Quote of the day: non-violence vs permanent evil

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

by Mahatma Gandhi - Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)

And that permanent evil could create stigma from others that if your group or follower conducting violence systematically (based on believe, for instance). So, do not blame us if those stigma undoubtedly difficult to be removed from our mind.

After 9 months... the violence continued

Ah, just 9 months punishment in jailed. Even that he and the rest of the group will be walking free and yelling again their freedom and rights to do more violence.

This is just a simple but strong evidence that in Indonesia, the more you do the violence then the more you will get the license to do that. For almost 10 consecutive years doing such activities, not even a single leader against it. In fact, the security force (read: police department) used them as "partner in crime". That is why, there are none of the security force leader insisting to ban this group. Moreover, there are more supporter of them.

What a pathetic society... It feels like watching another predictive-and-boring soap opera. You know how the story will end, and you know they will make the same story again later in the next episodes. The irony is there are still so many audience that loved the drama.

The people of this country is totally sick! The leader even more sick and deranged! Especially the religious leader, they even the source of disaster... I prefer corrupter rather than people who screaming God's name all along the way.

Siapa yang sesat sesungguhnya?

Membaca berita hari ini semakin membuat stigma di kepalaku kian sulit untuk kuhapus. Bicara tentang "sesat", bicara tentang "kemurnian", bicara tentang "iman" dan bicara tentang "keyakinan" selalu berujung pada kekerasan dan tindak kekejaman terhadap sesama manusia. Apa yang sebenarnya dicari? Surga di akhirat sana? Berarti hukum ekonomi tentang trade-off sungguh bekerja di sini: jika ingin surga di akhirat maka kau harus ciptakan neraka dan kekejaman di muka bumi. Siapa pun yang menantang dan menghalangi harus dimusnahkan.

Di harian kompas hari ini, tertulis pernyataaan sebagai berikut:

”Mengapa mereka mengadakan aksi mendukung organisasi kriminal. Mereka menantang kami lebih dulu. Jika tidak siap perang, jangan menantang.”

Apakah selalu semua harus diselesaikan dengan "perang"? Aneh, di mana bukti bahwa Tuhan Maha Kuasa jika Tuhan sendiri ternyata tidak mengajarkan untuk berdamai?

Nah, jika kelompok-kelompok tersebut bicara tentang "aliran sesat" dan "ajaran sesat". Tidakkah merekalah sebenarnya yang merupakan "aliran sesat" dan menganut "ajaran sesat" karena lebih mengedepankan kekerasan, kekejaman, pengurasakan, dan perang di atas perdamaian dan dialog?

Yang lebih ironis, ke manakah para pemimpin dan pemuka agama? Mungkin mereka sedang mengumpulkan pundi-pundi surga mereka dengan terus mengucapkan doa tiada henti sambil menyelipkan sedikit agitasi ke celah-celah sempit otak dan hati para umatnya...


update: dengan daftar tindak kekerasan sepanjang ini, cukup mengherankan juga bahwa mereka dibiarkan berkembang di wilayah yang konon mengaku religius, toleran dan cinta damai. Belum lagi tindakan yang tidak tercatat dan tidak dilaporkan. Ah, memang hebat negeri ini...