Rants (contd.)

(continued from previous post)

The most frustrating thing is, after all these disasters, most of us still stupidly look at each other and say, "what had we done to deserve these?" Uh, excuse me? How about all those corruptions that have been running rampant in our country since god-knows-when? And oh, don't forget the Indonesian Playboy magazine those pea-for-brains over at Jakarta had licensed straight from Hugh Hefner himself. And what's up with those mystic shows and adult-oriented programs? Oh yeah. You dirty MF-ers don't give a rat ass what happens to our country as long as you got your pockets lined up with money, don't you? I say, round 'em all up and, in the eternal words of the Red Queen, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!"

But seriously, we Indonesians really need to change. We're too busy minding our own business that we ignored other people's rights. We're too busy pointing fingers at each other that we didn't realize our own mistakes and faults. Sure, we can all point fingers at someone to serve as a scapegoat (the favorite so far seems to be former Pres. Soeharto), but are WE any better than him? Are we doing ANYTHING to do our part in the society? For the country? No, nevermind for the country, what have we done for ourselves? Are we doing anything to make our own lives better? Or are we always waiting for someone to make it better for us? Indonesians nowadays only care about their own rights, but they completely neglected their own obligations. We demand 'reforms', 'improvements in social infrastructure', 'better jobs', but what have WE actually contributed to the society and country to make those improvements happen? Just one year after SBY got the office, there were people already protesting, demanding him to quit the position as the president. Imbeciles. Who the hell do they think are? If you morons think SBY was doing a bad job, then why don't you name someone who can actually do a much better job than he could? Huh? HUH? And STOP thinking of the president as some kind of a GODDAMN HARRY POTTER!! SBY is no magician, he can't just wave his magic wand to make all our country's problems disappear! He needs US. He needs OUR cooperation. WE need each other's cooperation. WE need to work with each other to make our country a better place to live, a better country with better people and better government. It always amaze me that instead of us, the only ones that are truly, really cooperating with each other, helping each other... are the corruptors. They help each other to cover their tracks, hide their crimes, and by doing so they ensure the safety of their own skin. Why can't we work together like this?

The Nature itself had become restless. Earthquakes, tsunamis, disasters. Each kept happening one right after another. Their sounds formed a harmony of deafening rapid sequence... like that of an alarm clock.

That's our wake up call.

We can heed it, or we can continue to sleep in eternal bliss and ignorance while our whole world crumbles around us.

Subhanallah.