Paradise lost

It's about time Indonesians started to rally against the Jamaah Islamiyah. The government should first ban it and then seek to infiltrate it, before finally destroying it.

My business has also been affected by the Bali bombings of Saturday, Oct.1. Already my travel site has recorded a total drop in bookings to Bali and Lombok. We are recommending Phuket as an alternative to Bali in the future, but don't want to because the people of Bali are so beautiful and openhearted. They welcome strangers and make them feel so at home and comfortable.

However, what can we do? We have a duty of care toward our customers that we take very seriously. We feel sad about this. It will cost jobs. It might even cost more lives and it will certainly destroy the lives of so many beautiful people from a paradise that we now feel is lost.

Finally, but not least, we offer our deepest condolences to those who suffered or lost loved ones as a result of Saturday night's murderous attack by evil agents of Satan.

BRAD O'NEILL, Perth, Australia