reply to post by jsobecky
I found two old threads from 2004.
NEWS: 16 year old girl executed for her sharp tongue
16 year old girl hanged in public for her "sharp tongue"
Originally posted by Beachcoma
Originally posted by chickeneater
Me and my family are blessed with the fortune and ability to move here with all of my families assets, we still have factories in Jakarta, but even those are now being regarded as colateral in case of riots.
Now it all makes sense. If you read my previous post where I listed the three points, you would fall under the category of "the haves" in Indonesia. In a country where the rich are a minority that gets richer, it's common for the poor to be resentful of the rich. I can certainly see how you and your family would have been targeted by "the have-nots".
And since communication is a transactional and reciprocal process, the constant assault would definitely make you start to think less and less of the "have-nots".
I've used this example before, but I'll state it again:
If Alice constantly shows affection towards Bob, Bob will eventually like Alice back. Conversely if Bob is resentful of Alice and makes this fact clear, Alice won't care much for Bob.
The riots became more widespread on 14-15 May 1998 and quickly turned into a pogrom targeting properties and businesses owned by ethnic-Chinese (Chinese Indonesian), who were made into scapegoats. Many shops put up signs such as "Milik pribumi" ("Owned by native Indonesian(s)") or "Pro Reformasi" ("Pro-reformation"). Otherwise, shops owned by ethnic Chinese were looted and burned. There were also dozens of documented accounts of ethnic Chinese women being raped. Comments the US State Department:
