Taleexi Posted March 6, 2012 Meles Zenawi BY Muktar M. Omer March 06, 2012 Vulgar Wisdom I have no intention of discussing Elisabeth Pisani’s unsettling stories from the red-light frontlines of Jakarta in the “Wisdom of Whores”. I mention it here to drive home the point that wisdom is to be found in the unlikeliest of places for those who are in thoughtful quest. It does not always gush out from professorial eloquence or excerpts from hard-cover autobiographies of prominent personalities. For example, there is a vulgar wisdom to be learnt from a seasoned adulterer. The day you walk into the connubial bed of a married women, you do not sleep naked or with only slender vest on, and all eyes slammed shut. Rather, you keep your shoes fastened on your suffocated feet, shirtfront open but shirt on, and with one unblinking eye resolutely fixed on the exit door. You enjoy the stolen fruits with the alertness of a sprinter waiting for the sound of the bell to start flying. The slightest stupor in mind or body earns you a broken skull and fractured bones; or if unlucky, a fatal shot at the abdomen. And the bad thing is the police will not take bloody chin and split bones as vivid exhibitions of abuse suffered; they are not a cause or explanation of violence. Blood and gaping wounds, however gruesome, will not grant you automatic innocence. You will have to answer tough questions about how you got the bruises and burns, even if that has to be from a hospital bed. Read more http://wardheernews.com/Articles_12/March/Muktar/06_why_there_can_be_no_peace_with_Zenawi.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
