Otzy lived 5,300 years ago. He roamed the highest mountain range in what now is Europe, 3,000 years before Jesus’ time. In 1999, hikers stumbled across a frozen body that scientists soon named Otzy the Iceman. Experts extensively studied the ancient body and told us that he was about 5’3” and 45 years old when he died. His head was bashed in and he had an arrow wound to his shoulder area which probably caused him to bleed to death. The Iceman was killed by a fellow human being.
Human beings have killed each other since the dawn of time and they’re still doing it. There’s many reasons why people kill but the bottom line is that if you’re in their way and they want what you have, some humans kill. Whether to get land, food, or power, they matter, you, not so much.
Do you ever wonder what it takes to kill a person? Not in war but up close and personal. To end someone’s existence? To stop their breathing, forever? To make it that they’ll never see their mother, spouse or children again? If you’re not living in an active war zone the odds are that you think that it would be difficult to kill another human being, but, for many others, it’s a breeze.
Most people try everything that they think they can do to stop from being slaughtered, but often times, it’s simply not enough, and they succumb. According to The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, about 430,000 people were murdered worldwide in 2012.
It’s all about the murderer. They know better or deserve more and they’ll do whatever is needed to get what they want—including homicide.
At certain levels, politics is similar. Many people think they know better than you or me and will do anything to get their idea to be the law of the land. They’ll cheat, lie, manipulate and even kill to get their vision across. Hitler killed more than 6 million people to try get his way and ideas across. Thousands died to get Cuba to where it is today. Pol Pot of Cambodia oversaw the deaths of about two million people from starvation, overwork and execution to get his government to be the Way.
Oftentimes, unholy needs for power stem from emotionally marginalized people that all started when they were nippers and who now are on a holy quest to get things ‘right’. Maybe Otzy was on one of those quests when someone killed him—maybe he was the bad guy. Or perhaps, he was killed because someone wanted what his murder would give them.
A great predictor of whether you or I will become a victim of crime depends on who we hang out with—who is in our close circle. If people close to us are malcontents or criminal types, the odds of becoming crime victims ourselves, goes up. If we hang out in places with those types of people—the same thing.
We need to choose our friends and partners carefully. Leave them if they’re deeply bitter, malcontents or violent.
In addition, we should learn to avoid these people and places and learn to protect ourselves and our loved ones.
And if you happen to be one of those who have deep bitterness, anger or fear and have no belief in anything good and positive in this world, get help. You matter and can change to be a more content human being and that will not only help you, but all of us.
Steve’s latest book:https://www.amazon.com/Protect-Simple-Childrens-Safety-Survival-ebook/dp/B01FENUW4G
Steve's a three-time survivor of violence in his youth, a former police supervisor and a graduate of The Police Executive Leadership College (PELC) and was also an award winning part-time college Criminal Justice instructor.
For several years, Steve did written and radio political and current event commentary and was the former host of the long running 'The Kovacs Perspective' Internet radio and TV talk show.
Steve presently owns a small businesses in Ohio--The Mayfield Academy of Self-Defense.
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