In Reply to: "TONY ABBOTT" posted by Baliku on Monday, 3. October 2005 at 10:53 Bali Time:
was the part of this interview when Abbott after:
Mr Abbott said he had no plans to cut short his holiday, but added that all Australians should be prudent.
"I'm just not sure that I want to send the signal to the people of Bali, that because of what's happened the other night, we're off," he said.
said that if we stop visiting Bali and other places we frequent for fun then the terrorists are getting closer to achieving their goals. He didn't say that you should or shouldn't adhere to the travel warnings but that it is up to you. He as an individual and private citizen had decided to continue his holiday in Bali and will decide as an inividual and private citizen with his family whether or not to return.
I agree with Abbott that if we stop going to places like Bali we are helping spread the "terror" that these people aim to envoke in the western community - I for one do not want to have anything to do with contributing to their goals - but each to their own.