Debate on rugby

My congratulations to Mr. Farid Baskoro for his letter (The Jakarta Post,June 7, 1995).

After Mr. Baskoro's letter, The Jakarta Post will be obliged to face the hard reaction from active readers. It is the price of being an open-minded and courageous newspaper.

Do not worry Mr. Baskoro, most readers will not be bored reading a debate on rugby. You have demonstrated that the topic can be considered a starting point for facing some more important problems as "linguistic chauvinism, cultural arrogance" and "colonial attitude." The topic could be extended and amplified with "psychological colonialism," the "use of sport as a butting ram for penetrating the cultural economic tissue of countries," and so on.

PIERO RONCI

Jakarta