Search results

I found it really interesting the similarity between Maori and Malay. I will have to research more on that. I know in Jared Diamond's, Guns Germs and Steel he talks about the immigration patterns of people who inhabited south east asia and then the people who became the polynesians...

for all your guys living in bali there is a great school in denpasar run by IALF. I totally agree that 40% seems extravagent for the bahasa belanda influence. The Dutch though definately have a head start in learning Bahasa Indonesia especially with regards to banking and automobile words...

Lou, No worries. I was a bit surprised that someone of your obvious intelligence would start to rely on ad hominen attacks rather than serious debate. I found some further information about McGeogh including letters written to the NYT asking as to why they didnt publish his work. This was of...

Wel I kind of disagree, you havent answered any of my questions. You say that McGeogh is a liar. I asked for proof. Your proof is in abscence in certain papers. You initially jumped on me for saying the Indonesian judicial system is beneah contempt. I provided many examples of why it is...

nothing machiavellian in the typing of my posts, quite possibly I am on a different work schedule to you. Equally as likely Allawi threatened everyone else with the same treatment, if anyone else decided to leak the story. But you just prefer to call him a liar because the oh so credible NYT...

Talk about heresay. If an Australian journalist is not published in the NYT or Guardian, he is automatically a liar. NOt possible other reason. Like those papers could not find the witnesses McGeogh swore to protect. Yes it was unfortunate about the fingerprints, wasn't it. So how else has...

I cant agree that is being handled properly. The fingerprint issue is a clear example of that. Plus from my "contacts" in the police department, i am hearing someone messed up the evidence and now pushed against a wall, no one wants to admit they are wrong. What has been presented..a bag in a...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr20 ... -a06.shtml Despite the questionable source, this seems like a good article on the case.

Roy, actually i read your quote wrong and now I see what he means and I agree with it. It happens naturally enough anyway, the more contact indigenous people have with bules, the less in awe they are of them.

Lou we could zip open our pants and flop it out to prove who has the most credible source but what is your point. I am saying the Indonesian judicial system is extremely corrupt . You are saying that there is corruption in Australia. I agree. How does this relate to the corby case? You can...

Is the reputable NYT, the paper that had to grovel and apologise about its WMD in Iraq stories?? amongst other things. Who was that journalist they had to fire because he forget to write non-fiction?

I lived in bali for 2 years in seminyak and Kerobokan. . I now go there perhaps every 2 months. I studied bahasa Indonesia in UI and UKSW and have a degree in south east asian politics. I have quite a mischeivous friend there who happens to be a police officer in denpasar originally from the...

Just me, Tranparency International, International Crisis Group, think the INdonesian Justice system is flawed. I think Tempo magazine Chief Editor Bambang Harymurti would also agree. Then again the Suharta clan, Wiranto, Jakarta's Godfather Tomy Winata, Former Golkar head Akbar Tanjung...

RE: The Schapelle Corby Case...Anyone Else Following It? Lou, apart from right wing blogs can u give some more info on how Mcgeoh's article was completely discredited. A quick google search shows it being used in numerous newspapers. I know a reporter who has been to Tommy's cell and it has...

RE: The Schapelle Corby Case...Anyone Else Following It? Tracey, With reagrds to prisons. Your rationale seems to be that we should lock up more people and make it harder. The U.S now has 25% of the worlds prison population. The war on drugs just meant that more people go to jail and drives...

RE: The Schapelle Corby Case...Anyone Else Following It? Some interesting comments and for me some complete bullshit. For one anyones who thinks the INdonesian justice system is somehow worth defending. This same justice system involved in the non event Suharto trial. Human Rights investigation...