Human compassion is what binds us all together, yet something is wrong with our society; people are harming each other. Do you know that about 3500 children go missing every day across the world? 25% of them are never seen or heard of again.
Comforting Pakistan, which is still recovering from the terrorist attack on APS( Army Public School) Peshawar.
Comforting New Zealand, which has recently experienced one of the most devastating attacks in its history.
Hoping for the best for the people of Nepal, who are still reeling from the devastating earthquake in April.
Carrying my pain for Paris, who is still dealing with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in November last year.
We live in such a cruel world. So cruel that it becomes difficult to know who is your friend and who is not. I have been trying to write this article for quite some days now but didn't find the temerity to do it, so as not to be judged as one trying to pander our BCH patron. But after reading the post and watching the recent video posted on noise.cash by @MarcDeMesel, I feel very sad knowing that the incident happened in Africa my continent.
I am writing this as an appeasement to our patron on behalf of Africa writers on read.cash and the Bitcoin cash community at large. As African, we have much respect for cultural values and respect for fellow humans as well. We respect foreigners especially those who came to better our lives. But greed is an inherent nature in man which unfortunately most people have allowed dominating their hearts.
I asked myself, what brought our patron to Kenya? I believe it's an act of love and expression of goodwill towards his girlfriend and Africa. In this case, Mr. Marc came to Africa as a prospective in-law.
We have a culture of treating our in-laws with much courtesy especially foreigners who came home with our daughters to meet with her parents and relatives, professing love openly. Mr. Marc did an honorable thing by going down to Kenya with his girlfriend to relate with her people. Even if other things may be attached to the journey and stay in Kenya, I believe it was love that brought him down to Africa.
But, our society has long changed the apparel of love to that of greed and jealousy, so much that it's now very difficult to know who is your friend. Everyone wants to exploit their neighbor, if they can't get it by hook they will get it by crook.
Money is what makes the world go round, but a good person is what makes the world go round the right way. Mr Marc is had been a friend to us all, he is a great man with a heart as big as the ocean, you couldn't count on him not doing the right thing. The world and its leaders need more people like Marc to make it a better place.
Mr. Marc has been a blessing to us all on this platform and in the Bitcoin cash community, of which I knew there are several people of Africa descent and Kenya in particular. It's naturally right for us all to extend our solidarity and support to our patron over the inhumane treatment melted on him by the nefarious and unlearned police in Kenya.
Police brutality is an international phenomenon. An illness that is bedeviling our society. The police that is meant to protect the citizens are the very one humiliating them.
It is interesting how twisted the minds of the police officers are. Why do they torment someone who has not committed any crime whatsoever?. Torture is something done to someone who is convicted of a crime, and not to a gentleman holidaying with his love.
Coping with the inhuman actions of the police is difficult. And you can imagine what Mr. Marc must have gone through in the hands of those cruel cops in Kenya. I believe that to stand in solidarity with him, to show our support and grievance against the inhumane treatment of Mr. Marc by the police in Kenya, we must stand up against it in any way possible. I urge all Africa writers on this platform to express their opinion on the issue because I believe this is what we need to do.
This is a call for a united front against the inhumane treatment of Mr. Marc in Africa. We cannot continue to ignore and pretend that we are not aware of the incident, or simply hope it fades away on its own. Mr. Marc is pained, we must show our concern and possibly apologize to him for being humiliated in our land.
On behalf of the Africans on read.cash, noise.cash, and the Bitcoin cash community at large, I extend my sincere concern and apology to Mr. Marc and his family.
I request you to watch @MarcDeMesel video from the link below to know more about the incidence.
Initially i wasn't going to respond to this article, but as i was reading it, the "WTA" (What The Actual)level grew so high that it triggered me. I can't not respond anymore at this point.
Human Compasssion is not what binds us all together If anything its actually the opposite. We are bound together for protection against potential harm, abuse and violence. At best we are all bound together because of geography: We share the same ball or rock and stuff that's circling around a star.
Hoping for the best for the people of Nepal, who are still reeling from the devastating earthquake in April. Odd one to mention in the context of this article as a whole and in relation to the claim that there is something wrong with our society; people are harming each other. An earhquake isn't caused by people, and it has no intent, not even to harm people.
Not trying to be a dick here but... so as not to be judged as one trying to pander our BCH patron. But in the next sentence you go on to tag him and sing praise to him and his "Love. goodwill, open profession of love, honorabillity, Love, making the world go round the right way, friend to all, great man, world and leaders needing him for better place, and blessing"... Just saying...
inhumane treatment melted on him by the nefarious and unlearned police in Kenya. and also Police brutality - twisted minds of the police officers- torment - Torture - inhumane (4 more times) I agree that the way Marc was treated wasn't very civil, nice, just or even legal. To have your home invaded, your private posessions violated and having your freedom taken away is without a doubt a very distressing, painfull and traumatic experience. But i have to admit i have read or heard nothing that meriths the labels you used in this article. Inhumane, torture or even brutality. I also do not believe that every policeman or women in Kenya is nefarious or twisted minded. To be unlearned is nothing to be ashamed of. choosing to stay unlearned is. I've read nothing about police brutality, torment or torture. I read about a police raid on his home, seisure of items and information, arrest for him and his girlfriend and interrogation at the police station before eventually both being released. To call that torture is offensive and insulting to all victims of actual inhumanity or torture!
Don't get me wrong, I applaude your willingness and commitment to take responsibillity to apologize to Marc for what happened but do all other Africans on read/noisecash and the bitcoincommunity know you're speaking on their behalf, and give you their approval to do so?
Again, what happened is awful, and i have nothing but love and respect for Marc but i can understand the causes and thinking that's behind the police and tax authority motivation.
First i'd have to remind you of the history of Kenya and white people. After the terrible days of slavery by the Europeans (and a thousand years of Arabic domination) the British claimed the area as their proparty in 1895 and treated the land and its people as such. The state in which it was abandoned after its independance was such that it took 30 years for Kenya to gain some sense of political stability.
So i can imagine that white people are viewed with suspicious eyes by a lot of Kenyans.
Besides that i can imagine that in this country in which poverty is still very much prevelant the appearance of a white man that then "takes a Kenyan woman" and buys a huge house to live there, gives cars as gifts to his girlfriend and is reportedly rich raises questions about intent and motivation. The additional information that he's an investor and has quite a name in the cryptocurrency world only adds to the suspicions and doubts. With cryptocurrency being something most common people in Europe and the US know little about the Kenyan people not personally involved with or interested in Crypto currency probably know even less. Add that ignorance about cryptocurrency, apparent wealth of Marc, and giving away gifts like a car to a girlfriend together with some videos on Marc's channel (tropical vacations, trips to Amsterdam, an appartment in Belgiumn, stated love for Exotic Ladies & Cars and i can understand that some financial and law officials start to think about possible money laundering.
If then during their "investigation" they learn Marc is for all intents and purposes living in Kenya, and as an investor also working from Kenya, they will ofcourse want to see if there is any legal way or ground on which Marc is required to pay taxes on the income he earns while living and working in Kenya.
So the accusations are perfectly explainable. I'm not saying that makes what allright! The way the police raided his home, arrested him and his pregnant girlfriend, froze his assets and harrassed him is inexcusable. Marc being afraid of, and disappointing in, living in Kenya is terrible and i'd be shocked if he wouldn't be. I would be too.
But it's not torture, police brutality or inhumane. Calling his by those names deminishes those who have been, and sadly will be, victims of those heinous crimes.
Great intentions, i'm sure, but i'm sorry that's, in my opinion, an almost incitefull tone and phrasing to use in relation to what happened.
If i am wrong, and missed something from which the torture, brutality and inhumane treatment is evident or mentioned even, please educate me and provide me with (a link to) that information.
Stay safe, and stay happy
@anonsunamun