The pen and the gun

“The pen is mightier than the sword”, now the gun. I grew up to understand ‘the pen’ as being ‘diplomacy’ and ‘the sword’ as ‘force’, now I see that quote in a different light.
It is apparent that armed robbers are doing a lot of damages to our economy both directly and indirectly. Some of these men and women are armed with gun while others are armed with pen; surprisingly, only those armed with gun are castigated.
A hungry man steals two thousand naira (N2000) and spends years behind the bar ‘awaiting trial’, an influential exploitative elite steals five million naira (N5m) and a committee is formed to probe the matter; of course the committee will need a mobilization sum of three million naira (N3m) and no action is taken after their clumsy investigation.
It is high time we called a spade ‘a spade’ and not an ‘agricultural implement’. This thing flows from the top; even those who seem to be morally upright gets in and joins them. If its taproot is destroyed, the plant will wither. Remember, it’s a thing of the conscience and will. He is a coward that uses force where diplomacy can thrive; the pen is mightier than the sword.