tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post3263873468273688056..comments2024-03-01T05:45:05.750+07:00Comments on Gene Netto: Letter to Jakarta Post: Politics and EarthquakesGene Nettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838188306685196535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-69033101594055185332009-10-14T23:57:58.599+07:002009-10-14T23:57:58.599+07:00>Terima kasih Anonymous. Saya juga tidak senang...>Terima kasih Anonymous. Saya juga tidak senang melihat orang arab yang kaya raya beli barang2 yang menyenangkan hati mereka untuk sementara di dunia ini, sedangkan saudara mereka yang menderita banyak sekali. Apakah karena keimanan mereka dangkal? Atau mereka beriman dengan baik, asal tidak perlu peduli pada saudarannya terlalu banyak?<br /><br />>Soulful, I agree with you that education is very important in this issue. People are taught how to behave very early on in life. They either learn to share and be kind to others, or they learn to leep everything for themselves and not care whether others survive or die. <br /><br />If rich people spent more time thinking of how to utilize their money for the benefit of mankind, rather than just for their own benefit, then this world would be a very wonderful place. But I doubt that will ever happen. At least not in this world.Gene Nettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838188306685196535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-90916458913085869622009-10-09T12:55:36.749+07:002009-10-09T12:55:36.749+07:00The social gap between those at the top and those ...The social gap between those at the top and those at the bottom is too big. Partly, perhaps education is the issue. But morale is the larger matter--because of that huge gap.<br /><br />Focusing on the rich vs poor, it's hard to think of the surroundings (i.e. the less fortunate), when you're so high above: busy managing your money, panicking the security of your assets, and spinning brain to find more ways to double / triple what you already have.<br /><br />People learn best from experiences. If these financially elite people were directly affected, then maybe they'll do things differently. But that's not or has not been the common case.<br /><br />Well-said, Pak Gene :)Soulfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452797317898385817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-63309400792357408162009-10-08T03:01:36.419+07:002009-10-08T03:01:36.419+07:00Mas/Pak Gene,
Assalamu'alaykum wrwbH,
Spot on...Mas/Pak Gene,<br />Assalamu'alaykum wrwbH,<br /><br />Spot on! Tulisan Bapak tepat sekali. <br /><br />Kasus ketidak-pedulian kaum berada adalah cermin bagaimana ideologi hedonis-materialistik telah merasuki umat muslim seoperti yg telah diprediksi RasuluLlaah SAW. Tengok saja orang2 kaya Arab yang tidak peduli dengan nasib saudara se-ras Arabnya di Palestina, Somalia, Sudan atau negara2 Sub-Shara lainnya. Mereka malah sibuk dengan kehidupan jet-setnya, seolah-olah minyak bumi yg ada diperut bumi mereka ditanam oleh nenek moyang keluarganya & mereka berhak menghabiskannya sesuka hati.<br /><br />Salah satu penyebab masalah ini adalah belum kuatnya masyarakat kelas menengah terdidik di umat kita yg mampu menjadi motor penggerak ke arah "political correctness" dan kontrol sosial terhadap orang2 kelas atas (termasuk pejabat). Ini memang tantangan jangka panjang bagi ummat. Saya cuma bisa berharap bahwa akan semakin banyak orang kelas menengah yang selain peduli dalam bentuk material (ZIS) tetapi juga menyuarakan kritik sosial terhadap kelas atas (pejabat, kaum kaya dan selebritis) dan juga mendidik kelas menengah-bawah untuk tidak terbuai kehidupan materialis kacangan kaum selebriti Indonesia.<br /><br />Terima kasih,<br /><br />Saudara seimanmu; your brother in faithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com