Tawasakm Posted October 3, 2005 Report Posted October 3, 2005 Link to articles on lates Bali attacks. I realise many posters here do not seem to realise a world exists outside of immediate North American interests but perhaps I can draw some comments on this. Quote
Riverwind Posted October 3, 2005 Report Posted October 3, 2005 Link to articles on lates Bali attacks.I realise many posters here do not seem to realise a world exists outside of immediate North American interests but perhaps I can draw some comments on this.It made the front page of the papers here, however, I feel it will be forgotten qucikly because it is just another story about violance inside a Muslim country. The Bali bombings have more in common with the periodic murders of tourists in Egypt than the London subway bombings. Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
Tawasakm Posted October 8, 2005 Author Report Posted October 8, 2005 I gave this some time... Your commentary is so ignorant that I better not comment. Bali is so MUCH like Egypt. They are so similar they are no different... So many posts I have read here decry the ignorance of people grouping different cultures into a 'monolithithic' identity. This (from someone who no doubt sympathises with the previous people) just takes the cake. I really had better not get started on this. Learn some things about Bali and Indonesia Pocket Rocket. Quote
Riverwind Posted October 8, 2005 Report Posted October 8, 2005 Your commentary is so ignorant that I better not comment. Bali is so MUCH like Egypt. They are so similar they are no different...I am not sure what I said that made you think I believed such a generalization to be appropriate. My comment was a cynical statement on how I believed the Bali bombings would be perceived in North America (i.e. just another Muslim country with zealots blowing people up). I know full well that Indonesia and Egypt have absolutely nothing in common other than a shared religion.That said, what responses were you hoping to get? Thoughtless affirmations about the need to intensify the 'war on terror'? Perhaps equally vacuous platitudes on how US foreign policy is the real 'root' cause of such attacks. If you have some information regarding the reasons for the Bali bombings and (even better) suggestions on what people in North America can do to help then please post them. Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
kimmy Posted October 8, 2005 Report Posted October 8, 2005 I perceive the Bali bombings as just another Muslim country with zealots blowing people up. -k Quote (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Friendly forum facilitator! ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)
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