tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post124594320616948295..comments2024-03-20T16:19:01.468+07:00Comments on The RAB Experience: Bakrie Brings Out the LawyersRob Baitonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-22848392355520347482008-11-23T13:14:00.000+07:002008-11-23T13:14:00.000+07:00Brett...I wonder. So, the anti-Christ is folklore?...Brett...<BR/><BR/>I wonder. <BR/><BR/>So, the anti-Christ is folklore?<BR/><BR/>Would this be a case of a blogger using the medium to incite a response, pushing the buttons if you will, from a particular part of the community? <BR/><BR/>Just asking. :DRob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-75157934790964863432008-11-23T13:12:00.000+07:002008-11-23T13:12:00.000+07:00Schmerly...It would seem that you are not the only...Schmerly...<BR/><BR/>It would seem that you are not the only one with that particular opinion of Bakrie.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-18066262122521081582008-11-23T06:29:00.000+07:002008-11-23T06:29:00.000+07:00Would Bakrie object if Tempo had implied that he i...Would Bakrie object if Tempo had implied that he is a MUSLIM devil? After all, 666 is the sign of the Anti-Christ. I'm not sure that Islam has an equivalent folklore figure...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-27278555961152505912008-11-21T08:16:00.000+07:002008-11-21T08:16:00.000+07:00Rob..Sorry mate I wandered off the subject a bit, ...Rob..<BR/><BR/>Sorry mate I wandered off the subject a bit, I think Bakrie is a disgrace in the arrogant way he treats people, specifically the mud victims of Sidoarjo, who as far as I know still haven’t received their compensation from him yet, despite the fact that SBY agreed the people should be paid. This is an interesting headline from The JP today. (Aburizal still politically powerful, schmerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822385478308232919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-40301843979404762032008-11-20T19:42:00.000+07:002008-11-20T19:42:00.000+07:00Schmerly...See Rani's comment ;)Rani...Yes, it is ...Schmerly...<BR/><BR/>See Rani's comment ;)<BR/><BR/>Rani...<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is about Bakrie, but the Muslim extremism angle comes in under the freedom of speech and expression I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Look My point is that Bakrie is using the law as his lawyers see it operating...that's all I said.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-531188685631747592008-11-20T18:45:00.000+07:002008-11-20T18:45:00.000+07:00Schmerly...some suggest it's time for moderate mus...Schmerly...<BR/><BR/>some suggest it's time for moderate muslims to disown the extremes. I mean, we have condemned their act, yet we still regard them as muslim brothers. <BR/><BR/>I always thought most Indonesians are moderates, even <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abangan" REL="nofollow">abangan</A>. but maybe I'm wrong.<BR/><BR/>hey, isn't this post about bakrie?ranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482506500025174557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-48682838566448656112008-11-20T00:37:00.000+07:002008-11-20T00:37:00.000+07:00Rob..Get real ya, look at this crap from some extr...Rob..<BR/><BR/>Get real ya, look at this crap from some extremist nutter: Al-Qaeda's second-in-command has slammed US president-elect Barack Obama for vowing to back Israel. <BR/>Ayman al-Zawahri warned Mr Obama that he would fail if he followed the policies of President George W Bush.<BR/>He made the statement on an audio tape published by the Site Institute, a US organisation that monitors schmerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822385478308232919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-33256499692227298122008-11-19T17:27:00.000+07:002008-11-19T17:27:00.000+07:00J...Had a long talk with Mr. Piliang of presstalk ...J...<BR/><BR/>Had a long talk with Mr. Piliang of presstalk yesterday. Very interesting case on a number of levels, all of which I am not going to get into here at least in specifics (I have been writing on these issues for my clients and will be writing on them more publicly through the blog).<BR/><BR/>Writing on Bakrie is both boring and somewhat amusing at the same time. Not amusing for thoseRob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-14757106892701441522008-11-19T17:15:00.000+07:002008-11-19T17:15:00.000+07:00If Bakrie didn't bankroll SBY's campaign, as every...If Bakrie didn't bankroll SBY's campaign, as everyone seems to have assumd for the past 3 years, then my 'appreciation' of SBY has dropped immensely.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with pork-barrel politics, but few politicians, it seems, are immune. Having Bakrie in the Cabinet for (financial) services rendered made a kind of sense.<BR/><BR/>But if he didn't bankroll SBY, then it's reprehensible that Jakartasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193111071556380486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-49629072403645566882008-11-19T15:29:00.000+07:002008-11-19T15:29:00.000+07:00Invisible...Heavy handed tactics or a valid use of...Invisible...<BR/><BR/>Heavy handed tactics or a valid use of the prevailing laws and regulations?<BR/><BR/>Freedom of speech is never absolute. Indonesians are finding this out now as people start to avail themselves of the provisions of the ITE law.<BR/><BR/>As soon as the words communist, PKI or 1965-1966 are heard then there is sure to be someone somewhere wanting to protest even if they do Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-29127114651657035542008-11-19T11:47:00.000+07:002008-11-19T11:47:00.000+07:00invisible….Good article, these kind of people don’...invisible….<BR/><BR/>Good article, these kind of people don’t like anything that doesn’t suit their warped ways of thinking, I wonder why is it that these religious extremists always get in on the act? After all it’s just an historical film, I don’t think there’s anything about religion in it. <BR/> <BR/>Sadly this is the way Indonesia is going, more and more you’ll see these religious schmerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822385478308232919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-40448326780361025982008-11-19T10:20:00.000+07:002008-11-19T10:20:00.000+07:00GJ, obviously they photoshopped the '666' ...GJ, obviously they photoshopped the '666' on his alleged forehead.<BR/><BR/>Rob, in a similar case of using heavy handed tactics to stifle freedom of speech:<BR/><BR/>'Indonesian artists protested here Tuesday after police bowed to pressure from Islamic hardliners and shut down production of a film about the 1965-66 massacres of communists.<BR/><BR/>Protesters rallying outside police Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-52483250459696690672008-11-18T17:50:00.000+07:002008-11-18T17:50:00.000+07:00GJ...Had a squizz at the cover of the Tempo Mag ea...GJ...<BR/><BR/>Had a squizz at the cover of the Tempo Mag earlier today. It is one of those mosaic type deals.<BR/><BR/>He does not look all that devilish to me in the picture. He has been on the stick for a while.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-88003387838453973132008-11-18T14:42:00.000+07:002008-11-18T14:42:00.000+07:00Rob, wouldn't their client remember going to a pho...Rob, wouldn't their client remember going to a photo shot and getting a 666 painted on his boofhead??<BR/><BR/>Or <BR/><BR/>Maybe they ran it through some sort of forehead recognition software. <BR/><BR/>Common on guys where there is smoke, it will end up burning you. Starting to smell like sate bakrie....me thinks.GJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088897127082572070noreply@blogger.com