People to people (2)<\/p>\n
It is true that effrontery knows no limits. I refer to Marcus
\nGliwitzki's and Peter Law's letters (The Jakarta Post, Nov. 2,
\n1996). Their criticisms of Paul Wesson's letter (Oct. 29, 1996)
\nrepresent a rare example of intolerance for the country which
\nhosts all of us. Might I know by those two champions of the
\nsavoir vivre what connection can be found between the time spent
\nin Jakarta by Mr. Wesson and his will to be polite and friendly
\nto its inhabitants (and not \"populace\" as Mr. Law likes to
\ndescribe them)?<\/p>\n
I have spent about 10 years in Indonesia and I fully share Mr.
\nWesson's opinion. I always return people's greetings, including
\nwhen they say \"hello mister\", and I am kind to my neighbors'
\nchildren, who know me just as \"Um bule.\"<\/p>\n
I believe that only a distorted mind can see whatever
\nintricacies are hidden behind a simple friendly greeting and only
\na bizarre-minded person can judge Jakarta as a \"different planet\"
\nor a town populated by people who \"are not as they seem\".<\/p>\n
Mr. Gliwitzki and Mr. Law assert that they have been living in
\nIndonesia for a long time, but their letters show that they
\nhaven't understood where they are yet. What a pity to see people
\nwho insist on throwing years and years to the wind.<\/p>\n
PIERO RONCI<\/p>\n
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