Getting better?

Getting better?

When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came to New York, he
told the Indonesian community that "things are getting better" in
response to a question about anti-Christian violence. On Oct. 31,
The Jakarta Post carried a story about three young Christian
students being beheaded in Central Sulawesi and churches closed
in Bekasi.

Nothing is "getting better." The government only seems to
worry about violence that affect tourism and not about violence
that affects people. The parents of the three girls who were
murdered don't need to hear how "things are getting better."

President Susilo should go to their funerals as a sign that
the government really will end anti-Christian violence.

JOYCE ANTILA PHIPPS
Plainfield
NJ U.S.