13th Oct 2002

Terrorists Attack Young Travelers in Bali, For What?

In the unlikely event that you check the Bruner Blog today before the TV or other major media, a terrible act of terrorism in Indonesia today. Bombers killed nearly 200 with a huge explosion at a dance club popular with young foreign back-packers. What I find immediately remarkable is a horrible irony that those international travelers the terrorists targeted are likely to be young, open-minded, international thinkers who were probably more sympathetic to the same causes of frustrated minorities of the world, opposing “globalization,” American empirism, etc., compared to the average Westerner. Yes, this hideous act will get the terrorists on the international news, but how could it possibly win them supporters?


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