In Reply to: You have a point, dennisc posted by gecko on Monday, 29. May 2006 at 20:05 Bali Time:
There are lots of wonderful javanese living in bali too!but I know that some and I mean some only balinese resent javanese from coming to bali to find work you only have to hear them talk when the holidays are on and the richer javanese come over with flashy cars spending lots money they sometimes feel resentful(not bagging javanese so nonone jump on me)Last time I was in bali I caught a taxi from seminyak to legian asked the cab driver to drop me padma street he didnt know where it was due to he just got off ferry and was trying to get some work when there was 100,s of other taxis from bali empty too!I felt really sorry for him because he told me it would be hard for him because the local taxi drivers would give him hard time.But what could he do he had family to feed to?Lets all try to put in perspetive whats happened in Jakata and whats happening in Timor its heartbreaking to anyone watching whatever race or religion we all know from travelling to bali the hardship this people have ahead with very little help!Lets all try in some way to make a difference whether its donations,prayer expressing our sympany to these people or banding together without bickering about whos right and find ways even so small that as individuals we can do something!