In Reply to: give it a rest les posted by peachy on Monday, 23. July 2007 at 17:10 Bali Time:
It happens that Putu Les's published comments, cut 'n paste or not, ring a very loud bell with me. According to my perception, Australian Gov't and or Media have a real down on anything Indonesian' Accentuating the Negative, Ignoring the Positive.
This has persisted for the 25 years that Indonesia, its people and two of its languages have been my obsession. The motive is either the old British idea of 'how could Wogs ever get it right' or plain and simple
' let's keep the holiday dollar in Australia'.
Example. An Indonesian Pilot says to Tower, "going around once, too much fog" The press bleats, 'Indonesian Pilot nearly kills 300 Oz' whilst if it were Quantas the headlines would be "heroic Oz Pilot saves 300 lives".