frankness

When everybody tends to be javanese, saying yes for maybe, saying maybe for no, and saying no when you were already backstabbed, these conversations will refresh our manner of frankness. I found something nice about frankness while reading a series of opinions on Kompas about Tan Malaka which was presented in this chronology:
1. Tan Malaka dan Kebangkitan Nasional by Zulhasrul Nasir
2. Tentang Tan Malaka by Sabam Siagian
3. Darurat Perang Jenderal Sudirman by Zulhasrul Nasir

Read these phrases which are written by Sabam Siagian as corrections for Zulhasrul Nasir's opinion:
"Pertama, kutipan berikut mencerminkan bias penulis dan juga kurang menguasai fakta."
"Dalam konteks uraian historis ini, kalimat '... Maka amat disayangkan TKR saat itu lalu membunuhnya
(!? SSg) di sebuah desa di Kediri...' amat tendensius." [SSg=Sabam Siagian]
"Agaknya penulis mendukung sikap politik demikian tanpa meneliti lebih dulu pemikiran geopolitik ..."

SSg's counter opinion is truly nice, depicting his vast knowledge and understanding about the topic. It was undenied on second Zulhasri Nasir's writing, he merely wrote "ada hal-hal yang ingin dikesankan mantan Dubes RI untuk Australia itu".

To be frankly . . . On the beginning I planned to wrote something about Tan Malaka, but I felt unconfident after reading SSg's opinion ;^(, maybe next time after I read my Harry A. Poze books, which are Indonesian version obviously. I think it is necessary to learn dutch for deciphering Indonesian history.