Whilst I think any suicide is a tragedy, the fact is that Bali's tourist industry is bigger, in numbers and money earned than ever before. The current high season is the biggest on record, bigger than last year's one, which in itself was a record. So it's hard to blame the 2002 bomb.

But the sad fact is that less and less of the huge money being earned by the tourist barons is being returned to the people of Bali. Most of it goes to the Java, or to the very small number of Balinese who own the clubs and restaurants. One of these places, Kudeta, was charging several thousand dollars to hire a lounger at one of it's parties, which is just obscene when it's staff are paid a small fraction of that.

The wages of Balinese have not increased in any real sense since 2002 despite the fact that the cost of living has gone up many times since then. Bali is now a very expensive place for even many tourists, let alone some poor hardworking Balinese trying to survive on Rp250.000 a week as many do.

I still can't understand the rationale behind the bombers's action to target the westerners especially the Americans. Their action has inflicted suffering and unbearable pain not only on the victims' family but also on the Bali's community as a whole. Even, many people who share the same faith with the attackers, especially those who work in tourism and air transportation industry also suffer economically. Suicide bombing will only drive foreign tourists and investors away from Indonesia, and this will result in the loss of job and income that in the end make people depressed and suicidal.The police should combat terrorism unwaveringly since terrorism is against the goal of the Indonesian country as stated in the 1945's Constitution that is : promoting international peace and Indonesian citizen welfare.

My God. All my sympathy goes out to the families and friends of the loved ones. I certainly can understand how it might be something of a major life changing experience when something like this happens to you. we just never thought Bali would be one such life changing island, didnt we?