Originally Posted by
PakRT
Fred UK said:
No one seemed to limit what you said. You were allowed to put up that jive post from out of nowhere about a country your religious guide told you to hate. No one stopped you.
But as soon as you were lambasted by a slew of people who thought your words were from a crazed person, you did the “bird with the broken wing” routine. Now that *is* the typical Arabian stunt of trying to play the victor and the victim at the same time.
If you think people are attacking your new found faith, realize something we all already know in our bones: 9 out of 10 police, army, and satpams you see at every airport, mall, hotel, and gedung, day in and day out, are there because of that religion. That is the religion that believes its medieval habits from the middle of the Arabian desert are still apropos in the world of the 21st Century.
It’s not. And that’s the reason Arabs and their cohorts are so intent on terrorizing the other 80 percent of humanity into sharing the spoils of the majority’s ancestors’ hard work. For most of the past 700 years, while 80 percent of humanity has been trying to “modernize”, Arabs figured they already had everything they needed: Korans, camels, and four wives each.
Recently, however, Arabs awoke, looked around, and realized that the rest of humanity was passing them by. Arabs know that, even if they started working immediately, it would take them 200 years to even faintly catch up with the likes of India or China today.
So instead of going to the trouble, Arabs figure they can scare everyone into sharing the spoils of modernization. But guess what? It won’t happen. Because even though Arabia now is awash with money, Arabs still can’t do anything for themselves. Go to any good-sized, international company in the Arab Middle East and you will find it filled with Indians and other South Central Asians running the Arab’s business. You may see four or five Arabs sitting around in their dishdashahs signing the occasional paper, but that’s it.
And with all that oil wealth, who is building all the new high-rise office buildings and malls in the Arabian Gulf? Who is learning how to work with their hands to build a nation? It’s not the Arabs. They can afford to hire help. That’s okay as far as that goes. But when a substitute for oil comes along in, say, 50-100 years, the Middle East will return to being what is has been for 700 years: a quaint place for camels.
So jangan “lempar batu dan sembunyi tanggan”. If you want to espouse your religion and treacle sweet love of Indonesia, do it. But when you get called out, you need to be ready to defend your words.
And about that treacle sweet love of Indonesia: maybe you’re just absolving yourself of your responsibilities. If a father really is a father, he loves his children, but criticizes them when it’s needed. It’s no fun to criticize, but it’s that or have the children grow up wild. Don't forget: the kata asal for "kurangajar" is "kurang belajar". Spare the rod and spoil the fellow countryman <grin>.
Each of us changes every day. Indonesia now is wholly different from when I first arrived. There is nothing wrong with criticizing anything as long as you, yourself, practice what you preach. The key is that you're as good as your words.
