DutchDown
Contributor
I just arrived back home this morning after three weeks on Bali. My wife and I felt perfectly safe. During our visit we encountered no anti-Western behavior at all. As a matter of fact, my only critiscism about the trip has nothing at all to do with Indonesians...they are suffering terribly from the after-effects of the October bombing and now from the near absence of tourists. I would criticise Westerners who allow themselves to be intimidated into remaining at home. No, I'm certainly not suggesting reckless behavior. Only that terrorists win when their adversaries are in terror. I sort of feel obliged to oppose their efforts to restrict my activities and force me to live in a smaller world.