Saya setuju. Salam, Budi Panut Wirata wrote: > > Rekan-rekan Permias: > Surat ke NYTimes saya revisi sedikit dengan memasukkan perkiraan > bahwa itu adalah permainan politisi jakarta. Tambahan Sdr Dodo saya > masukkan dengan sedikit perubahan. Ada saran supaya surat ini dikirim > ke buletin boardnya New York TIme dan juga dikirim ke CNN. Maaf saja > semalam saya coba cari-cari cara mengirim surat ini, namun saya tidak > menemukannya. mungkin pengurus list (Indi) bisa membantu atau mungkin > bung Pattiweal. > Satu lagi, bila rakan-rakan setuju, harap memdberitahu sehingga > namanya bisa disertakan sebagai pengirim surat. Kalau cara ini bisa > efektif, mungkin cara ini bisa dijadikan kebiasaan dalam meluruskan > berita-berita tentang Indonesia. Ini setidak-tidaknya yang bisa kita > lakukan sebagai warga negara Indonesia di perantauan. > > Dear Editor: > The article entitles "40 Christian Killed in Revenge Riot in an > Indonesian Village" published by The New York Time Tuesday, January > 26, 1999 presented some truth regarding Ambon Tragedy but certainly > not the whole thruth. The title of the article itself shows the > imbalance of the facts that were to be presented. This could be the > result of the interview that involved > only the Christian people. Reading the article one would get the > impression that the Christian villagers of Ambon were the sole victim > of the tragedy and that the tragedy was inflicted by revenging > Muslims. The facts were that both the Christian and the Muslims were > in some kind of war. They attacked and killed each other and a lot of > people from both sides were dead. In some cases, Muslim's villages > got obliterated too. We belief that this is not simply religious > conflict but it could have been the game played by elite politicians > in Jakarta. This is a very set situation and we hope that the > Indonesian authority could quickly uncover the cause of the tragedy. > > We also hope that in reporting a conflict, your journalists > interview both parties so that both side of the stories are balancely > presented. One sided report of a conflict may result in worsening the > conflict itself, or even creating a new conflict. This may not be true > in advanced countries, but it is the case in Indonesia where riots > could be easily incited by rumors. > This letter is intended to clarify that Ambon Tragedy is not a > case where the Christian minority is treated unjustly by the Muslim > majority. We hope that this letter disolves the bad image about > Muslim majority in Indonesia that the article indirectly portraits. > > Indonesia Student Association Mailing List: > Panut Wirata, Ramadan Pohan, Dodo Dolitle, Blucer Rajaguguk, > Ichwan Ramli, Andrew Pattiweal, > dll > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
