Vandag wil ek nie aan die wenkant of die verloorkant wees nie. Ek kies die die kant van vrede, die kant van die onskuldige \u2026 wat is so verkeerd daarmee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indien jy dink hierdie is n\u00f3g \u2019n rubriek oor rugby en die \u201ckant\u201d-sage, of dat ek vir ons anti-Bok Suid-Afrikaners gaan vertel hoekom die groen-goud-kant altyd beter as die wit-kant (Eng) of die swart-kant (NZ) gaan wees, lees dan maar eerder verby \u2026 genoeg is reeds daaroor ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek maak die soveelste mediaverklaring in my inboks oop waarin die \u201cstemme\u201d hul steun aan \u00f3f Israel \u00f3f Palestina gee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie een se besluit is gebaseer op geloof \u2013 \u201cek staan agter\u201d my mede-Christen of mede-Moslem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vorige een het \u2019n politiese toon \u2013 hulle kies die kant wat hul politieke reputasie gaan verbeter of selfs meer stemme gaan help werf, al is die konflik duisende kilometers ver weg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
En dan is daar diegene wat luidkeels \u2019n kant kies net ter wille van kant kies en natuurlik m\u00f3\u00e9t die hele w\u00eareld weet waar hulle staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ons het \u2019n soortgelyke scenario gesien toe die oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekra\u00efne uitgebreek het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die hele w\u00eareld het hulle steun gegooi agter wie hulle dink is reg of verkeerd \u2013 meestal agter Oekra\u00efne want wie gee vir Rusland die reg \u2026 en toe speel ons eie president voetjie-voetjie met Putin en s\u00ea agterna dit was uit vrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar wie is ek om te besluit wie reg of verkeerd is? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die antwoord op wie was nou eintlik reg, hang mos maar eintlik af van uit watter oogpunt jy daarna kyk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jou politieke- of geloofsoordeel sal jou van nature in \u2019n sekere rigting trek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar wat dan van die onskuldiges? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is baie mense wat nie gevra het vir oorlog nie. Tog het hulle een oggend wakker geword en hul lewens is omver gewerp omdat hul leiers besluit het om \u2019n ander land in te val.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Gaza-Israel-konflik is ook nie \u2019n nuwe ding nie. Sedert 2006 is vyf oorlo\u00eb al oor die Gaza-strook geveg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoeveel mense het nie reeds geliefdes verloor nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoeveel is nie dakloos gelaat omdat hulle uit vrees moes vlug of omdat daar eenvoudig niks van hulle huise oor is n\u00e1 die bomme nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hoeveel wil eintlik net in vrede leef?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tot ons self in daardie omstandighede geleef het, kan ons seker self nie die vrae beantwoord nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, hoekom voel ons genoop om dan \u2019n kant te moet kies, of erger, smeer ons verder sout in hul wonde. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sanksies word deur w\u00eareldleiers ingestel, natuurlik om goeie redes, maar weereens is dit die onskuldiges wat aan die kortste ent trek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyk byvoorbeeld op die sportveld. Wanneer laas het jy \u2019n Rus aan \u2019n internasionale byeenkoms sien deelneem? Hulle is bloot deelname op internasionale terrein belet oor waar hulle vandaan kom en nie oor hul standpunt nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wenkant, verloorkant, regte kant, verkeerde kant \u2026 ek glo vas daar is alle kante mense wat indien hulle sou kon kies, die kant van vrede sou kies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vandag kies ek die kant van die onskuldige, die stemlose \u2026 die kant van vrede. \u2013 Cecilia Hume<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vandag wil ek nie aan die wenkant of die verloorkant wees nie. 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