I think djqua is doing the right thing setting up a thread to remember those who lost loved ones in an event which was closely connected with Australia. If you lost family or close friends on this date you want to morne their loss.
As its 10 years on, what are you saying people should not remember Anzac day? People should not remember September 11?
It's only covered by the media for political purposes. The PM gets up there, spouts a bunch of sentimental rubbish as if it had a deep, troubling impact on her and that's all it ever is. Meanwhile, we as a country are still sending troops to others and killing civilians while shrugging it off.
djqua says if we don't like it, we should appeal to those in power. I say they should be removed from that position - one that allows them to make decisions that impact a large amount of people. We don't need any form of government and the democracy they claim to spread is corrupt, dead and has nothing to do with true freedom.
The whole terrorism thing is a farce. If the American government doesn't like you, they'll designate you as a terrorist whether you are one or not. The only real terrorism in the world is being perpetuated by our and other governments. When's the last time you went around shooting people or dropping bombs? Never right? Humans are fundamentally good but the people who seek these positions of power only mean to rule over us all and others and they'll do it by force when necessary and they use days such as today to remind us of the bogeyman that will get us unless we leave them in power.
The only sad thing about the Bali bombing is that they targeted civilians instead of the real culprits. You can bet the world would be a better place if they bombed the real perpetrators.
