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Indonesian Elementary School Students Set Fire To '2012' Film DVDs
November 18, 2009

A vendor sells DVD copies of the film "2012" in Central Jakarta. (Photo: Trish Anderton, JG) A vendor sells DVD copies of the film "2012" in Central Jakarta. (Photo: Trish Anderton, JG)
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Concerned
3:06pm Nov 19, 2009

Everyones' entitled to thier opinion, no matter how wrong it is, so I don't a problem with adults complaining loudly. It is wrong when adults manipulate children to make a point. Teach them to think, read a book, or paint a picture. But don't pimp them out, whatever your cause.

VJ82
2:51pm Nov 19, 2009

YING:

Well, should I be glad that i've got some attention here in JG. (LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL).

And yes, you're right. Im neither the PROBLEM nor the SOLUTION.

Firstly, do u even know the meaning of JOKE? Secondly, the comment page here is to allow us to put our thoughts in it. And i mean anything whether it's clever or stupid. Thirdly, i don't remember making fun of people's comments here. Nor provoking them. I read the news, i put my comments. And that's it. And lastly, yes i find the news up there amusing and hilarious. Got a problem with that?

Valkyrie
1:48pm Nov 19, 2009

Here's another with an obtused mind and with his brain at the rear of his anatomy.

You're damn fortunate you used the word "think."

That's it...why can't you think? Perhaps retracting that remark may be appropriate.

One question I wish to forward you...... know what the accronym LOL means?


Solace
1:40pm Nov 19, 2009

Good grief... get a grip. Its only a film. Its not a prophecy intent on changing our minds about god or religion. Its a make believe film. Where are the teachers when fires are being lit in the school yard!

ying
11:55am Nov 19, 2009

@VJ82 if you're not a part of the solution then you're a part of the problem.

I've been reading your (useless) comments on this site for quite sometimes and I really wish people like would never have participated.

It seems to me, rather than giving a meaningful comment or a clever debate, you just leave your trace to upset people.

Not only you made fun of people's opinion all the time, you also seem to love provocative stuffs.

What do you mean by Jakarta Globe paid them to create a fuss? Clearly you know nothing about journalism and defamation, do you even have proofs to back up your claim? Or are you simply trying to be cute?

You even put Lol in the end of your sentence as if it was funny. You've made a very serious allegation and an apology would be nice instead of an unresponsible comment.

The controversy over the film “2012” continued on Wednesday when hundreds of elementary school students in Bogor, West Java, set fire to DVD copies of the disaster film.

Students at Kemang Elementary School in Bogor burned “2012” DVDs and posters in their school playground.

One of the students, named Rifki, said the end of days could not be determined by man because it was God’s secret.

“Nobody knows about the end of days, not even prophets or angels,” Rifki told okezone.com.

After they finished torching the DVDs, the students held a prayer session.

Protests against the movie were also voiced by the Riau branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI). Mahdini, the head of Riau’s MUI, said that the movie had violated God’s power.

“Nobody in the world could imagine the catastrophe of the end of the world. “2012” is misleading,” Mahdini said.

Meanwhile, MUI chairman Amidhan suggested that the Indonesian Film Censor Board (LSF) withdraw the movie from cinemas, saying that the board did not do a good job of editing the film, which could lead to more controversy.

Amidhan said there was a part of the movie that showed a collapsed mosque, but there was no footage of a collapsed church.

“The board should have cut the footage (of the collapsed mosque). If the movie only showed a church, no problem, but they also showed a mosque. We have a difference in culture,” Amidhan told okezone.com.

The MUI branch in Malang, East Java, issued a fatwa on the film on Monday, calling it “improper and misleading” and the Surakata branch in Central Java also expressed its opposition on Tuesday.

The film, directed by Roland Emmerich, portrays the earth’s destruction following the movement of the magnetic poles and shows various disasters sweeping the globe such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.

JG