Gangsterism

Gangsterism. What is it? According to Americans, its a wolf pack made by weak people to be "stronger". According to the Japanese, its a clan. A clan for the sake of "protection". For Malaysians? It's FUN. Fun to show off you're in the gang and having the ability to pick on younger kids or people who aren't in a gang. Here is what I think about gangsterism.

Gangsterism is just a way for kids to rebel and in Malaysia, this problem is getting worse. I'm not talking about fights at the back of the alley or the fights in classes where the students go home with just a bruise on their left eye, I'm talking about MURDER. The last few weeks has been a blood bath. According to a source, right now there is a war that is going on between two Indian rival gangs in our beloved/peaceful country. At least 20-30 Indian man were killed. Not just killed. The brutality of the murder was just too horrifying. 

Gangsterism is not the way to live your life. A lot of Malaysians join gangs like 36, 77, 08, 306, 24 etc. The list of gangs in Malaysia is just too long. Which is sad in a way. Gangs have their own ways

to recognize another fellow gang member. Hand signals, "poetry", tattoos and many more. A lot of the new recruits are kids. LITERALLY. It used to be just the upper forms who was in the gang but nowdays, even kids from primary school know about the gangs, the hand signals and even the tattoos. What's going on with our country? We are a cultural country and that should not change. 
Gangs are on the rise in our country and there is no way anyone can stop it from rising. Gang wars are very common between two rival gangs. These gang wars use to be because of the colour of your skin or revenge something a little more important than a stare down. " Fight for the right cause and you will succeed, fight for the wrong cause and you will get yourself killed. " 

A lot of kids sign themselves up to join a gang no matter what skin colour or what the number/name of the gang is, because of the factors in their lives. For example, bullying. Due to the stress of getting beat up or bullied everyday, they sign themselves up to become a gang member and this will prevent them from getting beat up or bullied but not murdered. Kids tend to be amazed by these

gangs when they are in high school where they find it cool/amazing to walk around with 5-10 people at the back of you. Let me tell you something, IT AIN'T COOL BRO. Just because you're walking with 5-10 people at the back of you doesn't make you big or a gangster, it just shows that you would suck in a one to one fight. There are many other ways to fight bullies. For example, Self defense. Pick up a martial art and protect yourself. Or just tell them a lie and say that you're a black belt karate kid so they wouldn't mess with you. (Might not work everytime)

Joining a gang might be a cool move but it still has consequences.  Everything has consequences. Some gangs will never let you leave the clan. This will be a problem when you finally decide to quit and change the way of your life because it will be too late then. Quoting Tupac Amaru Shakur "Live by the gun, Die by the gun." You know what bothers me the most? The people in Salvador have no home and family, so they start a gang called the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS13), that is a reason. To form a family, to show love to the younger ones. Eventhough, they do it with guns and machetes but its understandable. Malaysians? What problems do you have? No money to eat? So you have to sell drugs? No people to love you? So you have to join a gang for love? No home? No government? Dictators? We are definitely a more civilized and more advanced country than the Salvadorians so lets behave like it because right now, we are almost as low as them.