Oleh: Nurcholish Madjid Semua nilai-nilai demokratis sebagai way of life, tidak sekedar sebagai masalah prosedural semata, benar-benar memerlukan komitmen para pendukungnya secara mendalam dan sejati. Karena itu diperlukan dimensi metafisis dan keimanan seperti diteladankan oleh Bung Hatta. Dan sebagai penyumbang paling komprehensif dan mendalam bagi usaha pelembagaan nilai-nilai kebangsaan Indonesia, Bung Hatta adalah seorang tokoh teladan pribadi nasionalis-religius, sekaligus rasional-ilmiah, tanpa keterpecahan jiwa dan keterbelahan pribadi. Ia tampil utuh, integral, konsisten, teguh pendirian, tabah, sabar dan jujur, serta terbuka bagi pikiran-pikiran terbaik dari manapun datangnya. Bangsa Indonesia amat beruntung memiliki tokoh teladan seperti Bung Hatta, pribadi nurani bagi seluruh anak negeri.
Alhamdulillah, dan terimakasih kepada semuanya. Catatan akhir: 1Muhammad Hatta, as quoted in Water Bonar Sidjabat, Religious Tolerance and the Christian Faith, A Study concerning the Concept of Divine Omnipotence in the Indonesian Constitution in the Light of Islam and Christianity (Jakarta: Badan Penerbit Kristen Gunung Mulia, 1982), h. 51. 2Soedjatmoko, Indonesia: Problems and Opportunities, Dyason Memorial Lectures 1967, The Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, h. 263. 3Hildred Geertz, dalam Ruth T. McVey, Indonesia, Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University, 1963, hh. 69-70. 4Ekstrak dari the Encyclopaedia of Islam, CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0 C 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Belanda. 5John W. Henderson, et. al., Area Handbook for Indonesia, Foreign Area Studies, the American University, Washington D.C., 1979, h. 114. 6Henderson, et. al., op. cit., h. 114. 7Henderson, et. al., op. cit., h. 114. 8Tocqueville noted the American zeal for change and connected it with the restless search for the ideal and the profusion of opportunities to achieve that ideal. He saw the significance of the interaction of democracy and religion and anticipated the denominational efflorescence so characteristic of American life. (Ensiklopedi mericana, s.v. Democracy in America). 9Ivor Brown, "The Ethics of Goldern Mean", dalam The Listener, July 24, 1947, dikutip dalam (T.V. Smith dan Eduard C. Lindeman, The Democartic Way of'L#e [New York, 1951], h. 91. 10There is a profound problem with modern secularism and liberalism, namely that it is only a negative good, in the sense that all it can do is "keep fanaticism at bay." That ini itself is no small accomplishment, but it can only provide a framework for diversity and tolerance, not the ideals and values a society needs to bring about true pluralism. The second great danger facing pluralism is that we could gravitate toward an empty and procedural liberalism far removed from religiously grounded truth, in which case the American experiment would be over, and a new revolution would be required. The institutions and behavior of the American experiment simply cannot exist without the religiously grounded truths asserted by the founders. The challenge for American democracy today is to find a way to answer Aristotle's question regarding how to order our social life within the context of a constitutional order premised on certain declared truths. We are not sure if this is possible. If the American experiment fails, it will have sobering implications for democratic pluralism throughout the world. (Prosiding dari Conference on Pluralism and Its Cultural Expressions [diponsori oleh The Rockefeller Foundation dan the Aga Khan Trust for Culture], Bellagio, Italia, November 10-12 1992, hh. 17-18). 11The democratic way of life rests firmly upon the assumption that means must be consonant with ends. It is this rule which, when practiced, emanates as democratic behavior and constructs a pattern of democratic morality. (Smith dan Lindeman, op. tit., h. 100). 12Persons striving to adapt themselves to the democratic way of life are required to discipline to one variety of unity, namely unity which is achieved through the creative use of diversity. A society which is by affirmation democratic is expected to provide and protect a wide range of diversities. (Smith and Lindeman, op. cit., h. 91) 13The majority's responsibility is to conduct an experiment under the watchful eye of an alert and critical minority. When majorities arrogate themselves the right to disregard minorities they become tyrannical. An intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, might become the means by which democracies lose their iberties. (Smith dan Lindeman, op. cit., h. 97). 14Persons dedicated to the democratic way of life are capable of moving in the direction of that goal if they are prepared to accept and live according to the rule of partial functioning of ideals. Perfectionism and democracy are imcompatibles. (Smith dan Lindeman, op. cit., h. 96). 15Democratization is an ongoing process, and one that is becoming increasingly irreversible. (Dikutip oleh Chen Wen-Tsung dan Richard R. Vuylsteke, "Taiwan's Democratization Part of the World Trend", 2 seri, dalam Jakarta Post, 9 dan 10 Juni 1989). 16 ... in general, democracies are often unruly, but they are rarely unstable.:While it is true that people may march, shout, confront, and be disorderly, a look at history shows that in complex and development societies, democratic governments are very stable. Just as violent social revolution never produce democracies, democracies never produce violent social revolutions. (Chen dan Vuylsteke, op. cit.). 17Only when the forms (as well as the contents) of human relations can be changed swiftly and easily can there be a strong society. And if there is danger in too much change, there is equal danger in too much rigidity. (H.G. Duncan, Symbols in Society, Oxford, 1972, h.37). 18... we talk about democratization as a change of Regime, ... we mean specifically the submission of central authoritative offices to political competition, and clear lines of distinction between party and state. (Chen dan Vuylsteke, op. cit.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Sumber: postingan He-Man di milis Forum Indonesia Damai (FID), Jumat 27 Juni 2002, dengan beberapa penggunaan huruf tebal (bold) pada sejumlah frasa guna pemberian fokus serta penggunaan font miring (italic) untuk kata-kata dalam bahasa asing. Kalau ada ketidaksesuaian antara teks asli dengan apa yang saya postingkan, maka itu merupakan akibat kekilafan dan tanggung jawab saya sebagai pemosting. 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