Hero and anti-porn law

Can't sleep today. Time to write my blog, I think. This month people in Indonesia are celebrating their Heroes day at November 10th which just past a few days ago. In this particular days, commonly goverment gives reward to someone which it thinks deserve it. The reward usually a national hero title, and it always been a discussion in the newspaper about the struggle he/she did in the past before he/she are recognized by government and given that title.

So....national hero eh? While maybe people with that title will be admired for time to time, generation by generation, it doesn't mean people without it must not be admired. In our society, there always heroes around us. We see them everyday, feel their presence, being part of their good will and sometimes we even forget to say thanks.

People doesn't need to have a super power in order to be a hero for somebody else. What people need is only conducting good act for someone else and he will be regarded as hero for that person. But sometimes it's really hard to find the true hero since capitalism has change the world into its further form. Nowadays, when we see someone helping others, many accusations and suspicion will emerge since if we don't know the person personally, we easily judge him/her as doing it for expecting any rewards.

There are many kind of people nowadays. People who has lost their shame and doing everything for their stake, people who stay in their faith and walk across their path sturdily, people who choose to live in honesty, etc. But what kind of people can be categorized as hero now? Good question.

The answer is somehow blur, but I can assure that hero won't be entitled to people who enforce anti-porn law in Indonesia. It's insteresting that anti-porn law always invites controversy. Some people argue that it will maintain good society, while others are against it, saying it's an insult to our civilization. Well, if you ask me my opinion, I tend to say that anti-porn law is not necessary.

Humans are free, they have free mind, free will and free soul. It's not government who must tell us what to do in our daily activities, but our conscience. By saying we need anti-porn law, the government are saying that we are not trusted enough to build a good society. I think it comes back to every personality in each person. People who agreed to be bound to anti-porn law must be people who realize they do not have a decent conscience to supress their passion. I know some people cannot control their act when they happen across sexual scene. And yes, that kind of people must be "protected" so that they cannot conduct sexual crime. One way to "protect" them is to telling them the good and the bad stated in a law. Sense of fear being punished by law often can overcome other senses.

But others who are educated enough, have strong sense of conscience and faith of their religion will feel this law is inevitably b**ls**t. What does the use of a law if we have already know the good and the bad and can control our action and mind precisely in our daily activities? Well, anti-porn law is a stupid law that unfortunately is still needed by our immature society. The more people claim its importance, the more people admit that our society is a nothing but rubbish.

But nevermind, so who're heroes anyway? Simply said, hero is the one who play his/her role in the society well, donate his/her life for the goodness of society. There are many good examples of heroes in our daily life, but unfortunately there are much more good examples of non-heroic action. Parents who wake up early in the morning and sleep late in the night for pursuing welfare for their family are nothing but true hero for their child. But do they are a hero for others? Not necessarily.

It's near impossible to be a hero for everyone. In fact, universal heroes don't exists!. Indonesian national hero may be regarded as traitor or immortal enemy by other countries. So what the use of that title anyway? Nothing.

People who are hoping for being a hero, won't be a true hero. True hero will be hero since they have all prerequisites naturally not because they struggle for. True hero is a hero by heart not by title! It's very hard to be a true hero and I myself do not qualify to become one ;).