The Republic of Idiotnesia

IDIOTNESS NUMBER ONE

The Jakarta Post, Monday, January 28, 2008:

Govt declares seven days of national mourning

    "President Yudhoyono last declared a three-day national mourning period on Dec. 27-29 in 2004 for the thousands of people in Aceh and Nias who were killed in the indian Ocean tsunami on Dec. 26.
    President Megawati Soekarnoputri announced one day of national mourning on Nov. 15, 2002, after 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed in terrorist bombings on Bali on Oct. 12."


In my naive yet honest conclusion, the government honored Soeharto more than those thousands of people who were killed by the tsunami and terrorist bombings.
FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! SEVEN DAYS??? HE'S JUST A PERSON WHO DEVELOPED THIS COUNTRY AND THEN DESTRUCTED IT!!! IS HE'S REALLY THAT BIG COMPARED TO THOSE THOUSAND OF INNOCENT PEOPLE DIED ON THE TSUNAMI AND BOMBINGS?

IDIOTNESS NUMBER TWO

Jam 12 malam kurang lima menit gue iseng nyalain TV dan yang pertama tampak adalah TPI yang sedang menyiarkan pengajian2 untuk mendoakan Soeharto. Seorang ibu-ibu yang diwawancara berkata sambil tersipu "Wah sedih sekali yah kita kehilangan presiden yang sebaik itu. Ya... walaupun presiden kan pasti punya kekurangan dan kelebihan juga, namanya juga manusia. jadi kita maklumi dan maafkan saya kekurangannya..." (Saking 'cengo' dan kagetnya gue mendengar itu, gue sampe hafal dan sanggup mengutipnya di sini. Sementara si Ibu, senyam senyum seolah karena bangga masuk tipi... lhaaa, katanya berduka???)

MAKLUMI???
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, LADY???



okay, two idiotness for today. And I'm looking forward for more tomorrow...