Verita
What do I know about verita? None. An Italian friend told me that verita means the truth. Again, what do I know about the truth? One of my professors always says that the truth is relative, and it is not singular, but plural.
The truth is in the eye of beholder (beauty can be a truth too, no?). What we believe as a truth can change, along with the historical line. It depends on the context behind, depends on our knowledge. Once we rejected and condemned Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Lord Buddha, and so on (just name it), but then…ta daa look now. Look how many believers they have now. Few decades ago in France, it was believed that we (humans) should not bath/shower. It was believed that bathing might soak our skin. Later on with the development of medical knowledge, we do the opposite act. I remember how my mum asked me to shower when I was a kid. Isn’t it amazing? The power of knowledge is even more amazing for me. What kinds of person are trusted as sourceperson? According to my long long time ago textbook, there are some kinds of people who posses more power, seen as wise person in community (now I remember Owl, a friend of Pooh the Bear. All people…oops animals at 25 acres forest come to him to seek his advice). Yeah yeah…sounds like a Foucauldian.
Currently, Indonesians are gossiping about a sex scandal. A member of house of representative (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) caught on tape while he had a sexual act with a woman, surely not his wife. He was (sorry, just resigned from his position) the head of religious department in his political party. He’s also a former leader of a big Muslim university student association. Then again, we see another version of the truth. It is up to us, whether want to see him as a devoted believer of one of major religions in the world, or him as an unfaithful husband? (Oh please….don’t comment how could a Muslim do that…not only Muslims engage in any adultery…knock knock remember Bill Clinton, buddy?).
Is this member of house of representative is a trusted person? If you see him, talk to him, tell him what happens in your life and he gives you some advice, will you believe and take it seriously? (Let’s skip the part about how unfaithful to his family he’s, but think about…a politician who recorded his sex scandal…yeah yeah you got the point here).
Well, I love Indonesia. Five months since I returned back to my motherland (no, my father doesn’t have any piece of land) there is another hot gossip here. We, Indonesians, also are busy gossiping about a leading (not again) Muslim leader in Indonesia. He’s found to be married to his second wife while he’s still in marriage with his faithful wife, for more than 2 decades. He explained that his first wife gave him permission to marry someone else. Moreover, this topic had been discussed between them for 5 years.
Dang (oops pardon my word), then why the hell did he say big NO before? To fish our sympathy? Before, this faith leader said no to polygamous because it might hurt women, et cetera et cetera et cetera. Then, he said he did (and will do) it in Muhammad’s way. In Islamic way. Come on…dude…I am (and sure there are lots like me) just a simple commoner. I am a Muslim who might not know about Islam as much as you do, but I know that I should watch my mouth (well…I am typing now, so my lips are sealed ^_^). I might not know all verses on the Quran and the hadith, but I could see your wife almost dropped her tears (thanks to him, I watch TV now, wait for gossip shows). Back to the main question, will you believe in this faith leader’s saying then?
About the wives now. Firstly is about the wife of our non-reliable Muslim leader. What a 40 something year old woman, who has married to a humble person for more than 2 decades, with 6 kids (hello…are there any other Malthusians here? I need your back up please) in her arms, will say if her husband tells her that he wants to marry someone else? Also, think about how many women look at her as a humble role model. If you were her, do you think you will say no to your husband? You will be condemned as a selfish woman who only thinks about herself, not thinks about your 6 kids who will loose the love of their father.
Now, is about the wife of our honorary member of house of representative. The woman whom the husband had (she said it was over couple years back) sex affair, said that the wife knew about their affair. When she (that another woman) got pregnant, the wife pushed her to induce her pregnancy. In short, this legal wife of the man’s a cruel heartless woman. What kind of women who will force another woman to induce her pregnancy? My almost 3 year old nephew will imagine an old bitch with hair like Cruella De Vil on Dalmation 101 movie, with deep red lipstick, laughs cruelty, and says, “Kill…kill…”. Poor woman, her husband had a sex affair with another woman, caught on tape, spread globally (well Indonesians are all around the world) and she’s treated as a bad heartless woman. If she did force that woman to induce her pregnancy, she might think about how to safe her family. Or even more, how to protect her husband’s political career.
What about the other women. Well I don’t know about the second wife of the faith leader, all I know is she’s pretty and younger than the first wife. So I cannot say anything, but question…how could she say yes to a married man?
And ta daa…about the woman who had affair with our politician. She had a press release, she cried on TV. So, no comment.
Lesson learned:
• Follow your heart, you will see the truth. There is a true north deep down, and it will guide us
• Girls, don’t mess around with married men. They are dangerous.
• Women…why are we subordinated? Dang patriarchal society
• When I bitch around, just cry and I will stop.
The truth is in the eye of beholder (beauty can be a truth too, no?). What we believe as a truth can change, along with the historical line. It depends on the context behind, depends on our knowledge. Once we rejected and condemned Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, Lord Buddha, and so on (just name it), but then…ta daa look now. Look how many believers they have now. Few decades ago in France, it was believed that we (humans) should not bath/shower. It was believed that bathing might soak our skin. Later on with the development of medical knowledge, we do the opposite act. I remember how my mum asked me to shower when I was a kid. Isn’t it amazing? The power of knowledge is even more amazing for me. What kinds of person are trusted as sourceperson? According to my long long time ago textbook, there are some kinds of people who posses more power, seen as wise person in community (now I remember Owl, a friend of Pooh the Bear. All people…oops animals at 25 acres forest come to him to seek his advice). Yeah yeah…sounds like a Foucauldian.
Currently, Indonesians are gossiping about a sex scandal. A member of house of representative (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) caught on tape while he had a sexual act with a woman, surely not his wife. He was (sorry, just resigned from his position) the head of religious department in his political party. He’s also a former leader of a big Muslim university student association. Then again, we see another version of the truth. It is up to us, whether want to see him as a devoted believer of one of major religions in the world, or him as an unfaithful husband? (Oh please….don’t comment how could a Muslim do that…not only Muslims engage in any adultery…knock knock remember Bill Clinton, buddy?).
Is this member of house of representative is a trusted person? If you see him, talk to him, tell him what happens in your life and he gives you some advice, will you believe and take it seriously? (Let’s skip the part about how unfaithful to his family he’s, but think about…a politician who recorded his sex scandal…yeah yeah you got the point here).
Well, I love Indonesia. Five months since I returned back to my motherland (no, my father doesn’t have any piece of land) there is another hot gossip here. We, Indonesians, also are busy gossiping about a leading (not again) Muslim leader in Indonesia. He’s found to be married to his second wife while he’s still in marriage with his faithful wife, for more than 2 decades. He explained that his first wife gave him permission to marry someone else. Moreover, this topic had been discussed between them for 5 years.
Dang (oops pardon my word), then why the hell did he say big NO before? To fish our sympathy? Before, this faith leader said no to polygamous because it might hurt women, et cetera et cetera et cetera. Then, he said he did (and will do) it in Muhammad’s way. In Islamic way. Come on…dude…I am (and sure there are lots like me) just a simple commoner. I am a Muslim who might not know about Islam as much as you do, but I know that I should watch my mouth (well…I am typing now, so my lips are sealed ^_^). I might not know all verses on the Quran and the hadith, but I could see your wife almost dropped her tears (thanks to him, I watch TV now, wait for gossip shows). Back to the main question, will you believe in this faith leader’s saying then?
About the wives now. Firstly is about the wife of our non-reliable Muslim leader. What a 40 something year old woman, who has married to a humble person for more than 2 decades, with 6 kids (hello…are there any other Malthusians here? I need your back up please) in her arms, will say if her husband tells her that he wants to marry someone else? Also, think about how many women look at her as a humble role model. If you were her, do you think you will say no to your husband? You will be condemned as a selfish woman who only thinks about herself, not thinks about your 6 kids who will loose the love of their father.
Now, is about the wife of our honorary member of house of representative. The woman whom the husband had (she said it was over couple years back) sex affair, said that the wife knew about their affair. When she (that another woman) got pregnant, the wife pushed her to induce her pregnancy. In short, this legal wife of the man’s a cruel heartless woman. What kind of women who will force another woman to induce her pregnancy? My almost 3 year old nephew will imagine an old bitch with hair like Cruella De Vil on Dalmation 101 movie, with deep red lipstick, laughs cruelty, and says, “Kill…kill…”. Poor woman, her husband had a sex affair with another woman, caught on tape, spread globally (well Indonesians are all around the world) and she’s treated as a bad heartless woman. If she did force that woman to induce her pregnancy, she might think about how to safe her family. Or even more, how to protect her husband’s political career.
What about the other women. Well I don’t know about the second wife of the faith leader, all I know is she’s pretty and younger than the first wife. So I cannot say anything, but question…how could she say yes to a married man?
And ta daa…about the woman who had affair with our politician. She had a press release, she cried on TV. So, no comment.
Lesson learned:
• Follow your heart, you will see the truth. There is a true north deep down, and it will guide us
• Girls, don’t mess around with married men. They are dangerous.
• Women…why are we subordinated? Dang patriarchal society
• When I bitch around, just cry and I will stop.
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