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.