I think Indonesia is the most progressive country in the world who dramatically turn and adopt democratic way of life in a very short time. In fact, Indonesia is the leading democratic country in South East Asia region now (compare to other country nearby). If you ever been in Indonesia, you will see and hear that people can express anything, criticize anyone (including the President or the Government), or say anything you want to public, as long as you can prove and be responsible of what you are doing or say.

However, Indonesians people have different social background than Western people that lead them to implement new genre of democracy, something that they call “democracy with responsibility”.

It is true that the cleric organization in Indonesia has condemn Facebook recently, due to its ill usage by some non-responsible users. However, this decree is not written on stone. Those clerics can say anything, it is not a law nor compulsory to follow, and people will choose what they believe or do what they want freely. It is just an example to the essence of freedom of speech practice in Indonesia.

I quoted some funny forum post from one of Indonesian social network sites, Why Facebook is not’Kosher’. The writer said that you should consider to avoid Facebook because:
1. It can draw your attention from your children
2. It can make you depend on your computer / gadget everytime
3. It can keep you out from our surrounding and neighbours.
4. It can make you forget to eat
5. It can spoil you with snacks and grow fat
6. It breaks age barrier, even a baby can be Facebook member.