or else.

doing good is always a positive thing.

like giving money to charity organizations,

help clean beaches or forests or parks,
and inviting your friends over for lunch.

you then feel a sense of happiness and warmth, right?

you’ve helped ease a financial burden,

you’ve helped preserve the environment,
and spending time with friends is a delight.

but imagine an alternative scenario where you HAD to.

minimum of a 100 bucks per month without fail,

or else you will be labeled as inconsiderate.
minimum of 10 beaches or forests or parks per month,
or else you will be fined by the department of forestation.
minimum of 4 outings with friends per month,
or else your friendship would be in question.

so now, the charity has become a financial burden to you,

you start to see environmental preservation as tiring,
and spending time with your friends has become a chore.

so why should we enforce these things

and make it negative and involuntary

when it’s a great thing to be done with an open heart?

...that’s the problem i have with religious enforcement.

going around to nab people and giving out fines for

berpakaian kurang sopan dan tak menutup aurat
and god knows what else has been brandied about.

i dunno about you, but i’d much prefer people to

practice religion or improve themselves on a voluntary,
open-hearted manner and not by force.

religion is the purest piece of self-involvement ever.

and that’s the embodiment of enforcement. do it. or else.