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Gospel Truth from Tony, A Secular Abbot
22
July 2011
Tony was a minister (church), then Tony became
a minister (health), and Tony wants to be a
minister (prime). And Tony's aspiration is to
work as a secular abbot preaching the Gospel
truth to the mankind.
One day Tony caught the flu. He kept clearing
his nose with tissues and kept throwing the dirty
tissues out of the window.
A doctor just happened to walk past so turned
sharply on Tony. "Hi, what's the issue with
your tissue? If everyone acts like you, our
streets will soon be turned into dumping
grounds spreading virus around and
threatening people's health."
Tony sniffed. "Don't tell me about
health. A, I used to be a health minister and I
know health issues better than you; B, I've
already infected with virus, so virus spreading
is not an issue for me. Besides, my neighbour Big
Johnny always throws dirty tissues on bedroom
floor and he never gets sick and is as healthy as
a bull."
The doctor wasn't impressed. "You are
just like some of my typical patients. They would
ignore my advice to give up smoking on the basis
that somebody down the pub told them his uncle
Ernie had lived to 95 and smoked like a train all
his life."
Tony pointed his big nose towards a
neighbouring block. "Who talked about uncle
Ernie or auntie Amy down the pub? All I talked
about is Big Johnny next door. Now, let me tell
you some Gospel truth. The truth is there are 6
billion people on the planet, even if one
person just throws one tissue on street, there
will be 6 billion tissues. How many dirty tissues
I can produce as one man? So the truth is whether
I dump one tissue or one thousand tissues in
public space my action will have no real impact
on the whole situation."
The doctor rebuked. "You think you've got
a point? Do you realise how incredibly
embarrassing the Gospel truth like that is?"
Tony replied at ease, "Well, I'm not
easily embarrassed. And let me reveal another
Gospel truth to you: if you really want to
improve our environment, you should make people
on the planet all agree not to throw dirty
tissues on streets. After you've accomplished
this mission, let me know, I'll set up my tissue
dumping reduction target by then."
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