Menurut Deddy, bila sikon ini keterusan, niscaya masa depan kita akan ditentukan oleh kaum weak men, umat gardeners in a war. Gawat, sungguh. Kita ada di pinggir jurang.
Maka, sebagai netijen yang baik, sinyalemen itu perlu dikonfirmasi pada yang bersangkutan dengan metoda random sampling. Iya donk...
Terpilihlah Mha, santri millenial yang memilih ngaji di pondok pesantren kecil di kaki gunung Sumbing ketimbang melanjutkan sekolah.
Setelah menyimak dengan ogah-ogahan podcast Deddy episode pinggir jurang itu, Mha ngasih klarifikasi. Verbatimly, begini katanya:
"Dad, there are soldiers for every wars. You can not judge which soldiers are better. No Dad, we're not living in a good time. It is a symptom of the old men syndrome when you say that.Â
You know Dad, the hardest challange we must deal with is the existance of old men like you. Whom to blame when there are wars, global crisis, corruptions, drugs expansion... premeditated murder? Come on, Dad...
"And Dad, have you already read "Father Forgets" by W. Livingstone Larned in Dale Carnegie's book "How To Win Friends and Influence People"? I watched "Close The Door", Â you should read the book!" (John Doe's monologue)
