My country is Malaysia, not Malingsia

I've been trying to maintain a stance that Malaysia's triumph in the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, albeit much awaited, is nothing to shout about.
All we've done is emerge champions of the South East Asian region, which doesn't have a single representative in the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar next week that features the top 16 teams in Asia.
I can't blame most Malaysians for over-emphasising the significance of the AFF Suzuki Cup, but there's a long way to go yet. Let's get over it quickly and move on, don't get carried away.
But I also can't help but be drawn to the vicious online campaign that's being staged by some quarters of the Indonesian football fanbase, which is quite clearly being supported by an equally immature press.
Read this RIAU POST article and the comments from the Indonesian readers, you get a clear picture of hatred aimed towards Malaysia.
I can't help but notice in a number of forums, Malaysia is referred to as "Malingsia". The description of the word is available HERE. It is a combination of the Javanese word 'maling' which means thief and Malaysia.
I do not understand what exactly the Indonesians believe we stole from them. Some of them believe it is cultural practices such as certain dances, traditional food recipes, art and traditional costumes. Apparently it is not okay with some quarters that these cultures are shared between the two countries.
I certainly do hope China, India, Portugal, Britain, the Philippines and Thailand are alright with Malaysians practicing some cultures that orginated from those countries because if tensions over these things do boil over the same way they are in Indonesia, we will be heading for World War III definitely.
What I do find intriguing is the contradiction between their claims that Malaysian players Mahalli Jasuli, Safiq Rahim and Amri Yahyah are Indonesian (Mahalli's parents are from Indonesia. Safiq and Amri deny that they are Indonesian); while the Indonesian national team parades so proudly Christian Gonzales, a naturalised Indonesian of Uruguayan origin.
What they are saying is that it's alright for others to migrate to Indonesia, while it isn't right for people with Indonesian heritage to be of other nationalities? This is a ridiculous mentality. They are faulting history for their troubles, whatever that may be.
What is clear is that Indonesia's defeat in the AFF Suzuki Cup has not been readily accepted as simply that - a defeat.
So much so that Malaysia has had to absorb scathing attacks on its persona by irresponsible people who claim themselves to be pure Indonesian. What is a pure Indonesian? I don't want to reprint a thesis on that, but I can say almost all Malaysians trace their origins to too many places that it just doesn't matter anymore. What matters is what we are now - Malaysian.
Well, as I said, it was just a small regional tournament. Nothing to shout about. There's a lot more to look forward to. We'd be better off just cherishing the good friendships we have with the more significant, good portion of Indonesia, rather than be overly disturbed by this aimless propaganda.
There's more to football than the AFF Suzuki Cup, more to life than worrying about pinpointing exactly where which people originated from. Darwin did that centuries ago and discovered we're all apes.