Comments on: Chalk up another win for the baby Jesus http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/ Guru = Pahlawan Tanpa Tanda Jasa Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Damian Doyle http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-660 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:11:18 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-660 I hadn't looked at the Australian intervention in this light. An interesting view. Speaking of East Timor, I heard yesterday that an Aussie friend of ours - a development worker who speaks fluent Indonesian, has worked in Indonesia for a few years, and is married to an East Timorese woman - is fed up with working in Indonesia. There is a lot of prejudice against Timorese and an almost complete ignorance of what occurred in East Timor during the period of Indonesian rule. This isn't the first time I have come across ignorance of issues like this. When we have asked locals in Indonesia (outside of Jakarta) what they think of climate change we have received blank stares. I hadn’t looked at the Australian intervention in this light. An interesting view.

Speaking of East Timor, I heard yesterday that an Aussie friend of ours - a development worker who speaks fluent Indonesian, has worked in Indonesia for a few years, and is married to an East Timorese woman - is fed up with working in Indonesia. There is a lot of prejudice against Timorese and an almost complete ignorance of what occurred in East Timor during the period of Indonesian rule.

This isn’t the first time I have come across ignorance of issues like this. When we have asked locals in Indonesia (outside of Jakarta) what they think of climate change we have received blank stares.

]]> by: Invig http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-658 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:48:12 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-658 thats what makes me sick about the $6B planes purchase - $1B (well spent) would allow the East Timorese to save themselves - and that will do more for our security than any number of jet planes. thats what makes me sick about the $6B planes purchase - $1B (well spent) would allow the East Timorese to save themselves - and that will do more for our security than any number of jet planes.

]]> by: Invig http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-657 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:45:52 +0000 http://kenalovell.com/blog/2007/03/13/chalk-up-another-win-for-the-baby-jesus/#comment-657 Very enlightening... And i'd add that unless we can show a willingness to somehow put some serious scaffolding into East Timor (especially economic and infrastructure) it will become a little-Iraq (as you say) - but I don't think the Christians carry full weight of responsibility for that. Just like Bush will carry responsibility for a neo-con inspired Iraq, I think that Howard will carry it for a Christian-inspired East Timor. This is right and just because these are the two people with the power to salvage their respective situations, and so must see their own tombstone being engraved in the back of their mind if they are to act now. Very enlightening…

And i’d add that unless we can show a willingness to somehow put some serious scaffolding into East Timor (especially economic and infrastructure) it will become a little-Iraq (as you say) - but I don’t think the Christians carry full weight of responsibility for that. Just like Bush will carry responsibility for a neo-con inspired Iraq, I think that Howard will carry it for a Christian-inspired East Timor.

This is right and just because these are the two people with the power to salvage their respective situations, and so must see their own tombstone being engraved in the back of their mind if they are to act now.

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