RESPONSE TO AMER MAYEN’S RESPONSE ON MY OPINION: ‘WHAT DOES DANCE TELLS US?
5 min readBy Heskey Dzeng
First I eyed on your response to my piece [What does these dances tells us], I like the way you have put your argument bases. I was not in position to reply again but some point move me to do so. So take it easy, and then to others, who are following us, please urge you if you feel to response, then use good manners, do not put your madness in, here is matter of disagree or agree.
Dear Amer Mayen Dhieu
Massive thanks to Amer, well, in your articulating response, tells me that we are beating the same drum of truth, matter is that I came from different clan, not clan where you are, simply I put it in my article that it was great delight for released G-4, Dr. Majak D’Agoot, Pagan Amum, Oyai Deng and Ezekiel Lul because no persons was believed that they [G-4] will get out unhurt, they will escape cold-blood which has bogged down the Country.
Exactly you have also touched about heartless assassination of political Analyst or commentator Isaiah Abraham, which built mistrust between the government and citizens. It even created fear in the country. Actually is in minds of citizens that if your son got in, then possibility to return unhurt is zero, but if he/she got out, then you can celebrate, you can but when you look our situation, dancing cannot even come to your minds, our peoples are in unbelievable life, which need fix-heart to alleviate them, not dancing.
But today is not yesterday, things has a bit changed because late Isaiah Abraham is second Jesus, who will end merciless assassination in South Sudan but what has remained is intimidation and threatening of journalists, Activists and politicians from other government officials but thanks God, our president Salva Kiir have soft-heart, that why there is glimpse of breathing.
Well, on case of minister for intimidation, is person who is always controversial always, a man who is carry about his self, let me leave here. I think you will understand.
Not to bore you, back to your points that the people have celebrated because their son has untied the rope of death. Here I do not says anger people should not celebrate but they can show their sentiment, happiness or joys in silent way, because at this time, a person who dances, have no different with mad or fool person, according to those who have lost their beloved one, but now we danced on the graves.
But what did dances with provocative songs means to you and me, if you are happy, you do not sings insulting songs but good songs. As you mentioned ‘If they survive my assumption and have been free then there is no point of me not singing “Aliak e Wunda xoi yic”, if you interpreting that song, are you happy real? Or you are advocating something.
However, any persons can celebrate the return of his lost sheep [son], but this cannot move us to dances I repeated, dances is not only resort to express your excitement while peoples are mourning everywhere even that clans who did it, so celebrators were not appropriate because happiness is not beating leng [drum] and singing such conflicting songs. Though dead people will not return, we must to give them respect because was not their choices to leaved us soon but they have killed in the name of phony democracy and attempt to overthrow elected leader.
Lastly, I was not written this article so that brothers and daughters of Dr. Majak D’Agoot to being intimidate in future or started from that day, but to protect the integrity of our community, to prevent verbal abuses from our life-enemies. Because if you heard what South Sudan president Salva Kiir said after recently protester youth in Bor, clashes with Nuer, who are seeking protection at UNMISS site in Bor, claims more lives, President quoted said ‘where were Bor youth, when rebel Peter Gatdet killed hero Ajak Yen, when white army captured Bor’. This statement is painfully to me, I do not how do you guys thought of it.
I understand it is expression of freedom; people should celebrate as your son got out of wild animal’s teeth, but with this climate of our country, we should have not danced, unfortunately it has occurred, but I hope the story will not repeat itself like that of rebel Dr. Riak Machar.
By the way, Amer, when the G-4 were freed week ago, who were arrested of false accusation, quickly charged with treason with no evidence, but not just jail but ‘Being Sentence To Death Either By Hanging or Firing Squad’[Kuir Garang]. Was joys, river of tears of happiness was written on everyone faces regardless you have come from clans where the G-4 come too or relatives, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. And this were I thought that the families of freed G-4 will organizes one event or ceremony in Juba to tells a South Sudanese that the arrested were innocent, not guilty, therefore people can dances, if it was done like that I would have dance too.
If you think, someone likes Dr. Majak and Pagan Amum are at point of clans, then you are wrong. They are beyond a clans, their clan is South Sudanese, they are eye of change, that why you have seen massive pressure from international community, so if clan or linkage or relatives plan to do something, it should be good think so that it cannot devalue them, simply they are public figure, all eyes on them.
In God We Must Stand With Victim
Heskey Dzeng @2014
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