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haha,...George Carlin,.. :D

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:01:21 +0700

When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever ‘til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!

But I want you to know something, this is sincere, I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up.

Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you’d expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would’ve been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say “this guy”, because I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it has to be a man.

No woman could or would ever fuck things up like this. So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he’s at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn’t give a shit. Doesn’t give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results.

So rather than be just another mindless religious robot, mindlessly and aimlessly and blindly believing that all of this is in the hands of some spooky incompetent father figure who doesn’t give a shit, I decided to look around for something else to worship. Something I could really count on.

And immediately, I thought of the sun. Happened like that. Overnight I became a sun-worshipper. Well, not overnight, you can’t see the sun at night. But first thing the next morning, I became a sun-worshipper. Several reasons. First of all, I can see the sun, okay? Unlike some other gods I could mention, I can actually see the sun. I’m big on that. If I can see something, I don’t know, it kind of helps the credibility along, you know? So everyday I can see the sun, as it gives me everything I need; heat, light, food, flowers in the park, reflections on the lake, an occasional skin cancer, but hey. At least there are no crucifixions, and we’re not setting people on fire simply because they don’t agree with us.

Sun worship is fairly simple. There’s no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn, and we don’t have a special building where we all gather once a week to compare clothing. And the best thing about the sun, it never tells me I’m unworthy. Doesn’t tell me I’m a bad person who needs to be saved. Hasn’t said an unkind word. Treats me fine. So, I worship the sun. But, I don’t pray to the sun. Know why? I wouldn’t presume on our friendship. It’s not polite.

I’ve often thought people treat God rather rudely, don’t you? Asking trillions and trillions of prayers every day. Asking and pleading and begging for favors. Do this, gimme that, I need a new car, I want a better job. And most of this praying takes place on Sunday His day off. It’s not nice. And it’s no way to treat a friend.

But people do pray, and they pray for a lot of different things, you know, your sister needs an operation on her crotch, your brother was arrested for defecating in a mall. But most of all, you’d really like to fuck that hot little redhead down at the convenience store. You know, the one with the eyepatch and the clubfoot? Can you pray for that? I think you’d have to. And I say, fine. Pray for anything you want. Pray for anything, but what about the Divine Plan?

Remember that? The Divine Plan. Long time ago, God made a Divine Plan. Gave it a lot of thought, decided it was a good plan, put it into practice. And for billions and billions of years, the Divine Plan has been doing just fine. Now, you come along, and pray for something. Well suppose the thing you want isn’t in God’s Divine Plan? What do you want Him to do? Change His plan? Just for you? Doesn’t it seem a little arrogant? It’s a Divine Plan. What’s the use of being God if every run-down shmuck with a two-dollar prayerbook can come along and fuck up Your Plan?

And here’s something else, another problem you might have: Suppose your prayers aren’t answered. What do you say? “Well, it’s God’s will.” “Thy Will Be Done.” Fine, but if it’s God’s will, and He’s going to do what He wants to anyway, why the fuck bother praying in the first place? Seems like a big waste of time to me! Couldn’t you just skip the praying part and go right to His Will? It’s all very confusing.

So to get around a lot of this, I decided to worship the sun. But, as I said, I don’t pray to the sun. You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Two reasons: First of all, I think he’s a good actor, okay? To me, that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn’t fuck around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that God was having trouble with.

For years I asked God to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog, Joe Pesci straightened that cocksucker out with one visit. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a simple baseball bat.

So I’ve been praying to Joe for about a year now. And I noticed something. I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time I don’t. Same as God, 50-50. Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe, the wishing well and the rabbit’s foot, same as the Mojo Man, same as the Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat’s testicles, it’s all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make a wish, and enjoy yourself.

And for those of you who look to The Bible for moral lessons and literary qualities, I might suggest a couple of other stories for you. You might want to look at the Three Little Pigs, that’s a good one. Has a nice happy ending, I’m sure you’ll like that. Then there’s Little Red Riding Hood, although it does have that X-rated part where the Big Bad Wolf actually eats the grandmother. Which I didn’t care for, by the way. And finally, I’ve always drawn a great deal of moral comfort from Humpty Dumpty. The part I like the best? “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again.” That’s because there is no Humpty Dumpty, and there is no God. None, not one, no God, never was.

In fact, I’m gonna put it this way. If there is a God, may he strike this audience dead! See? Nothing happened. Nothing happened? Everybody’s okay? All right, tell you what, I’ll raise the stakes a little bit. If there is a God, may he strike me dead. See? Nothing happened, oh, wait, I’ve got a little cramp in my leg. And my balls hurt. Plus, I’m blind. I’m blind, oh, now I’m okay again, must have been Joe Pesci, huh? God Bless Joe Pesci. Thank you all very much. Joe Bless You!

lawborn: TEMPLAR TIMELINE1119 - Foundation of the Knights...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:06:42 +0700

lawborn:

TEMPLAR TIMELINE
1119 - Foundation of the Knights Templar
1120 - Council of Nablus where the Templars are accepted in the East.
1129 - Establishment of the Knight’s Latin Rule
1130-1140 - Templars are put in charge of castles by the Kingdom of Portugal
1139 - Papal Bull Omne Datum Optimum establishes the Templars as a permanent order in the Catholic Church answerable only to the Pope.
1140 - Templars build the Paris Temple.
1148 - The Second Crusade
1149-1150 - Gaza is granted to the Templars
1152 - The Templars are given Chastel Blanc and Tartus
1164-1167 - King of Jerusalem’s Egyptian campaign supported by the Templars
1171 - Saladin founds the Ayyabid dynasty in Egypt and Syria
1185 - Templar Church founded in London
1187 - Jerusalem falls to Saladin
1189-1192 - The Third Crusade
1191 - Templars establish new headquarters at Acre
1191-1192 Templars briefly occupy Cyprus
1202 - Fourth Crusade is diverted by the Venetians to Constantinople
1218 - Templars build fortress at Athlit
1218-1221 - The Fifth Crusade
1244 - Loss of Jerusalem
1248-1254 - Crusade of Saint Louis
1266 - Mamelukes take the Templar Castle of Saphet
1271 - Templars abandon Chastel Blanc and the Hospitallers abandon Krak de Chevalier to the Mamelukes.
1271 - Edward of England agrees to a ten year truce with the Mamelukes
1291-1302 - Templars lose many of their fortresses in Outremer
1307 - Arrest of the Templars in France
1308 - James of Molay and other Templar leaders meet secretly with Papal emissaries and are absolved.
1310 - Burning of fifty four Templars as heretics by Philip the Fair, king of France
1314 - James of Molay, the last Grandmaster of the Templars, and Geoffrey of Charnay are burnt to death in Paris.
1314 - Pope Clement V dies in April and King Philip IV of France dies in November
1320 - The Papacy abolishes the Templars and transfers their property to the Knights Hospitaller.
(This timeline is by no means exhaustive and represents only a small fraction of Templar History)

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:57:52 +0700

purpleapple317: Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:56:47 +0700

purpleapple317:

Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose

tiemposdeyuca: The Name of the Rose (1986)

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:56:25 +0700

tiemposdeyuca:

The Name of the Rose (1986)

coverspy: The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco (F, 20s, black pea...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:55:29 +0700

coverspy:

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco (F, 20s, black pea coat, translucent black tights, diagonally parted hair, L train) http://bit.ly/10EQe9p

sala66: Sean Connery en “El nombre de la rosa”, 1986

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:55:13 +0700

sala66:

Sean Connery en “El nombre de la rosa”, 1986

comedycsi: Christopher Slater, Valentina Vargas. The sex scene...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:54:54 +0700

comedycsi:

Christopher Slater, Valentina Vargas. The sex scene in The Name Of The Rose (1986).

The worst cinema sex scene ever? I dunno there are so many competing for that particular title but it is certainly a contender.

signorcasaubon: High Altar of the Abbey Church of Melk, a...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:54:24 +0700

signorcasaubon:

High Altar of the Abbey Church of Melk, a Benedictine abbey of great renown in Austria. It contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau, as well as the mortal remains of several members of Austria’s first dynasty, the House of Babenberg. The fictional monk, Adso, from Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, comes from this abbey.

"…Semiotika pada prinsipnya adalah sebuah disiplin yang mempelajari segala sesuatu yang dapat..."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:50:28 +0700

“…Semiotika pada prinsipnya adalah sebuah disiplin yang mempelajari segala sesuatu yang dapat digunakan untuk berdusta.”

- Umberto Eco.
A Theory of Semiotics, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1976, hlm. 7. (via dobygobloq)

Alanus de Insulis, Prancis (1115-1202):

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:28:00 +0700

omnis mundi creatura

quasi liber et pictura

nobis est in speculum

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setiap makhluk di dunia ini

seperti sebuah lukisan dan sebuah buku

seperti sebuah cermin untuk kita

motogp 2013

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:20:50 +0700

1. MotoGP Qatar (*) 07 April 2013 – (23:00 WIB) Losail

2. MotoGP Amerika 21 April 2013 – (23:50 WIB) Circ of Americas

3. MotoGP Spanyol 05 Mei 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Jerez

4. MotoGP Perancis 19 Mei 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Le Mans

5. MotoGP Italia 02 Juni 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Mugello

6. MotoGP Catalunya 16 Juni 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Catalunya

7. MotoGP Belanda (**) 29 Juni 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Assen

8. MotoGP Jerman 07 Juli 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Sachsenring

9. MotoGP USA (***) 21 Juli 2013 – (23:00 WIB) Laguna Seca

10. MotoGP Indianapolis 18 Agustus 2013 – (23:00 WIB) Indianapolis

11. MotoGP Ceko 25 Agustus 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Brno

12. MotoGP Inggris 01 September 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Silverstone

13. MotoGP San Marino 15 September 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Misano

14. MotoGP Aragon 29 September 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Motorland Aragon

15. MotoGP Malaysia 13 Oktober 2013 – (15:00 WIB) Sepang

16. MotoGP Australia 20 Oktober 2013 – (12:00 WIB) Phillip Island

17. MotoGP Jepang 27 Oktober 2013 – (10:00 WIB) Motegi

18. MotoGP Valencia 10 November 2013 – (19:00 WIB) Ricardo Tormo

* balapan malem

** balapan sabtu

*** cuma seri motogp

"Sepertinya Grammy 55th masih punya Adele,…"

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:02:00 +0700

“Sepertinya Grammy 55th masih punya Adele,…”

Membaca Sejarah Lama (17)

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:54:38 +0700

Suku Asmat di tanah Papua memang primitif, kalau ditinjau dari sudut pandang teknologis yang kerap kali dipakai sebagai ukuran oleh “masyarakat maju industri”. Perisai yang mereka pakai, tombak yang mereka gunakan dan pakaian yang sangat sedikit mereka kenakan, memang primitif kalau diukur dengan kacamata “masyarakat modern”. Apalagi cara mereka berkomunikasi, dengan tidak menggunakan alat-alat modern, membuat kesimpulan bahwa mereka seolah-olah benar masih primitif. Struktur sosial yang mereka kembangkan, karena tidak berdasarkan administrasi berskala besar, dianggap tidak sesuai dengan kebutuhan kita sebagai masyarakat modern.

Dilupakan, bahwa orang-orang Asmat sebagai unit-unit kecil di belantara tanah Papua telah berhasil menyelamatkan diri dari Malaria dan penyakit-penyakit lain di daerah itu. Begitu pula, mereka dapat mengembangkan kehidupan di tengah-tengah lingkungan alam tang ada tanpa melakukan pengrusakan atas kehidupan itu sendiri, merupakan prestasi tersendiri yang harus dipahami secara seksama. Akumulasi begitu banyak kegiatan mereka dalam bentuk yang dianggap primitif itu dilupakan orang dan sekarang tinggal menjadi tontonan (kitsch) belaka, yang dijual oleh pariwisata modern sebagai eksotika, untuk dinikmati oleh wisatawan/wati luar dan negeri-negeri lain. Apalagi yang berstatus wisman (artinya=wisatawan asing yang banyak uangnya)

Bagaimana mengintegrasikan mereka ke dalam “masyarakat modern” sering kali diputuskan hanya oleh para birokrat yang dididik oleh sistem “pendidikan modern”, tanpa melibatkan orang-orang Asmat itu sendiri. Ini terjadi berulang-ulang, dan akan tetap terjadi, bila tidak ada perubahan dalam sikap kita sebagai bangsa.

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Jika orang-orang Asmat mengalami hal itu dalam kerangka hidup bersuku di tanah Papua, penduduk desa di Bali mengalaminya melalui penghadapan Subak dan Banjar yang dihadapkan pada sistem “administrasi modern”. Pemakaian tanah rotatif di pedasaan Bali itu dinilai tidak efektif, karena tidak membawa iming-iming pemilikan tanah yang digarap dan pencapaian target-target individual warga masyarakat.

Tentu saja Subak dan Banjar sebagai sistem kehidupan meminta para warga untuk membagi kerja dan pendapatan, yang tidak memungkinkan munculnya pengusaha kelas kakap dan petani kaya. Dilupakan bahwa, selama berabad-abad kedua sistem itu berhasil memelihara masyarakat petani di Bali dalam jumlah yang besar di tanah yang sempit. Dengan demikian kedua sistem itu berhasil menghindarkan penyakit keserakahan yang sering menghinggapi “masyarakat modern”.

Masalahnya, dalam pandangan penulis, terletak pada bagian mencapai keseimbangan antara keduanya, yaitu bagaimana membuat warga masyarakat berpenghasilan tinggi dan memiliki daya beli yang sangat besar tanpa membuat mereka serakah dan sangat merugikan orang lain. Ini inti pengembangan kapitalisme rakyat (folks-capitalism), sebagaimana berhasil ditumbuhkan di negara-negara industri maju dan demokratis. Para petani dan buruh, secara individual, mendapat penghasilan tinggi dan mencapai daya beli besar. Inilah tantangan yang harus dijawab baik oleh para ekonom perancang industrialisasi dan agribisnis maupun para sosiolog yang berkepentingan dengan pelestarian berbagai institusi seperti Subak dan Banjar.

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Pemerintah kolonial Belanda yang menjinakkan masyarakat Cirebon dengan menciptakan berbagai kerajaan dan kesultanan, kasepuhan, kanoman, dan keprabonan di kawasan itu, merupakan bukti kemampuan pemerintah kolonial untuk menerapkan kebijakan devide at impera seperti itu yang diterapkan di tempat-tempat lain dalam bentuk yang berbeda. Dalam hal ini yang digarap oleh mereka adalah penghadapan berbagai institusi satu terhadap yang lain, supaya merekan melakukan netralisasi terhadap peranan masing-masing “lawan”. Pengkaplingan kekuasaan itu memang merupaka inti dari kebijakan kolonial berupa kebijakan devide at impera itu.

Masyarakat Cirebon, dengan demikian tidak memiliki panutan yang jelas, sebagai akibat kekuasaan lembaga-lembaga itu lebih banyak bersifat moral. Dalam hal ini dapat ditunjuk dalam kasus makam Sunan Gunung Jati di Gunung Sembung. Orang yang ingin langsung menuju makam, baru dapat melakukannya jika diizinkan atau didampingi salah satu sultan atau prabu yang ada. Dengan demikian, kekuasaan itu hanyalah berwatak ceremonial belaka, berbeda hal nya dengan kekuasaan bupati atau walikota. Kasus rumah penjara kabupaten yang dijadikan mall, dengan rumah penjara baru dibuat di luar kota adalah bukti tidak adanya kekuasaan sultan atau prabu itu.

Jelaslah dengan demikian ketiga jenis masyarakat, suku, budaya adat dan kekuasaan pemerintah harus diperhitungkan dengan teliti dalam proses modernisasi yang berlangsung. Kalau di kalangan orang-orang Asmat, pimpinan suku harus diperhitungkan, itu berarti harus menjadi partner kita dalam proses modernisasi. Begitu juga dengan Subak dan Banjar di Bali, jelas menunjuk pentingnya arti para pemimpin adat dalam proses modernisasi. Sedangkan modernisasi di daerah Cirebon bersangkutan dengan birokrasi pemerintah daerah. Hal ini yang harus dipertimbangkan pimpinan TNI, para pemimpin gerakan mahasiswa, para ulama, dan pimpinan partai-partai politik dalam mengemudikan upaya pencarian format modernisasi yang diperlukan oleh bangsa kita saat ini.

Seoul, 15 Februari 2002

K.H Abdurrahman Wahid

Tweet Gamal Al_Banna oleh M.Guntur Romli

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:30:00 +0700

Tweet Gamal Al_Banna oleh M.Guntur Romli:

Ikut berduka cita atas wafatnya Gamal al-Banna pemikir Mesir yg jg adik kandung Hasan al-Banna dlm usia 93 thn. Ternyata Gamal al-Banna wafat 30 Jan 2013, pemikir keislaman yg banyak menulis buku2 yg sangat mencerahkan. Gamal al-Banna menulis isu2 kontemporer: kebebasan, pluralisme, perempuan, sekularisme, demokrasi dll dr perspektif Islam. Buku Gamal al-Banna yg terkenal adlh Nahw Fiqh Jadid (Menggagas Fiqh Baru) rekonstruksi pemikiran yurisprudensi Islam yg progresif. Gamal al-Banna menolak politisasi Islam, yg menurutnya bisa merusak Islam, dasar politik menurutnya: nalar & nilai2 etis keislaman. Gamal al-Banna bisa digolongkan dlm aliran ‘salafi’ tp salafi yg mencerahkan al-salafi al-mustanir kata seorang pemikir Mesir Mahmoud Alim. Disebut ‘salafi’ krn Gamal al-Banna menolak kajian historitas trhdp teks al-Quran, kritik dia cukup sengit pd Hamid AbuZayd & Arkoun. Memahami al-Quran Gamal al-Banna berusaha seharafiyah mungkin, tp menurutnya tegas pd prinsip kebebasan, pluralisme, perempuan dll. Gamal al-Banna memetakan dua wilayah utama dlm Islam, aqidah yg masuk dlmnya soal keimanan & ibadah2 ritual (trmasuk rukun Islam yg 5). Domain wilayah ini menurut Gamal al-Banna adlh keimanan, bukan nalar, absolut al-Quran & sunnah yg shahihah. Dlm aqidah laksanakan apa bunyi teks, tdk perlu dirasionalisasi, ini benar2 soal keimanan & kepercayaan kata Gamal al-Banna. Kebiasaan Gamal al-Banna menjamak shalat dzuhur+ashar, maghrib+isya’ tanpa sebab krn menurutnya ada hadis shahih yg bicara hal ini. Wilayah kedua adlh syariah, definisi syariah bg Gamal al-Banna sama dgn mu’amalah dlm istilah fiqh klasik, hub horizontal manusia. Klau aqidah hub vertikal, ke langit, ketuhanan, keimanan, sdng syariah hub horizontal, di bumi, kemanusiaan & penalaran Gamal al-Banna.

Jakarta, 18 Januari 2013

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:02:51 +0700

rarasekar:

Sejarah Indonesia….

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:38:39 +0700

Sejarah Indonesia….

"Beda banget cerita Nyai Dasima dengan Nyai Ontosoroh,… bagaikan bumi dan langit"

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:04:15 +0700

“Beda banget cerita Nyai Dasima dengan Nyai Ontosoroh,… bagaikan bumi dan langit”

Anwar Kongo The Jagal

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:05:49 +0700

opeoples:

Anwar Kongo sempat marah karena saya agak memaksa berjumpa.

“Wah! Ini satu bentuk pemaksaan lagi namanya. Nantilah saya hubungi kamu kalau saya ada waktu luang. Mungkin dua atau tiga hari lagi. Saya kan sudah tua jadi mudah capek,” katanya via sambungan telepon.

Dari seorang kenalan yang merupakan movie maker senior di Kota Medan, saya mendapatkan nomor ponsel jagal era penumpasan PKI dulu. Darinya saya tahu Anwar Kongo merasa keberatan dengan film The Act of Killing. Itu saya ungkit supaya ia bersimpati dan mau saya wawancarai. Tapi, pada kontak pertama ternyata dia sudah mulai alergi bertemu jurnalis. Saya cuma bisa berharap Anwar Kongo menepati jani dan mengucap terima kasih sewaktu ia akan menutup sambungan telepon.

Di luar dugaan, Anwar kembali menelepon saya beberapa jam kemudian dan bilang dia punya waktu untuk wawancara dengan saya.

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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:07:17 +0700

Apapun yang terjadi, terlepas dari benar salah, kalah menang, kiri kanan. Yang terjadi pada tahun 65 adalah peristiwa pembantaian, holocaust, genosida. Film ini mendokumentasikan bagaimana pembunuh2 itu dengan gamblang membunuh-i ratusan manusia tanpa perasaan bersalah sedikitpun. Luka sejarah ini harus terungkap, bahkan mungkin film ini adalah “jawaban” dari film “penghianatan G30S/PKI karya sutradara Arifin C Noor. Masa lalu Indonesia berbisik, mencari jalan, mencari celah, mungkinkah ini saat yang tepat untuk Indonesia menjadi bangsa yang besar, sebagai bangsa yang berdamai dengan masa lalu nya, melihat, mempelajari dan berjanji tak akan mengulanginya lagi untuk masa depan Indonesia yang gemilang…