[bali-bali] Re: Soal aurat lagi....

--- In bali-bali@yahoogroups.com, "IGusti Agung" <agungpindha@...> wrote:
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> Pak Cok ,
> Berita ini sudah pernah dimuat di Balipost akhir tahun lalu,
> ketika Kapolda ini baru bertugas 2 minggu di Bali.
> Sudah saya angkat dan bawa ke Milis (entah milis ini atau yang lain).
>

Dan, apa yang terjadi?
Any protest? Ada terguran dari elemen2 masyarakat Bali terhadap Kapolda yang kurang ajar ini? Did he withdraw his statement? Yang bikin gemes ya kalau gak ada tindakan dari elemen2 bali itu, khususnya gubernur dan dprd. Dimana concern mereka?

To me the point is not about walking around in the streets / entering shops bare-chested. Anyway, allow me to list my point of views:

(1) Walking around in the streets bare-chested is actually quite common in Bali, especially in the rural areas / villagers / near & around the beach. Of course you normally wouldn't see that in places like downtown Denpasar / any formal places. People know how to dress, local or bules. So the statement from that Ashikin Hussein "Salah-salah, warga lokal yang kemudian ramai-ramai telanjang badan ke jalanan karena mendapat kaos. Jangan! Jangan itu sampai terjadi, kita bisa bangkrut." is actually an insult to the people of Bali and the majority of the tourist. That's only coming from people with holier-than-thou attitude.

(2) _If_ someone enters my store for example, not appropriately dressed / somehow I feel underappreciated, the decision whether to do business with him / her is mine. I don't need anyone else, less POLICE, to tell me that / take action on my behalf. People has their own sense of dignity. Having police to care of that for us is like an insult to our own sense of dignity. Who does he think we are? Some retarded / undeveloped society?

My objection, as a Balinese, is that this guy, Ashikin Hussein, coming from a completely different background / society which is obviously very incompatible / opposed to the society of Bali, suddenly dictates us on how to behave (plus the insult, point #1 above). That attitude, to me, is far more unacceptable than people walking in bare-chested in my store / around my house / store / temple.

Balinese actually is doing the same thing, remember before you enter a temple, you are offered to wear balinese sarong and sash? We rarely heard case of tourist rejecting that offer and insisting to enter. Even if they did, I'm sure people would ask him / her to go away. But the point is, in my view, it is not the POLICE's business to put their hands in that matter.

Beside, we know what's cooking (with this "himbauan" from the police chief). Call me paranoid, but islamists are to be seen with suspicious eyes, always.

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