Ebiet G. Ade may be right. God may get tired of "watching our caprices that are consistently wrong and reflect pride and sins". The series of calamities that have befallen our country lately seem at least to answer Ebiet's question hurled through his famous song Berita Kepada Kawan (News to A Friend): "Why do disasters happen in my land?"

Just note the news from the regions. Floods are reported to be ravaging Java and Sumatra islands. Houses an