The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say "you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife." If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs. We Indians look upon America to be very advanced and sophisticated. Whatever they do, we follow after a few years. According to an article in Island magazine, this practice of swapping wives has become common in the affluent circles of Bombay
DEEPAK SINGING TO HIS LOVE ROSMAH
Inviting - exciting - emotion with power I had never known, a world of unchained devotion because you were my very own. I had fallen in love with you. Together we sailed in springtime to an isle beyond seas of blue, and when we returned, a new life was waiting, in a valley of dreams where I first fell in love with you.
ROSMAH TO DEEPAK
A famous Greek myth highlights the consequences of excessive greed. King Midas (Μίδας) so worshipped gold that when granted a wish by the god Dionysus (Διόνυσος), he asked that everything he touched turn to gold. Midas' wish was granted.
Everything Midas touched did turn to gold, and he became a very wealthy man. However, there were unexpected consequences of his greed. Literally everything he touched turned to gold, including the food he loved to taste, which he could no longer taste, and the people whose company he loved, whom he could no longer enjoy because they were turned into solid gold, too. We learn from the King Midas story that "greed is not good," that "all that glitters is not gold" and to "be careful what you wish for." This powerful and meaningful story has been passed down through the generations and was crafted to warn us about excessive greed.
However, throughout the ages, it seems that the consequences of desiring and attaining excessive wealth seem to have been lessened. Instead of being punished with loss, as King Midas experienced in the story, it appears that excessive greed is now revered -- subconsciously if not consciously. We all remember the famous line from the 1987 movie "Wall Street," starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen: "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." Regrettably, rather than adhering to the lessons learned from King Midas, we are witnessing more examples of greed in all facets of society. Perhaps one of the most disturbing trends is that of financial elder abuse, where people of low moral character are taking advantage of vulnerable, aging people who may be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's disease and, as a result, are not aware or capable of managing their financial affairs.
And greed, of course, is not limited to the pursuit of riches. Greed, for instance, can even relate to food -- an excessive desire to have more and more food, resulting in a person becoming overweight or obese. In 2008, 68 percent of Americans were classified as overweight or obese. And while the psychological underpinnings and extrinsic motivations of being overweight obviously vary across a wide spectrum, the greed factor can be found among them. Likewise, greed can also relate to possessions -- an excessive desire to have more and more possessions (i.e., material "things"), resulting in the need for closet organizers and extra storage units, among other potential manifestations.
Suffice it to say that greed is not a core value of The OPA! Way lifestyle (which we introduced in "Opa! It's a Lifestyle" Parts 1 and 2). On the contrary, greed is the antithesis of living a truly happy, healthy, meaningful life. At what point will the Greek god Dionysus help us realize that our greed has unexpected consequences? And where will this presumedneed for excess ultimately lead us?
Umno warned its former deputy president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to stop name-calling or making false allegations against its leaders, saying today the party knows him better than what he portrays publicly.
Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said Anwar’s outbursts were unbecoming and immature, referring to reports that the opposition leader had called Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak “pandikutti”, the Tamil term for piglet.
“I also wonder why he had to use the word ‘pandikutti’. I do not understand why he uses such words. He must look himself in the mirror first before he starts calling people names.
“He is actually the ‘pandikutti’, not my prime minister. I am very upset with such statement. I hope that they will be more civilised. They have been [name-calling at] all the people that have opposed them,” he told a press conference here.
Tengku Adnan said the PKR de facto chief was just covering up his own failures by resorting to name-calling, adding Anwar should instead focus on real issues rather than making political rhetoric.
“You fight us, you fight us on issues; don’t fight us with all these sort of rubbish. We can also fight with all this type of rubbish, we know you better than you know us.
“Well, there is no point asking an apology from a mad man. If he is mad then let him become mad. We can do the same thing with him but we are matured people and not mad like him,” he said.
Anwar has also recently called Umno leaders alcoholics and philanderers, saying that he has been the party’s deputy president and was well aware of the reputation of its leaders.
“They want to talk about Islam but there are not certain yet of performing their prayers. Ask them to stop drinking (alcohol) first,” he reportedly said.
Anwar was the deputy prime minister and deputy president of Umno until he was sacked in 1998 over allegations of sodomy and corruption, and subsequently sent to jail until 2004.
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