Posted by mike on March 28, 2001 at 23:08:16:
In Reply to: The Blood of Turtles Stains Bali -LA Times posted by BBC on March 28, 2001 at 14:03:47:
No one should be surprised by this. I've been to Indonesia twice. The first time, we found white-tip reef sharks with their fins amputated, dying on the bottom (Sangalakki). Then we found a pen full of live groupers, on their way to the live fish markets of Hong Kong. Off of Bangka Island, we found 15 to 20 home-made fertilizer bombs ( i got pix of those). Of course, WHILE we were there, on both occasions, there was a State Dept advisory cautioning US citizens against travelling in Indonesia, and there is a little genocide occurring near both areas where we were (Muslims versus Christians in the Molluccas, and Dayaks versus Madurese on Borneo). That country is gonna EXPLODE man! Its gonna fucking explode! Hello Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Holocausts, all over again! Geez, and we're going again in June??