S:: Is for Sadness over Humanity!

The atrocities that are happening in this world are enough to make me wonder, where has humanity gone. The pictures and story I am about to share with you are intensely graphic. The horror in the acts themselves, are in actuality in the glee on the faces of the people who are committing the crimes. This is what is happening in Indonesia.


Over the last two years, ethnic violence and hostility has been mounting in Indonesia against the ethnic Chinese. The underlying causes of increasing tensions includes political instability, economic problems, and the remnants of the government's policy on transmigration. Although the Chinese comprise only around 4% of the population, before the financial crisis they accounted for the majority of private economic wealth and activity. This is partly due to the Dutch colonial legacy of using the Chinese as "middlemen". While some of the Chinese control large amounts of money, there are also many lower and working class Chinese. They are getting raped in the streets by Islamists anyway. Around 1,200 Chinese have been tortured or killed and many businesses were looted or destroyed. Bodies were left in the streets. Usually impaled for viewing on poles.
Since then, an estimated 150,000 Chinese have fled the country, taking their assets with them, although some have since returned. Many of them never made it out. Although conditions are better now, the environment remains unsupportive with roughly 50 laws and ordinances considered to be discriminatory toward Chinese-Indonesians. Indonesia is a very diverse country. There are over 300 ethnic groups speaking 250 languages spread over more than 6,000 islands. It is also a nation comprised of multiple religious groups. While over 90% of the people are Muslim, there are also Protestants, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists, and other native religions. Religion plays an essential role in the violent conflicts that plague Indonesia today. These conflicts include an inter-religious clash between Christians and Muslims, most recently centered in Maluku; and intra-religious clashes between opposing Muslim groups. The ongoing conflict has caused 5,000 deaths. Although the two parties have signed a cease-fire, violence continues to erupt. Over the last two years, ethnic violence and hostility has been mounting in Indonesia. The underlying causes of increasing tensions include political instability, economic problems, and the remnants of the government's policy on transmigration.

When Hitler wanted to terminate the Jewish population it was because again they had the wealth. Instead of trying to find a more even distribution, they have to inilate from anger? But how can you find glee from the torture of another human being? We have sunk back to the days of the coliseum and that is a sad and disheartening F.A.C.T.