Saya juga ikut mendukung....viva Permias@ !
Salut untuk bung Panut Wirata, Ramadan Pohan,
Dodo Dolitle, Blucer Rajaguguk, Ichwan Ramli,
dan Andrew Pattiweal,
Salam,
bRidWaN
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At 16:58 30/01/99 -0800, Budi Haryanto wrote:
> Saya setuju.
>
> Salam,
> Budi
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>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
