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Originally Posted by Vendot
Dude, with all your travelling, don't you find your GFY compatriots a bit ignorant, narrow minded and unduly fearful about the rest of the world and especially the muslim world?
Speaking of Indonesia, there's a nice photo of east java (Cemoro Lawang) on Bing.com right now so I use this excuse to post a different one here. Don't know how long it will last but here it is:
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Beautiful picture. Hey, everyone has their own path and sees things their way. I try not to judge others and how they think - that's on them. I can tell you, the more you travel, the more you see that there isn't one system that works - different things work for different people/cultures.
That said, my business is doing really, really well here. Exceeded all expectations and 2016 looks like it's going to be even better. But I have personally received (via social media) three death threats in two years. All mentioned their hatred of Americans. The last one was three weeks ago - the guy wasn't too bright, left the message on Whatsapp with a phone number. We do a lot of business with the US Embassy and I printed a screenshot out for a cyber crimes specialist there. Coming back from Indonesia, the Malaysian Immigration officer gave me the third degree - wasn't going to let me in. This was two days after the Trump-Muslim statement.
So it works both ways. They're knuckleheads on both sides of every issue. I don't let it bother me - if someone doesn't like me or doesn't think like me, that's their right.
Meanwhile I'll just keep on keeping on.