Refl: Harus diperhatikan bahwa perceraian di Sudan bukan sekadar perceraian untuk perceraian, tetapi perceraian untuk kehormatan diri dan perbaikan hidup warga Sudan Selatan. Siapa yang rugi bila perceraian seperti di Sudan terjadi di Indonesia? Mengapa rugi?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/05/editorial-sudan%E2%80%99s-divorce.html Editorial: Sudan's d.i.v.o.r.c.e The Jakarta Post | Sat, 02/05/2011 12:59 PM | Editorial The result, albeit provisional, shows that 99 percent of the people in South Sudan voted for a separation from the North. No wonder southerners are already celebrating at the prospect of having their own state before the official results have been announced. Sad as it may seem to see the split, one has to make an exception when a marriage becomes completely untenable. The marriage between the predominantly Christian and animistic Africans in the south, and the predominantly Arab-Muslims in the north, was an unhappy union to begin with. The referendum in January was held as part of a 2005 peace agreement that ended a war that had lasted 22 years, killed 1.9 million and displaced 4 million people. We congratulate the people of Sudan for carrying out the referendum peacefully. An act of self-determination is a right that any nation is entitled to. The result must be respected. Welcome to the United Nations. Separation is always hard. Starting a new state is going to be a big challenge for South Sudan. The North will equally go into a difficult period without the income from the resources of the South. We hope Sudan's separation does not lead to other countries meeting the same fate. Like Sudan, most countries in Asia and Africa are nothing more than the creation of European powers, which carved the world into national borders in complete disregard of the interests of their colonial "subjects". Take the case of Indonesia, a country of many nations but whose only main commonality is that they were all ruled by the Dutch. Thankfully, Indonesia survived many bloody secessionist wars in the early years of the Republic. Many other countries had similar challenges in the wake of their independence. Some contained the insurgencies, others, like Sudan, remained in perpetual wars at a huge cost in terms of lives and opportunities to move forward. Asian and African nations cannot turn back the clock and probably most people do not want to anyway. History has predestined them to live within the borders drawn up by European powers a century or two ago. They have to make the best of whatever situation they have inherited. Some bad marriages do go well eventually, if they work on them. Divorce is not a taboo, but it is the very last option. While it may seem to be liberating, there is really little joy in any divorce. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
