Bali Bombings

[Miss Meow]

I am in two minds as far as raising awareness of this attack. If we keep it low key, many people will never find out what happened which is a tragedy in itself. But if it's publicised heavily, then the attackers are achieving yet another goal. It's a tough one.

I think the best thing we can do at this stage is to send good thoughts to the victims and their families, and find a way to support the Balinese people. Their nation is heavily reliant on Western tourism and they are a very poor nation which will be decimated by this event.

On the 'bright' side, America had issued a strong warning against travel to Bali, which reduced the number of American casualties.

[Paul]

   I thought of posting about the bombing in Bali. However, I did not for two reasons. I thought it was a tragic event unrelated to pets and I thought there was nothing we could do. Upon reflection I should have posted about it because it is part of al Qaeda's war. Sadly, I think this war will effect almost everyone in some way.

   Indonesians have been visiting the home page of Pet of the Day everyday since 1997. However, we rarely receive pet nominations or see Indonesians in Pet Talk. It has been a long time since I looked at our statistics. It has always surprised me that far more Indonesians visit than some European countries such as Ireland.

   I see there were four bombings in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday. And two bombing in Zamboanga, Philippines today.

   If there is anything we could do to help in some way, it would be wonderful to hear about it.

      Paul

[Soledad]

If people want, I think it would be a good idea to write the Australian Embassy and also letters to the editor. Embassy info is here:

http://www.austemb.org/govaddr.htm


I may be wrong, but three to four Indonesians died in the bombings, leaving many orphans. It is tragic for Bali as they are quite dependent on tourism. A bright spot is that there has not been any problems between Hindus and Muslims in the area. Yay for peace and understanding!