In Reply to: are we fools or posted by mackas on Saturday, 14. January 2006 at 10:07 Bali Time:
Look it is something started way back when I was first there in the 80's and probably before. As more people came and wanted to hang out with the locals it grew. Girls landing in planes to meet their 'balinese boyfriends' and then when the girls left the locals waiting for the next to arrive. Some married them most did not. Some marriages worked some did not. When you meet locals you fall in love with them, you want to be their friend and they want to be your friend.
Being their friend means giving them things money, clothes, school fees. I unfortunatley believe they have made a profession out of it.
So to bring it back in prespective, we started it. So now we have to take a much more mature attitude and go through places like Rotary and other places that have been mentioned to make sure that the right people - the ones who really need get it.