Blame The Table!

Prabumulih, 28 April 2012

I just watched on tv about corruption,  it reminds me about our conversation with our English teacher, Poul

*this conversation was on April 2011
one day, our teacher Poul, asked us

Poul : guys, can i ask you one question, but please no offense yah
Us   : yeah, sure
Poul : I heard about the plan of your house of representative building, it takes about one thousand    billion,sounds crazy
Us   : ya we know that Paul, they never satisfy and keep on the plan even get protested by whole public
Poul : but why they do that?i mean, they have a big salary and many allowance kan?
Us   : Like we mentioned before, they just not satisfy
Poul : Yeah, but they keep praying right?why then they keep praying while they do bad things?
Us   : Maybe because for them, praying is only like nothing to do with their activity, praying is only kinda compulsory
Poul : But my point is, why they do that?why they do, you know, corruption, im sure its not allowed in every religion
us   : (silence)
Poul : Here, let me give you the example, when you guys still child, and learn to walk with your parents supervising you and you fell down, what will they do?
Us   : (Still silence and curious)
Poul : they will blame the table right!hey bad table!and make you stop crying
Us   : Yeah, actually thats our culture
Poul : Exactly!thats the point, your culture made you like this, i mean not you guys, i know you are all good, what im going to say is, those people in your house of representative building, they never feel guilty, because mentally, they always find another suspect for everythings they have done!
Us   : (Thinking about his words)
Poul : For western people, they teach their kids to be responsible for everythings they have done, i just want to give you advice, just be careful with your treat for your kids because it will influenced their personality
Us   : Ya, maybe thats one of the reason yah but we think, well, its our culture
Poul : Well, no offense yah

So, what do you think people?
Should we blame the table?

Classroom With Poul