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        "id": 1027499,
        "msgid": "greeting-foreigners-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-11-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Greeting foreigners",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Greeting foreigners I feel touched reading Paul Wesson's letter 'Be polite' published in The Jakarta Post, Oct. 30, 1996, in which he deeply regretted the way other expatriates reacted toward Indonesians who greeted them with \"Hello Mister!\" Other expatriates, he wrote, often rudely ignore or snub young Indonesian men who greet them on the street. I wonder why they do so? Does it do any harm to them just to make a friendly gesture to the greeters?",
        "content": "<p>Greeting foreigners<\/p>\n<p>I feel touched reading Paul Wesson's letter 'Be polite'<br>\npublished in The Jakarta Post, Oct. 30, 1996, in which he deeply<br>\nregretted the way other expatriates reacted toward Indonesians<br>\nwho greeted them with \"Hello Mister!\" Other expatriates, he<br>\nwrote, often rudely ignore or snub young Indonesian men who greet<br>\nthem on the street. I wonder why they do so? Does it do any harm<br>\nto them just to make a friendly gesture to the greeters?<\/p>\n<p>Generally, we greet foreigners (particularly bule, as we call<br>\nthem here) just to show our respect, although I realize a few do<br>\nit for other reasons. So responding to such respect would require<br>\nno more than just a smile, a nod or a wink.<\/p>\n<p>BRAM SAHADEWA<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/greeting-foreigners-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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