Thursday, May 23, 2013

Holier Than Thou

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/06/03/imo-view-more-grafts-meat-import.html



It’s not that we don’t get a kick in the stomach to learn a certain person or organization succumbs to corruption when they don’t wear a cloak of any religion. It’s just that we get less surprised or stunned.


Conversely, it always leaves us with utter disbelief and disgust when such deed is committed by a person or organization cloaked in a religion. They claim longing to purge the world of vice and sin; and see corruption everywhere — except within.

I am totally flabbergasted to learn top politicians who supposed to be religious since they come from religious party are no better that secular ones. It seems that one doesn't need to be religious to be good, nor secular to be evil. We are so sick at corrupt practices that empty the state coffers; in which we all pay the taxes. In every nook and corner of our nation we see corruption.

I am disgusted to see religion is being traded like some kind of merchandise. It is being auctioned and the highest bidder gets the deal in the name of political party livelihood.

I am sick to my stomach to watch such people being caught red-handed with a naked escort in some fancy hotel. More investigation revealed more beauties allegedly involved in such acts by taking lavish gifts and money. It’s like a parade of beauty pageants. The prettier, the fancier. It’s really a sickening display of outlandish lewdness.

The worst part of the bad drama is the person in custody is the close aide of top brass religious politician. Following the arrest, the evidence led to another arrest of suspects from prominent religious party in this nation. The spark ignited raging wild fire, dragging other politicians in the party to a disgrace. It’s just the tip of the iceberg!

To my dismay, instead of pledging to cleanse the party from such disgracing acts, they blindly take refuge into an insane self-defense. Pointing fingers to a planned plot to bring down the party to legal tangle of document legitimacy to seize their asset is not helping at all! Such maneuvers only tarnish their reputation further.

When you are caught red-handed, you can’t just keep repeating the slogan “I am holier than thou!” It’s not working that way.

I for instance used to admire such persona brand of such party. For the past few years of their existence, they are proven to be a clean and religious party. It’s in their blood and every myriad of their cells. Sadly, along the way, the cancerous disease of corruption succeeded to find a way to infect them.

Selfishness and greed drive them to corrupt. Once, they have a taste of worldly pleasures from wealth and women, they are at their greatest battle to test themselves. It’s within such moments their true color shows. So far, most of the prominent figures lost the battle, thus integrity. Religion as their moral compass is no longer valid as they use it as a cloak to hide their true shape.

Once a corrupt party stops valuing integrity, virtue or moral principles, it changes for the worse. Such party will eventually begin to decay and set itself on the road to self destruction

For that reason, I lost my trust as well. To gain my trust, they should prove they are worthy of it again instead of staging a blame game!

They won’t ever regain their integrity so long they still vulgarly display blind loyalty to their corps. To climb out from their hellish downpours of outrage from the public, they should cure the disease starting from within. Kill and amputate the infected cells. Don’t show mercy to such evilness.

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