Offering a reward for slapping Kok and cruelly slaughtering chicken in the public are very uncivilised. It might bring unwanted effects to children.

Well, they could respond and express their dissatisfaction by making another bantering video and spread online. If the video receives a greater response compared to Kok’s, they can then achieve the objective.

Or, if they really feel that they have been humiliated and insulted, they can also take legal actions.

On the contrary, responding sarcasm with violence will only turn them into a greater joke.

Therefore, the move of offering a reward must make sense while the target must be correct. When political confrontation turns intense, everyone might just be so busy fighting until they forget that the true enemy of all could be the Aedes mosquitoes.

* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malay Mail Online.