Corruptors -- What to Do with Them by Dion Kusuma

The core of law is JUSTICE.
A simple word, easy to say. But, how easy it truly is to implement it in our life???
Then comes to the term CORRUPTION, the extraordinary crime that threatens the veins of our country based upon the Indonesian legal culture.
"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupt absolutely." -Lord Acton.
So what corruption truly is???
According to Robert Kligaard, the formula of corruption is C=M+D-A

Corruption=Monopoli+Discretion-Accountability

The main question is, what are we gonna do with all those tyed rats a.k.a coruptors???
Here I am, proposing the punishment of what I personally believe will be effective to eradicate corruption slowly but sure (it is not as easy as blinking eyes, is it?), to give deterrens effect in order to provide justice for all as it is stated in Pancasila as the staatsfundamentalnorm of Indonesia, the fifth principle that says, "Social justice for whole Indonesian citizens"
According to the statement of the vice-chief of Corruption Eradication Commision (KPK), Busyro Muqaddas, corruption creates mass poverty.

So the punishment we can give is by making the corruption defendant poor, by taking all of his assets and wealth. Because philosophically, corruptors do not afraid of the state, do not afraid to die they afraid even terrified of being poor that is why they do corrupt.

But apart from that, after we take all of his property, we sentence him to death penalty. So it is not only him who feels the effect but his wife and kids also. Because death penalty itself would never be enough to get deterrens effect if corruptors have saved their money all around the world that guarantees his family and descent will live prosper. It is as if he sacrifises himself for the sake of his family. That is why death penalty itself is not enough unless accompanied by making the corruptors poor so people would think twice before doing corruption. This hopefully would erase corruption slowly.

As Deny Indrayana had stated that corruption is crime against humanity. Because of corruption, state could not respect, protect and fulfil its citizens' human rights.

So let us take an eye for an eye. We would not make the whole world blind, Gandhi. We are seeking for justice using the eye of heart.

Mean? No! Certainly no.
Law is harsh but that is law.

-Dion

Why students do not feel at home on campus?

Regarding the title mentioned above, maybe some of you would think that it is not an important topic to discuss but it actually is for me. No doubt, campus is written in our agenda on almost every single week day since it is our obligation to go there. Why? Simple, no study > no diploma > no job > no life. Sometimes duty feels harder to do than right; as a prove, you would feel extremely happy when you hear “Bu Aroma kosong” or even “Pak Zainal kosong”, well that’s heaven, because going to their class is actually our duty, and we just lose one of our duties, then we are glad for that. Now imagine, when your friends say “we have an extra class for islamic belief on Saturday at 7”, well that’s hell! Why is that? Because we have a new duty.

So here’s the thing, it is stupid actually when feel excited because of our lecturer isn’t able to come to the class, why? Because we hava paid, well our parents did, so we have right to obtain their teaching class certain times per certain semester and when we lose it, we lose our right then. What are we supposed to feel then? Is it happiness? Maybe it’s because when we have no class, means we don’t have to go to campus, because I’d rather to go home or go to another place and hang out with some friends, and this thing really corelates with the title I put: why students do not feel at home on campus?

Let’s analyze why such thing happens in our campus!

Relize it or not, it could be due to the lack of space or places for students during the free time. Starting from the simplest thing; seeing our tiny little canteen is just annoying enough, its just non sense! I think it was built without even considering the sum of students. Too crowded, too many people, unorganized, not well maintained, whereas it should be a place for students to have lunch together before then they can discuss something together, and have a really good time so that they feel comfortable being in this campus, but it’s just not happening.

There’s another thing; there should be places for students in a compfortable area where we ca do relaxing, take a look at the picture below

Well maybe it’s too impossible to reach now but we may reflect to the campus of economy where they have enough such kind of places. It’s unfair guys! We do need more facilities.

Besides, we actually have several UKM in our faculty, but unfortunately, campus doesn’t provide any place devoted for them. They need to borrow a room first before they can do their activity. Besides, maybe some of you haven’t heard about Sekretariatan Bersama (SEKBER), it’s a forum of all the members of UKM, it’s made so that people from UKM can get along each other, know each other, but again no place available, it’s harder for them to run this then. So, sekber has not officialy made yet. This is sad, especially when we know that sekber has already their own place in kampus terpadu. Plus, the backyard which is supposed to be futsal and basketball courts now is just transformed to the parking lot. It has been happening since years ago, and there’s still always no any resolution from the head of our faculty.

But overall, the worst thing ever which keeps us bound in such condition is the students itself. Why? Most of the students now seem indifferent knowing problems existing in their own faculty. Maybe some of them haven’t even heard about any problem on campus because they don’t want to know, maybe they never socialize, so they never hear stories from other people. Or maybe saying some of them have known about certain cases in our campus, but they don’t care. Maybe for them, it’s not their business, because what they need to do is just study, then graduate. That’s all. So what’s the different then from siswa to MAHAsiswa?

But I do realize that me myself, I can’t blame them, it’s their choice, and they are free to choose. So it’s our duty then to suggest them, to move them, to encourge them for togeher struggling in our beloved campus. Lots of people would be more worthful than just few of people in facing the head of the faculty to tell them our willingnes in order to achieve our welfare. Let’s make this beloved campus comes alive! Make our campus our home.

Love, F.A

Women 'to blame' for being raped?

A third of Britons believe a woman who acts flirtatiously is partially or completely to blame for being raped, according to a new study.
More than a quarter also believe a woman is at least partly responsible for being raped if she wears sexy or revealing clothing, or is drunk, the study found.
One in five think a woman is partly to blame if it is known she has many sexual partners, while more than a third believe she is responsible to some degree if she has clearly failed to say "no" to the man.
In each of these scenarios a slightly greater proportion of men than women held these views - except when it came to being drunk, when it was equal.
In fact more women (5pc) than men (3pc) thought a woman was "totally responsible" for being raped if she was intoxicated.
Support groups described the findings as "alarming" and "appalling".
The national charity Victim Support urged criminal justice professionals and healthcare workers to "consider how best to educate people about the terrible impact of rape, with a view to changing these attitudes."
The ICM opinion poll, commissioned by Amnesty International, also revealed that the vast majority of the British population has no idea how many women are raped every year in the UK.
Almost all, 96 per cent, of respondents said they either did not know the true extent of rape or thought it was far lower than the true figure.
Only 4 per cent even thought the number of women raped exceeded 10,000. The number of recorded rapes in 2004/5 was more than 12,000 and the 2001 British Crime Survey estimated that just 15 per cent of rapes come to the attention of the police.
'Rape is an appalling crime'Amnesty International UK director Kate Allen said the poll, part of its Stop Violence Against Women campaign, had uncovered "disturbing attitudes".
She said: "It is shocking that so many people will lay the blame for being raped at the feet of women themselves and the government must launch a new drive to counteract this sexist 'blame culture'."
The research had also exposed the scale of public ignorance over the true extent of rape crimes in the UK and the "dreadfully low" conviction rates, she said.
"The government has an international duty to prevent this gross human rights violation yet it's clear that the government's policies on tackling rape are failing and failing badly," she said.
"These findings should act as a wake-up call to the government to urgently tackle the triple problem of the high incidence of rape, low conviction rates and a sexist blame culture."
Joanna Perry, policy manager at Victim Support, said: "It is alarming to read that so many people seem to believe that a woman is responsible for inviting a rape or sexual assault, because of what she was wearing, what she drank or how she behaved.
"Rape is an appalling crime and has a devastating effect on victims, and those close to them. In other words, nobody asks to be raped."

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-369262/Women-blame-raped.html

I have heard for the past few months about this issues, where women are said to be partially responsible/blamed for some rape cases. Some said that it's the woman's fault that they are being a victim of rape, since their outfits were very revealing. I want to know your opinions and thoughts about this. No particularly based on the article above. I'm sure there are a lot of articles and issues you have read all over the internet or that you have read in newspaper, maybe. I want to know my classmates' (aka you) opinions and thoughts because you are all way smarter and have broader mind than me, I want to learn from you so that someday I could make a better post than this.

In my opinion though, the victims of rape are not always sexy or easy girls who flirt with strangers or just give hint to everyone that they want to be teased. Sometimes the most well dressed, well behaved and neat women are the victim.  And as the article said, no one wants to be raped. Putting aside the religion's obligation to wear veil and covering the aurat, I think to say that women shouldn't wear revealing clothes is a very different matter from this rape thing. It's shouldn't be the reason for them to be blamed if they're victimized by rapists. I cannot put my sentences well, I'm sorry. All I'm saying is, it's true that women should wear more neat, polite clothes that only show a little bit of their skin, and that they should not be out alone at late night, but they are not obligated to do it either. And when they do it, I think the reason should be because they are well aware of the danger and possibility in the society and neighborhood and of course their own common sense that women should be graceful, classy and well behaved.
And if, some women have not found their path onto that thought yet, it is not right of those red eyed men with evil intentions to take advantage of them. They should be the one having the protective feeling and respect to women. And if they don't have it, it just proves how shallow, uneducated, and how easy of them to be manipulated by their own raging libido.


A. R. M