Fri, 24 Apr 1998

'Unjuk akal' not 'unjuk rasa'

From now on let's use the term unjuk akal (show of intelligence) instead of unjuk rasa (show of emotion), because the action (mass demonstrations) has been considered with deep thinking (using intellectual/rational intelligence) or akal, not just a mere burst of emotion or perasaan (of the moment alone) by those who proposed the idea or those who lead the action (usually involving university students or graduates or other intellectual people).

DONALDY B. SIANIPAR

Jakarta