IS WATER BETRAYING FISH? RETHINKING LOYALTY, CONTEXT AND SURVIVAL
BY: Michael gr Sianungu We’ve all seen that saying: “The relationship between fish and water makes me believe betrayal is real, when I see water participating in cooking fish.” It’s clever. It stings. But it’s not betrayal. It’s context. And confusing the two is how we misjudge loyalty in real life. Water didn’t choose the pot. In the lake, water sustains the fish. It gives oxygen, movement, life. In the pot, water is just a medium heated by fire, directed by a cook, following physics. Water di