Today we hear that Schappelle Corby (see previous thread) has had her sentence cut from 20 Years to 15 years. She maintains her innocence and there is a great deal of evidence and logic to support her stance.
The "Bali 9" go on trial accused of heroin smuggling and will almost certainly face the firing squad.
I have little sympathy with those involved in the heroin trade.
The accused are all young and stupid. Hands up all those who never did anything stupid when they were young.
Do they all deserve the firing squad...well I dunno.
Meanwhile the leader of Jemiah Islamia gives an interview from his (temporary ) prison cell supporting the action of suicide bombers.
The Indonesian goverment is at best soft on Islamic extremism and at worst is actually involved in it.

(sorry for the cut and paste, but this seems relevant)

Writing in The Age , an Australian newspaper in Melbourne, foreign correspondent Hamish McDonald pointed out, "There is a long history of political manipulators within the Indonesian armed forces, or TNI, playing with the fire of Islamic extremism and staging incidents of terrorism, as well as the institution itself carrying out state terror as in Aceh, Ambon and East Timor--directly or through military proxies."

The TNI was the backbone of the fascist Suharto dictatorship which came to power in 1965 through a CIA-backed coup that made the rivers run red with the blood of hundreds of thousands of people, mainly members and supporters of the Communist Party of Indonesia. The coup overthrew Sukarno, whose daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, is the current head of the Indonesian government. Suharto himself was forced out of power under U.S. pressure in 1998 during the economic and political crisis that rocked this country of 200 million people. But forces linked to the Suharto regime still occupy powerful positions within the TNI and other areas of society.

So, should we boycott Bali? The Balinese themselves are lovely people (although they are in the minority now due to the Indonesian policy of transmigration which has shifted huge numbers of mainly muslim Javanese into Bali).
Should we go for the bargain holiday and bugger the consequences.
I'm staying home thanks.
Keef