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        "id": 1285447,
        "msgid": "illness-finds-its-way-in-by-the-mouth-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-12-01 00:00:00",
        "title": "Illness finds its way in by the mouth",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Illness finds its way in by the mouth President Abdurrahman Wahid's tirade against Singapore while attending the ASEAN summit last weekend in Singapore has invited instant criticism, with critics denouncing the tirade as an \"inelegant\" emotional outburst. This should teach him an invaluable lesson about self-restraint in his words and deeds. Maybe now he will stop being such an avid globetrotter and start putting the house in order.",
        "content": "<p>Illness finds its way in by the mouth<\/p>\n<p>President Abdurrahman Wahid's tirade against Singapore while<br>\nattending the ASEAN summit last weekend in Singapore has invited<br>\ninstant criticism, with critics denouncing the tirade as an<br>\n\"inelegant\" emotional outburst. This should teach him an<br>\ninvaluable lesson about self-restraint in his words and deeds.<br>\nMaybe now he will stop being such an avid globetrotter and start<br>\nputting the house in order.<\/p>\n<p>This unfortunate incident reminds me of a Chinese adage taught<br>\nin Chinese primary schools in the prewar days: \"Illness finds its<br>\nway in by the mouth; misfortune bursts out from the mouth.\" The<br>\nwisdom holds true from time immemorial.<\/p>\n<p>Being a Chinese-Indonesian traumatized by the devastating May<br>\n1998 riots, I shudder to think that the President's ill-advised<br>\noutburst could incite racial violence against the Chinese by the<br>\nMalay people.<\/p>\n<p>LIEM SIAN TIE<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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