rules: inconvenience and leniency

I read the news about David Tobing suing the government and PSSI (and NIKE?) for our country's Garuda emblem abuse.

The intention of the action could be good,
after all I don't really want to have our beloved Garuda become just a mere picture that could be randomly located on just any fashion whims. Geri Haliwell's union jack dress might be deemed iconic, but I don't think I want Garuda to be immortalized that way.

But then again, in this particular case the particular Garuda emblem was worn with pride for Indonesian team to go in an international event. And I can't help noticing how that has spurred our sense of nationalism during that event(even though of course this is just what I viewed from afar, based on my mom's report and things I read :D).

Indeed in almost every cases there are always 2 sides of a coin.
Humane rules always have some unnecessary inconvenience.

I live in a rather secluded area, but we need to cross a quite busy street to reach it. So there's a traffic light that would stop the traffic on request if anyone presses the button to cross the street. And every now and then we'd witness a long queue of car waiting for 1 person to cross the street.

This traffic light for pedestrian in an empty street,it is inconveniencing at maybe most of the time. I myself usually always pondered if I could just get away crossing the street without requesting the traffic light. (J caught me doing it once though :D
And so from that point on pressing the button is a must :P) And why can't the cars just pass through once the person who requested it has safely crossed the street, without waiting for the light to turn green. However, allowing this kind of leniency would nurture bad behavior that might at some point endangering the safety.

We, Indonesians, are rather lenient when it comes to rules. But then again, without being too strict there needs to be a certain fine line taken where we should be lenient and where we should be strictly sticking to the rule.

I wonder where's this fine line lies on this Garuda emblem case.

One thing for sure I do want one of those "Garuda di dadaku" shirt to wear and flaunt :P

I love you Indonesia,
Garuda will always be in my heart,
figuratively,
and hopefully literally once i get my hand on one of those shirts :D