my backside to payback
I will not hate you the way you hated me
I will not hurt you the way you had hurt me
I will not do to you all the bad things you did to me
Today this guy from the Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi said of some (tudung labuh clad) people; 'mereka-mereka yang tidak berfikiran terbuka, mereka mengatakan merekalah yang terbaik, cakap mereka patut didengar, pendapat mereka lebih penting..'
Now, if I was one who wears a kopiah and all, and I said to a guy -a total stranger- wearing his boxers (and only his boxers); 'hey, God hate you and you're going to hell', I believe I am in a way demonising him (maybe God does hate him, but that's besides the point). But, say this same guy, upon seeing me do nothing else except wear a kopiah says to me; 'hey, you're the most narrow-minded guy. Ever', is he not doing the same to me?
So, guy from Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi; lessons should be given both ways; tudung clad people should never dismiss those without tudung as potential hell residents (but I must say here that not concealing one's aurat is a dosa kecil-mild sin), and tudungless women should never dismiss tudung clad ones as narrow-minded. Books should never be judged by their covers. And by all means, stop all these payback thingys; you demonise me now I'll demonise you. Paybacks don't pay. I mean, just look at what the US did to Afghanistan and Iraq after Sept 11 and observe how peaceful the world has become. Now, repeat the sentences at the start of this post..
...
We're better than that, no?
I will not hurt you the way you had hurt me
I will not do to you all the bad things you did to me
Today this guy from the Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi said of some (tudung labuh clad) people; 'mereka-mereka yang tidak berfikiran terbuka, mereka mengatakan merekalah yang terbaik, cakap mereka patut didengar, pendapat mereka lebih penting..'
Now, if I was one who wears a kopiah and all, and I said to a guy -a total stranger- wearing his boxers (and only his boxers); 'hey, God hate you and you're going to hell', I believe I am in a way demonising him (maybe God does hate him, but that's besides the point). But, say this same guy, upon seeing me do nothing else except wear a kopiah says to me; 'hey, you're the most narrow-minded guy. Ever', is he not doing the same to me?
So, guy from Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi; lessons should be given both ways; tudung clad people should never dismiss those without tudung as potential hell residents (but I must say here that not concealing one's aurat is a dosa kecil-mild sin), and tudungless women should never dismiss tudung clad ones as narrow-minded. Books should never be judged by their covers. And by all means, stop all these payback thingys; you demonise me now I'll demonise you. Paybacks don't pay. I mean, just look at what the US did to Afghanistan and Iraq after Sept 11 and observe how peaceful the world has become. Now, repeat the sentences at the start of this post..
...
We're better than that, no?
posted by Jibam at
1:24 AM
2 Comments:
It all stems from this need to feel superior. The tudong-clads condemn the uncovered ones to hell and the stark-headed ones belittle and generalised those covered. It all boils down to self-protection - how can they justify what they do if they do not 'prove' that any other option is worse/bad?
I have been in situations where hukum Islam has been relegated to the 'outdated' bin because the person in question needed to feel that they were doing everything right. Without a sense of humility, one can never admit to weaknesses.
As Al Pacino/The Devil said - Vanity has always been my favourite sin.
By
NyNa, at 3:10 AM
never thought we'd turn to the devil for words of wisdom.democracy is way cool
-jibam
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Anonymous, at 6:37 PM
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