Good idea.
Memang seharusnya sudah menjadi tugas moral kita untuk sebisa mungkin
menyuarakan kebenaran dan keadilan. Minimal kita bisa menjadi salah satu
alat kontrol sosial bagi bangsa kita.
peace.
Ichwan Ramli wrote:
>
> Setuju, kita memang perlu terus menerus meluruskan informasi dan berita yang
> menyesatkan. Berita itu nampaknya dibuat untuk konsumsi pembaca NYP, yang
> mungkin banyak ummat Christian-nya, sehingga judulnya mengundang solidaritas
> ummat Christian, tapi masih cukup fair karena disebutkan sebagai akibat
> "revenge riot". Isi berita memang berat sebelah, karena sudut pandang tadi,
> tapi menurut saya tidak menghakimi. Rasanya sulit untuk membuat surat
> protes, yang bisa saya rasa adalah melengkapi berita, bahwa kondisi ini
> merugikan semua pihak, asal-muasal kerusuhan bukanlah penindasan agama, tapi
> kriminal, yang karena keadaan ekonomi-sosial dan politik, ditambah adanya
> issue2 yang mengkaitkan sengaja ataupun tidak, dengan sentimen dan fanatisme
> sempit keagamaan, menjadi ter-eskalasi, sehingga sangat mengusik rasa
> kemanusiaan.
>
> Susah memang, media massa memang sarat dengan beragam kepentingan, vested
> interest dan perbedaan sudut pandang, namun kebenaran harus terus
> ditegakkan. Saya setuju dengan prioritas yang pernah bung Panut kemukakan
> sebelumnya, kita perlu menomor-satukan : Kepentingan Ummat Manusia dan
> lingkungan hidup, baru kepentingan Bangsa dan Negara, dan ketiga
> kepentingan Primordial dan golongan. serta terakhir sekali kepentingan
> pribadi.
>
> Wassalam,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Panut Wirata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 28 Januari 1999 6:55
> Subject: Re: Kerusuhan di Ambon -Tanggapan Atas The New York Time
>
> >Bung Pohan dan Blucer dan rekan-rakan sekalian:
> > Berkenaan dengan berita New York Time yang berat sebelah seperti
> >ini dan pada kasus-kasus lain di media masa lain, seringkali saya
> >lihat media masa tersebut memuat surat penjelasan atau sanggahan yang
> >dikirim oleh pihak kedubes. Dengan kemajuan teknologi komunikasi
> >dengan internet ini, nampaknya kita juga dengan mudah bisa berbuat
> >sama. Bila kita tidak setuju, kita kirim surat lewat E-mail ini ke
> >penulis/media masa tersebut. Bila perlu kita jadikan mailing list ini
> >sebagai ajang diskusi kita dan salah seorang atau ramai-ramai kita
> >kirim E-mail. Mau coba memulai Bung Pohan?
> >
> >Wassalam,
> >panut Wirata
> > mengirimkan surat
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >---Blucer Rajagukguk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jelas masih berat di satu sisi. Mudah-mudahan kita intropeksi diri
> >bahwa
> >> sisi agama adalah hal yang paling mudah untuk diledakkan. Baiknya kita
> >> sama-sama ikut meredakan segala macam kerusuhan ini.
> >> Apakah bangsa ini sedang masuk kedalam era kegelapannya? who knows.
> >Anak
> >> bangsa sendiri bisa tega menghancurkan bangsanya.
> >> peace.
> >>
> >> Ramadhan Pohan wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Salam!
> >> > Sampai kapan koran Amerika bisa fair. Provokasi tidak datang dari
> >dalam
> >> > negeri, tapi juga lewat konspirasi internasional seperti ini. Saya
> >mendoakan
> >> > semoga "Para Pattimura Muda" di bumi Ambon Manise maupun Nasrani
> >Indonesia di
> >> > AS ini tidak terpengaruh berita tersebut. Bisa jadi Gawat, man..:-)
> >> >
> >> > Apa komentar Anda ttg Berita The New York Times di bawah ini?
> >> >
> >> > salam!
> >> > ramadhan pohan
> >> >
> >> > ############
> >> >
> >> > 40 Christians Killed in Revenge Riot in an Indonesian Village
> >> >
> >> > By THE NEW YORK TIMES
> >> >
> >> > AMBON, Indonesia -- At least 40 Christian villagers, including
> >women and
> >> > children, were killed in Indonesia last week, reportedly by a mob
> >of Muslims
> >> > seeking revenge for earlier clashes, officials and a local Roman
> >Catholic
> >> > priest said on Monday.
> >> >
> >> > The Rev. Cornelius Bohm, a Dutch-born priest based in Ambon,
> >said the attack
> >> > occurred in Telagakodok, 25 miles north of Ambon, situated on an
> >island of the
> >> > same name in the Moluccas, after Muslims in a nearby town learned
> >that mosques
> >> > had been burned in Ambon at the outset of the clashes last Tuesday.
> >> >
> >> > The official death toll from five days of rioting, which spread
> >to outlying
> >> > areas around Ambon and the neighboring island of Senana, now
> >stands at more
> >> > than 50, although local church and government officials say the
> >final death
> >> > toll could be much higher.
> >> >
> >> > With more than 5,000 soldiers and policemen deployed to restore
> >order,
> >> > thousands of people who sought sanctuary in army and police
> >compounds last
> >> > week are returning home to this once picturesque port town, parts
> >of which
> >> > look like a war zone.
> >> >
> >> > Along the waterfront among the ruins of the gutted three-story
> >fish market,
> >> > dogs scavenged in in piles of garbage, burned out kiosks and
> >crates of rotten
> >> > lobster. Municipal tractors and trucks were clearing roads choked
> >with tons of
> >> > debris, including burned tire barricades and shells of burned cars
> >and
> >> > motorbikes.
> >> >
> >> > Universities, schools, banks, shops and clinics remain closed,
> >causing food
> >> > shortages and creating fears of public health problems, officials
> >said.
> >> >
> >> > The town is under military curfew, and the first group of
> >journalists was
> >> > allowed to visit on Monday to view the damage. The road between
> >the airport
> >> > and town passes through some of the worst-hit areas.
> >> >
> >> > Kelly Latuheru, 46, a Christian, emerged from the ruins of his
> >home in the
> >> > village of Nania, where in better times about 1,000 Muslims and
> >Christians
> >> > lived together harmoniously. Almost the entire village has been
> >burned.
> >> >
> >> > "People from outside came here and started smashing things up,"
> >he said.
> >> > "They went away, and we thought it was safe, but they came back
> >and burned my
> >> > home."
> >> >
> >> > Bohm, who has spent 32 years in the region, said the military
> >had been sent
> >> > to Telagakodok. Details of the killings, on Thursday, emerged last
> >week when
> >> > villagers approached another Catholic priest.
> >> >
> >> > All the victims were Christian emigres from the southeastern
> >part of the
> >> > region and included one pregnant woman, the priest said he had
> >been told. He
> >> > said other people had been decapitated or speared and hacked to
> >death. His
> >> > account was confirmed by a senior government official, who asked
> >not to be
> >> > identified.
> >> >
> >> > Residents and police and government officials said that at the
> >height of the
> >> > rioting, an unknown number of people were beaten to death near the
> >waterfront
> >> > and their bodies thrown into the sea.
> >> >
> >> > At the military police compound, 70 Muslims from 10 families
> >have been
> >> > taking shelter for a week from Christian gangs.
> >> >
> >> > Long-simmering animosity to migrants from other islands is a
> >major cause of
> >> > the Ambon violence. But some church leaders say Muslim and Christian
> >> > communities, whose members have lived in near harmony on Ambon for
> >decades,
> >> > have been forced to take sides after other recent religious clashes.
> >> >
> >> > Indonesia's worst economic recession in 30 years, a sharp
> >increase in law-
> >> > and-order problems after student-led riots in Jakarta and the
> >resignation of
> >> > President Suharto have all contributed to the instability.
> >> >
> >> > Tuesday, January 26, 1999
> >>
> >
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