Siapa yang tidak kenal dengan Ulil Abshar Abdalla ? Salah satu tokoh JIL ini sudah dikenal karena berbagai kegiatan & pernyataannya. Selain di media konvensional, saat ini Ulil juga cukup aktif di Internet, termasuk di berbagai situs social media.
Suatu hari saya membaca tweet berikut ini dari account Ulil :
Ulil: If Muslim dictators kill their people, Muslim tend to shut up. When the world tries to stop them kill, they shout: INTERVENTION! Gosh!
Saat itu adalah pagi hari Jumat, 25 Maret 2011. Suasananya adem & tenang, jadi menggugah saya untuk mendiskusikan pendapat tersebut diatas.
Ketika itu saya kira balasan saya tidak akan ditanggapi oleh Ulil, tapi tidak apa, yang penting saya sudah menyampaikan pendapat saya. Yaitu :
Saya: Sejahat2nya Saddam, dia tidak spt GW Bush yg bantai ratusan ribu orang & bikin jutaan lainnya jadi pengungsi. Hm ? Gosh !
(http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51059424663584768)
Saya: Intervensi langgar konsep kedaulatan / sovereignty. People have the right to sort out their own problems. Gosh !
(http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51060190732230656)
Lalu saya melanjutkan rutinitas pagi saya dengan santai, dan bersiap-siap untuk sarapan…. ketika kemudian saya sadar bahwa ternyata tweet saya dibalas oleh Ulil ! Ups 🙂
Ulil: But yes, you’re right, Muslim suffer from amnesia a lot. When Muslim dictators killed their people, they tend to shut up!
(http://twitter.com/#!/ulil/status/51066382632230912)
Pagi hari Jumat itu tiba-tiba menjadi jauh lebih menarik 🙂
Selama beberapa jam setelah itu, kami saling kirim mengirim tweet. Sampai saya luput sarapan 😀 dan terpaksa minta izin pamit dulu kepada Ulil :
Saya: Yeah, but you have had your muffin, and I haven’t mine (breakfast). Slow down ! 😀
(http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51085648727257089)
Diskusi saling tukar pikiran kemudian terus berlanjut kembali dengan seru, sampai akhirnya kami sepakat untuk saling tidak setuju (agree to disagree) 🙂
No problem, tiap orang punya hak untuk punya pemikirannya sendiri-sendiri.
Terlampir adalah beberapa kutipan diskusi tersebut.
Selamat menikmati….
Ulil : If Muslim dictators kill their people, Muslim tend to shut up. When the world tries to stop them kill, they shout: INTERVENTION! Gosh!
Saya : Intervensi langgar konsep kedaulatan / sovereignty. People have the right to sort out their own problems. Gosh !
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51060190732230656
Ulil : If Muslim dictators kill their people, Muslim tend to shut up. When the world tries to stop them kill, they shout: INTERVENTION! Gosh!
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51075936921206784
Ulil : most people killed after the US invasion of Iraq was caused by civil war between warring groups of Syiah and Sunni.
Saya : Which would not happen if Saddam was not removed by USA, right ? Gosh !
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51070936765579264
Ulil : Who says sovereingty is a sacred principle? It’s just a modern myth. It becomes a pretext used by dictators to kill their people!
Saya : Then why bother with countries at all ? Let’s invade everyone & create Earth nation ! That’s what Nazi tried anyway.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51075445055172608
Ulil : Who say Arab can take care of their own problem? Is sending troops by Saudis to Bahrain to kill protestors part of that care?
Saya : Don’t tell me you forgot about Egypt already 🙂 And Tunisia.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51074644026998784
Ulil – Intervention is not ideal, but less evil than letting dictators killing their people or other kind of atrocities!
Saya : And who are you to #judge other people’s affairs? Principles, like sovereignty, are there for good reason.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51074205999050752
Ulil : No, Saddam invaded Kuwait without approval of anyone. It was only him going mad and delusional!
Saya : WikiLeaks begs to differ with you:
http://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/us-asked-saddam-to-invade-kuwaitwiki-leaks/http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51073932345876480
Ulil : First of all, Saddam invaded his neighbor, Kuwait. Forgot this? Second, he killed his own people for years. Forgot this too?
Saya : Kuwait was invaded under approval of USA. Forgot this?
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51070300678393856
Ulil : First of all, Saddam invaded his neighbor, Kuwait. Forgot this? Second, he killed his own people for years. Forgot this too?
Saya : USA should have principles like the “Prime Directive”. Arabs now have proven that they can take care their OWN problems, right ?
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51071240332509184
“The Prime Directive is not just a set of rules; it is a philosophy and a very correct one. History has proven again and again that whenever mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disastrous.” — Jean-Luc Picard
Ulil : US is not an angel but it’s the only country that has the best military prowess today. And that entails responsibility.
Saya : And have they acted responsibly? So far, the Palestinians would say no.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51081070107561984
Ulil : Palestine problem needs separate discussion. Don’t lump everything in one basket!
Saya : Nope, it’s an excellent example of how USA does #not wield their power responsibly, but by using #DoubleStandards instead.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51082583580213248
Ulil : All counries practice double standard, not only the US. Even Muslims use double or even multiple standards too in judging events.
Saya : That’s no justification to make it (#DoubleStandard) right 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51083659968643072
Ulil : You haven’t said your words about what’s the best way to stop genocide. Is intevention is not justified at all in such situation?
Saya : Only on #true cases of genocide, example: Nazi vs Jews. Intervention should be an #exception not the norm !
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51084317903953920
Genocide :
“any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.“
Ulil : And what’s that other country with no big business interest behind it that have military ability and willingness to stop atrocities?
Saya : I thought that’s what The UN are for ? (but first we need to wean them off USA’s money though)
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51089016136802304
Ulil : What if UN, due to its lack of capability, is unable to fulfill its mission to protect lives of people from their dictators?
Saya : Then its lack of capability is our fault, and we must rectify that – empower The UN more 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51098199636717568
Ulil : Yes, because US has big power, it has big responsibility to stop atrocities in Libya. Right? Who else will be able to do?
Saya : Someone else with no Halliburton/Exxon/etc piggy-backing them, preferably 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51085242269843456
Ulil : And what’s that other country with no big business interest behind it that have military ability and willingness to stop atrocities?
Saya : In case of inter-national affair, The UN is the #democratic institution which has most right to take on issues on this level.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51098930636800000
Ulil : Killing in Libya cannot wait for the fix of UN. The moral responsibility lies now on countries with best military power.
Saya : You believe on getting to the end, no matter how / the means. That’s fine. I believe in the process.
http://twitter.com/#!/hsuf/status/51104189643898881
Ulil : Anyway, I agree with coalition’s attack to stop Qadhafie from killing his own people. You may have diff. oponion, and that’s OKAY.
Saya : I fully agree as well that you full right to have your own opinions. Thanks.
