Sun, 12 Sep 1999

Ship

S.O.S We are in danger now. The captain has run away in the lifeboat with all the treasure we collected from the bottom of the sea for so many years. We have run out of food. We have run out of fuel. The crew are fighting and we are floating with no direction.

I know Some of you tried to hold a meeting on the deck, to elect a new captain among us that can read the compass well and lead us to the nearest port. But how can you choose the best captain if everyone wants to run the ship?

Let us be wiser in this state of emergency by listening to the passengers' voices as well. They may have a good instinct for the best person to save us and get us out of this rough sea. And wake up. For some days have passed us by, and you don't even have a decision. Instead, you are separated in different groups, breeding hatred and blaming one-another.

If we just can hold another meeting, with the blessing of all passengers, then let us unite in our decision before we all sink to the depths of the sea and are swallowed by the hungry sharks.

-- By Yosep Jimi