The banality of evil

I recommend the above book for @Angelica and @obi. They are still shocked that fellow wazuans whom they have always regarded highly have lumped them together with the troublesome Luos who are giving Uhuru a hard time to govern. As such, the violence meted on them (Luos) is because their leader has refused to concede. Had Raila conceded, the poor policeman in Kisumu would not have been forced to clobber 6-month old pendo.

When Adolf Eichmann was snatched by an elite team of Mossad from a street in Argentina and taken to Israel to face trial, many people were scared of looking directly to his eyes. He was the closest one would get to the devil. Here was the man tasked with executing the "final solution" of finishing off the jews.

Top universities in the world sent their best professors and psychologists to understand the mind of a psychopathic monster. What they found was shocking.....

"These psychologists found not only no trace of mental illness, but also no evidence of abnormal personality whatsoever. One doctor remarked that his overall attitude towards other people, especially his family and friends, was "highly desirable", while another remarked that the only unusual trait Eichmann displayed was being more "normal" in his habits and speech than the average person "

And thus the emergence of the phrase banality of evil.

"Evil deeds are, for the most part, not perpetrated by monsters or sadists. Most often, they are perpetrated by seemingly ordinary people like Adolf Eichmann, who value conformity and narrow self-interest over the welfare of others "

Psychologists observed the same when dealing with the Rwandese genocide perpetrators. I was fascinated by the actions of the three top women;

1. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko - Min of Family Affairs and Women’s Development
2. Agnes Ntamabyariro - Minister of Justice
3. Sister Gertrude Mukangango and Sister Julienne Kizito of the Sovu Monastery.

All educated and well traveled but for two months between April and June 1994, oversaw unspeakable atrocities on fellow women.

Felicitee` Semakuba deserves special mention. She was pregnant during the genocide but her sadism shocked even the judges. In one instance, her victims were too many she would kill hundreds of them with bullets and grenades until she got exhausted. She could go back home and come again the following morning to continue. It lasted three days.

Psychologists confirmed she had no mental illness. She was an average person. Incentivized by the genocide. There is a latent Nazi or interhamwe in each one of us.

Any observant Wazuan would have noted this by now.

Ahem, are you still willing to stand by your view!
What I just observed in a post above gets a perfect example here - that a RAO supporter would have to keep making excuses for him!

While I do not judge what has been written by @FRM, find the analogy incongruent.

Dare I say that it is also odd to continue to point child who was hurt in police brutality,but failing to accept that by Raila refusing to concede, he is fueling unnecessary tension in the country, and to be specific is Kisumu and few parts of the city? Can you imagine what would have happened if people had headed to their subtle call to violence?

As for the reaction of people here on Wazua, @ Obi, what exactly are you referring to? Did anyone say something out of the general confines of civility, in their bid to celebrate their deserved win, while at the same time,questioning why RAO and Orengo have refused to accept a loss?
I am honestly interested to know.

we live in an insane time. If you say the wrong thing, you in trouble. This is the first time in the history of the world where white men have to watch what they say. White men are getting in trouble for using the wrong words, its unbelievable.
[impersonating a white guy] “Well that’s not fair, you can say whatever you want. You can say nigger.”
Well yeah, but last time I checked that’s the only advantage I have for being black. Wanna switch places? You can scream “nigga” and I’ll raise interest rates. It’s the first time in the history of the world where the white men have to watch their tongue. That’s how life works. Sometimes the people with the most shit have to shut up and let other people talk shit about them. Sometimes the people with the most shit get to say the least shit, and the people with the least shit get to say the most shit, so if you wanna say more shit, get rid of some of your shit.

For instance, fat girls can say whatever they want to about skinny girls.
“f***in skinny bitch….anorexic skinny bitch…f***in cheerio belt wearin bitch…salad eatin motherf***er. I hope she chokes on her crouton”
But skinny girls can’t say anything about fat girls. That’s just mean.
“Look at these big bitches…do they freebase gravy? Food is not your friend.”
For instance, short guys can talk about tall guys all they want.
“Tall bastard, I hope your head hits an air conditioning vent. I hope Bin laden flies a plane into your lips”
But tall guys can’t talk about short guys. That’s mean.
“Look at these midget motherf***ers. Fee fi fo fum!”
Poor people can talk about rich people all they want.
“You rich bastard. I hope your yacht hits an iceberg in the summer. I hope your Picasso falls off the wall and kills your mother. You f***in rich bastard.”
Rich people cant talk about poor people. That’s mean.
“Look at these broke bastards. We should raise the prices so we don’t have to see these people again. Is that Hyundai? With clothe interior? Ew!”
Yeah man, you gotta watch what you say.

What should a policeman do when a "peaceful protester" charges at him like this?

@ Masukuma I beg to differ.

I request you to isolate this issue from our everyday lifes. Here we are on this failure to concede,the attendant protests and police reaction to the same.Nobody is being snobish or arrogant about the win.After all other than feeling good about the win as an individual what have I gained so far?

I am employed and also have some side hussles and my interactions with my luo colleagues and business associates has not changed.Betty Achieng my hairdresser did my hair yesturday as we have always done in the last many years and she was expectant.She went into labour at night and delivered a bouncing baby girl and guess what I was among the first to see her in hospital today with Uji and soup.Our relationship cannot be changed by the politics of the day.

We shook hands the day Uhuru was declared and let it be.What has remained which I believe will also die out are jokes about Canaan which are neither here nor there.