The evil behind the ego

• What happens to one of us, affects all of us since we are a small society.

What is true here that we are a small society. Our Capital Male', a 2 square km island has the most dense human population on the planet with 70,000. But what happens to one of us hardly has any bearing for the rest of us because the rest of us including our leaders and the Government continues with a business as usual attitude. The recent mob killing in Male' , increasing gang violence over the years and the alarming heroin addiction among our youth in Maldives is proof of this statement.

• We have always been a moderate nation.

The truth on this one is we have never been a moderate nation. We don't allow non-Muslims to practise their faith openly.

These are just a few of the empty cliches that shackle our society.