A Comment

This writing actually is a comment i want to write for a news in Malaysia Today, but to make a comment in this site i have to sign in first. It's a little much difficult. So to make it simple, i write it down here.

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"Susilo said he offered an apology to Malaysia and also to Singapore last year when the two countries were disturbed by haze from forest fires in Indonesia." (Malaysia Today)

Malaysia and Singapore should have realized that before they were disturbed by haze from forest fires in Indonesia, they also had breathed oxigen from Indonesian forest for uncounted years. Even so, Indonesian President offered an apology, and i agree with him because that case actually happened in Indonesian territory and it means under his responsibility.

And again i agree with him....

"I apologized sincerely. So now, in the present case, I leave it to the Malaysian side. To me, justice and the law must be upheld and the spirit of friendship should, of course, be preserved, including how we should manage things like this with full mutual understanding, with due regard for our feelings, Indonesia's feelings"
--President Susilo Bambang.(Malaysia Today)

Apologizing is easier than forgiving. And I'm sure for it. In the case of Indonesian Karate Referee (Donald Luther Kolopita), after Prime Minister of Malaysia made an apologizing by phone, i'm sure that most of Indonesian people will forgive what has happened.
One example, the victim his self. Read this link.

Even there are some people that still don't satisfied by night calling of Mr. Badawi to Mr. Yudhoyono....(Detiknews)

I hope a case like this will never happen again in Malaysia and also in Indonesia. I hope Malaysia and Indonesia will live with respectful and understanding. That is called neighborhood in our culture, isn't it?
This case of abusing to Indonesian Karate Referee and another cases like (read) this one are shameless but sweeping Malaysian citizen in Indonesia will not solve the problem. If an apologize has been asked, nothing best to do but forgiveness. Quarrel will make no benefit.

If not...."Kalah jadi abu, menang jadi arang" that's what our ancestor's teaching.

Best regard,
Faisal