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    "data": {
        "id": 1102684,
        "msgid": "your-own-backyard-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-10-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Your own backyard",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Your own backyard I refer to the article entitled All nations share responsibility for injustice published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 1, 2001. How right he (J. Soedjati Djiwandono) is when implicitly saying that everyone in Indonesia should focus on their own backyards before even considering to criticize other nations and their ways.",
        "content": "<p>Your own backyard<\/p>\n<p>I refer to the article entitled All nations share<br>\nresponsibility for injustice published in The Jakarta Post on<br>\nOct. 1, 2001. How right he (J. Soedjati Djiwandono) is when<br>\nimplicitly saying that everyone in Indonesia should focus on<br>\ntheir own backyards before even considering to criticize other<br>\nnations and their ways.<\/p>\n<p>Hypocrisy is almost everywhere, as is lack of justice, and we<br>\nhave almost reached the stage where the telling of lies is<br>\nbecoming commonplace, that the truth is hard to recognize. All of<br>\nthis being justified by those that will benefit from such deceit<br>\nand meaningless rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>America is seen by many as being the devil in disguise, a<br>\nnation that trumpets human rights and morality, and yet behind<br>\nthe scenes adopts double standards. This is easy to say, and<br>\nsurely what has happened since Sept. 11 bears some witness to<br>\nthat. But then, what do you do when you have a gaping big wound<br>\nin your side, except seek a means to stop bleeding, even if that<br>\nmeans biting the bullet.<\/p>\n<p>One must consider that, to do business in this world means you<br>\nhave to \"bend\" somewhat to achieve your objectives and, believe<br>\nyou me, all nations do that. It has become a web of deceit, a<br>\nnoisy world that silently moves in unseen directions and yet, on<br>\nthe surface, appears to be going the opposite way.<\/p>\n<p>All these so-called necessary deals of today seem to have a<br>\nhabit of backfiring tomorrow, and that is because the original<br>\ndecision was wrong. The lesser of two evils is often referred to<br>\nwhen a difficult political decision has to be made, but in those<br>\ncases there is usually a third option. The third option,<br>\nunfortunately, is either ignored or not even seen, as the chances<br>\nare it will not benefit those that are already rich and powerful.<\/p>\n<p>DAVID WALLIS<\/p>\n<p>Medan, North Sumatra<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/your-own-backyard-1447893297",
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