Comments on: Indonesia Unite… For What?

By: indonesiaunite

indonesiaunite — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:23:39 +0000

IndonesiaUnite ’s Official Twitter.

indonesiaunite = Indonesia Bersatu.
KAMI TIDAK TAKUT.
We Are Not Affraid.
Indonesia Unite
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By: boy

boy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:25:03 +0000

totally agree…

(pokoknya nyumbang comment deh ;p)
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Hot Trend — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:04:30 +0000

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:03:17 +0000

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By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:32:16 +0000

Katadia: but there’s nothing new on that. We’re not supposed to be afraid. We’re not supposed to be defeated by any terror acts. We all know that. And I don’t think we have ever felt afraid. (When the bomb hit Australian embassy I had a construction project nearby and I called up my site supervisor immediately, as I was sick worried about his safety. His answer? “Yes, ibu, I am fine. There was a bomb about 500 metres from here. Now, the chairs are coming, so where should I put them?” He was shaken, but was determined to keep working. I used to work in Jakarta Stock Exchange Building where every few months we would have gotten a bomb threat. One day the threat was considered serious so they evacuated us. I was seating nearby the loading dock and I could see my vendor insisted to go inside because he’s on deadline, even a bomb threat wouldn’t stop him. And I don’t think this pattern has changed. People are not afraid!)

So, we don’t need Indonesia Unite for that. If you read on twitter, I don’t think people actually understand the agenda behind the action, if there’s such. For me it’s more because Indonesians like gathering. Any chance to gather and be together will be grabbed and online community isn’t different.

Also, I am puzzled why none of us think our government hasn’t done enough to protect us the taxpayers. They have a duty to make us feel safe at home, and they have failed. We’re more busy feeling scared of what the foreign media think about us as there were foreigners casualty – therefore lots of people try to say good stuff about Indonesia like ‘hey, we have the best tourist spot in the world. Keep on visiting’. That’s not the main point, is it? Tourists won’t come if they think their safety isn’t guaranteed.

What I am trying to say here is that we do not realise our potential. We could be a very powerful pressure group which urges and monitors the government’s progress to handle this tragedy. If we want to bounce back quicker than the last time, we need to act fast. The world wouldn’t think it’s enough if we just keep shouting without actually doing something. Also, each of us, well, those who live in Indonesia, could do something real, instead of just putting our national flag in our avatar, like being aware of our surrounding. That will make Indonesia Unite is bigger than just a monitor screen.

Rob: yes, we might get ‘attention’ from politician for having this Indonesia Unite movement. Boediono apparently joins twitter too. But again, what’s next?

Therry: yes that puzzles me too. If they know – sorry, suspect – that this particular group has been behind the terrors, why haven’t they done something?

Auror: that could be better. We have a ‘real’ agenda!

By: katadia

katadia — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:13:09 +0000

Pak Rob: Online activism is one way of showing a potential of the majority being sort of ‘organised’. As you are aware, the terrorists ‘minorities’ are much more organised than the rest of Indonesians. Would they care? Well, isn’t that the whole purpose of the movement? You got to give people credits for trying.

Therry: LOL. I think I care if the president of my country became a victim of a terrorist attack, whoever he/she might be, regardless whether I voted for him or not.
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By: Auror

Auror — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:53:17 +0000

IMHO FTW the movement should be called “TANGKAP TERORIS”, and focused on encouraging people & communities to give tip-off about suspicious movements…

By: gacanti

gacanti — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:08:02 +0000

mendukung SBY untuk menghentikan seluruh aksi kekerasan, mencabut semua akarnya, apalagi jika mereka bersembunyi di belakang kedok agama atau politik. pidato SBY yang lucu dan salah tempat itu, yah biarlah mungkin lagi stuck dan emosi, jeehehehe.

menyedihkan memang mbak melihat indonesiaunite jadi hot trending topics, lalu semua orang pasang twibbon merah putih, tiba-tiba jadi patriotik… bangga kalau indonesia jadi perhatian dunia, walaupun cuma di twitter doang… bukannkah ini musibah, bkn prestasi? masih tidak habis pikir kenapa nggak kita berprestasi aja yang baik, bekerja dengan giat supaya bangga yang membanggakan. sampai segitunyakah kita haus perhatian internasional? solidaritas itu jelas-jelas kewajiban kita, bukan prestasi.

good post mbak!

By: Lenafd

Lenafd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:00:08 +0000

And it also takes much more than urging other people to do something.