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        "msgid": "bali-my-second-home-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-10-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Bali: My second home",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Bali: My second home Bali is, as my Balinese friends tell me, my second home and it weighs heavily on my heart that Bali has again been scarred by a terrorist act. It saddens me that more innocent people who came together in this global meeting place have lost their lives, been maimed or left psychologically traumatized. It concerns me that many of my dear friends face a financially uncertain future because the tourists will not come.",
        "content": "<p>Bali: My second home<\/p>\n<p>Bali is, as my Balinese friends tell me, my second home and it<br>\nweighs heavily on my heart that Bali has again been scarred by a<br>\nterrorist act. It saddens me that more innocent people who came<br>\ntogether in this global meeting place have lost their lives, been<br>\nmaimed or left psychologically traumatized. It concerns me that<br>\nmany of my dear friends face a financially uncertain future<br>\nbecause the tourists will not come.<\/p>\n<p>My love of Bali and its wonderful people has prompted me<br>\nto learn more about Indonesia as a whole and my circle of<br>\nIndonesian friends extends to people who come from well beyond<br>\nBali's shores. It is at this grassroots level of personal<br>\nfriendships between common people that we can best battle<br>\nterrorism. We must all get to know and understand one another<br>\nmuch better.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Australia's SBS Television aired a program that can<br>\nshow us the way. Called  Storyline Australia -- Swapping Lives ,<br>\nit covers a remarkable exchange.<\/p>\n<p>For 10 weeks, Violet, a 19-year-old Australian girl, was<br>\ntotally immersed in a traditional Indonesian lifestyle as she<br>\nswapped family, friends and cultures with Dewi, a Muslim girl her<br>\nown age from Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Both girls, armed with small digital video cameras, recorded<br>\nthe encounters within each other's cultures. Set against a<br>\nbackdrop of uncertainty, fear and mistrust between our two<br>\nnations, the story shed light, rather than heat, on our common<br>\nhumanity.<\/p>\n<p>It would be wonderful if our two governments could explore<br>\ncultural exchange programs for the youth of our two great<br>\nnations. My hope for my beloved Bali is that it can stand as the<br>\ncrossroads of the world, where all people of all religions can<br>\ncome together and get to know one another in a spirit of peace,<br>\nharmony and mutual respect. I for one will continue to go there<br>\nin that spirit.<\/p>\n<p>ROBYN CASH, Perth, Australia<\/p>",
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