As I am writing this at 2am, there are anak-anak Malaysia fighting against each other in the Bukit Bintang area and FRU has been despatched to control the situation. It reminds me of Alan Turing’s quote in ‘The Imitation Game’ film, “Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.”

I have been observing people’s opinions on Facebook regarding the Low Yat Plaza incident for the whole day. Lots of people have been very, very angry today. It has been really disappointing and saddening experience on Facebook. Before that, I must clarify that I do not favour anyone until the full story is released.

There are two groups of angry people in Malaysia today which are angry Malay and angry Chinese users who believe in different versions of stories. However there are one key similarity among these them - violence. Yes, violence.

Here are some examples, a Chinese user saying that the crowd should have beaten the seven young men instead of letting them go and a Malay user complimenting the seven young men for making them proud which I find very, very sick. Even more, those comments get hundreds, thousands of ‘likes’! People seem to have forgotten violence is against the law and against the norm. They are even promoting violence for the sake of dignity!

These are only the tip of iceberg, there are a lot more worse comments that I do not want to mention, which make me wonder, “What’s wrong with our society?”

In such a situation, a lot of people do not realise that they become irrational. People started speculating about different stories, believing unverified news source, comment irresponsibly, judging each other and humiliating each other on Facebook. Violence becomes a way to take justice into one’s own hands.

It is true that social media updates you with a lot of news. However, people forget how to speak responsibly on social media as it is a virtual communication, which is why people are arguing against each other and humiliating each other. Yes, social media indeed widens our vision, but it narrows our minds.

What even saddens me more is people calling for own ‘bangsa’ to be united against another ‘bangsa’. Have we forgotten already we are Anak Bangsa Malaysia? Aren’t we supposed to stand strong together as a nation? We are breaking apart when we start to spread racism and hatred against each other. ‘Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita runtuh.’

After all, it is still an issue between the seller and the buyer and let the police investigate it. Two wrongs don’t make a right, violence doesn’t solve any problem, it only makes things worse. Let us not judge anyone or any race and start looking at the good side of each other and let us not compromise our harmony because of a small issue.