My friend, Dr. Ehab wrote this to me.... "Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision"
A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.
The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make................
Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.
The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.
While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."
Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.
Terjemahan bebasnya:
Temanku, Dr. Ehab, berkata. "Mari renungkan apa makna sebuah keputusan itu sesungguhnya"
Sekelompok anak-anak yang sedang bermain di dekat dua jalur kereta api, satu masih digunakan, sementara yang lain tidak terpakai. Hanya satu anak bermain di jalur bekas, sisanya pada jalur operasional.
Kereta akan datang, dan Anda berada di samping persimpangan jalur rel. Anda dapat mengubah jalur jalan kereta menuju ke lajur yang telah tidak dipergunakan lagi, namun ini berarti seorang anak yang sedang bermain di trek bekas akan dikorbankan. Atau Anda lebih suka membiarkan kereta api pergi ke arah jalan yang sebenarnya?
Namun demikian, dia harus dikorbankan karena kesalahan teman-temannya yang memilih untuk bermain di mana bahaya itu. Dilema semacam ini terjadi di sekitar kita sehari-hari. Dalam komunitas, kantor, dalam politik dan terutama dalam masyarakat demokratis, minoritas sering dikorbankan untuk kepentingan mayoritas, tidak peduli seberapa bodoh atau bodoh mayoritas, dan bagaimana rabun dekat dan berpengetahuan adalah minoritas. Anak yang memilih untuk tidak bermain dengan yang lain pada jalur operasional dikesampingkan. Dan dalam kasus dia dikorbankan, tidak ada yang meneteskan air mata untuknya.
Meskipun kita semua sadar bahwa hidup penuh dengan keputusan-keputusan sulit yang perlu dibuat, kita tidak mungkin menyadari bahwa keputusan yang tergesa-gesa mungkin tidak selalu menjadi orang benar.
"Ingatlah bahwa apa yang benar tidak selalu populer ... dan apa yang populer tidak selalu benar."
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