Thursday, October 13, 2005

Old Time Religion

It seems that the only thing Indonesians hate more than drug smuggling is terrorism. As Indonesians and Australians commemorated the anniversary of the 2002 bombings in Bali, protestors gathered outside the prison housing the perpetrators of the attack (or it had been housing, but they were moved out of obvious security concerns), and demanded their immediate death. In the wake of the more recent bomb attacks on October 1, Indonesians are naturally a bit fired up, particularly since the volumes of bad press Bali has received in recent years has done damage to its once thriving tourism industry. But for Americans always demanding greater condemnation from the Muslim community for the terrorist acts of Islamic fundamentalists, I think the words of the Balinese are pretty clear: "Fuck Terrorists".

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