In Reply to: Better not go to Oklahoma then posted by Mad Batak on Sunday, 2. October 2005 at 12:28 Bali Time:
You are comparing apples to oranges and you know it.
When you go to a stadium in the US, you are searched. If you have a backpack, it is searched. If you are carrying a large bag, it is searched. That is why this was outside of the stadium and not inside the stadium.
Secondly, this was an individual and will likely not repeat as the individual in question is dead. He only took himself out.
In the Bali bombings, you have groups of people who are training to kill people. They go in and target groups of people to kill. Normally they are targeting groups of tourists.
They are still out there. Everyone agrees to that. The Bali government knows who they are and won't prosecute them.
They also won't put the protections in place to keep tourists safe. What have we heard from the Bali government about changes that will be made to prevent this?
I care about the economy of Bali. I want the people there to be happy.
But not at the expense of more bodies in the street. It seems when tourists are targeted, the locals don't care as much as if they were targeted themselves. All the cries I hear on this forum are about the people of Bali and the economy. You are ignoring the fact that over a hundred people have been injured and 10s killed. I remember the cheers when Corbee was sentenced to 20 years in prison and those echo in my mind still today. And I remember how this forum treated her case, with indifference and uncaring since she was not from Bali herself.