Located 379 results from search term 'Indonesia'
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Commented in Declassified US files reveal new details of Indonesia's mid-60s mass killings
I wonder if there's any other plausible explanation. You know, besides how steadfastly responsible and generous with our protection we Americans are.
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Commented in Why Are There No New Major Religions?
Indonesia’s constitution promises citizens religious freedom
Indonesia has just six legal religions—Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
That's an interesting interpretation of "freedom". You're free to choose between all of these government-sanctioned options.
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Commented in Why Are We Still Legitimising Blasphemy? It's Embarrassing, Says Maajid
They did not pursue this idiocracy. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-politics-idUSKBN1842GE These idiots did.
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Commented in Indonesia pledges $1bn a year to curb ocean waste
40 years ago this problem did not exist in Indonesia. Food purchased outside the home was wrapped in banana leaves or served on reusable plates, items purchased from the market were carried home in reusable woven bags or slung in a textile sarong, and garbage was mainly organic in composition so biodegraded quickly.
Plastics changed everything. Now, plastics make up >20% of the waste stream, and the typical (and this is a generalization which does not reflect pockets of 'green behaviors') Indonesian mindset leads to the disposal of waste as if it had the old organic composition. Indonesia is drowning in plastic.
The $1 billion announced is a start, but represents just $4 per Indonesian citizen. Nowhere near enough to reverse a problem 40 years in the making.
It took Western countries 20-30 years of steady, social engineering just to begin to show success from "don't litter" campaigns, so the challenge that Indonesia faces is huge. And for the commenter who suggested that Indonesia has to raise it's standard of living first before dealing with plastic waste, what do you think happens as disposable incomes rise? Yup, more plastic waste per capita is consumed and disposed of as people buy more 'stuff'.
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Commented in Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities
I remember a little while back them threatening to destroy Borobudur in Indonesia. Every Middle Eastern, North African, and Asian nation that has a mostly Muslim population should be on guard from ISIS trying to destroy any of their non-Islamic culture sites.
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Commented in Palau burns Vietnamese boats caught fishing illegally
This isn't a recent phenomenon. Palau has been catching poachers from Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia for years, if not decades.
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Commented in At World's Fair In Italy, The Future Of Food Is On The Table
This was in Indonesia quite a few years back. Aside from the taste (let's just say it's acquired) the whole experience is like something from a horror movie. Especially visually ! This set of pictures(Warning NSFL) Pretty much sums it up. A deep fried mess of bone hair and intestine. (Pictures courtesy of a random stranger on the internet)
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Commented in Death to the Gamer
There is no one singular gaming culture. It's a series of smaller sub cultures lumped under one larger umbrella for the sake of simplicity. Gaming culture is large and very variable. What can we say about the overlap between FPS and Strategy players? Does a gamer who only plays single player share a culture with those who only play online? We don't talk about "Asian culture" and pretend that everyone from the Urals to Japan and Siberia to Indonesia is the same. We don't talk about "sports culture" and try to pretend that all sports enthusiasts are the same do we? The same thing applies to gamers. He rules himself out of actually knowing about gaming by opening and continuing with big generalizations
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Commented in Indonesia volcano erupts, shooting smoke 2 miles high
It was four miles high http://news.national...ia-eruption-science/