tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post3573987699267895883..comments2024-03-26T20:42:21.374-07:00Comments on madrotter-treasure-hunt: SOEHARTO BAPAK PEMBANGUNAN INDONESIAHenk Madrotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733745439852366674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post-62005821851126722902016-12-24T11:00:16.946-08:002016-12-24T11:00:16.946-08:00Thanks Jim :) Lucky, there's quiet a lot you c...Thanks Jim :) Lucky, there's quiet a lot you can download at bookzz.org :)Henk Madrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733745439852366674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post-57176708245017125622016-12-24T06:58:53.884-08:002016-12-24T06:58:53.884-08:00Crazy story. I'm glad you made it out alive an...Crazy story. I'm glad you made it out alive and things are somewhat better now.<br /><br />merry xmasjrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251103348895670976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post-70795078980244515882016-12-22T13:11:48.408-08:002016-12-22T13:11:48.408-08:00Thanks for the book recommendations, Henk. Impossi...Thanks for the book recommendations, Henk. Impossible to get in German, and very difficult or pricey in English; and I can't read Dutch. But I'll be on the look-out.<br /><br />Very sad things you mention, and the powerful people don't seem to learn from the past, or don't want to as they're still in power and lead a good life. And here in Germany people are shocked that terrorists attacked a christmas market with a truck, killing a dozen people.Luckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338084082009072679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post-70768402994619758492016-12-22T09:16:54.400-08:002016-12-22T09:16:54.400-08:00One of the very best books I've read was Count...One of the very best books I've read was Country Of Origin from E. du Perron, about him growing up in colonial Indonesia and his time in France, amazing book... The books from Madelon Szekely-Lulofs are amazing too, they were banned when the Dutch were still in power here....<br /><br />Those movies.... they made such an impression on me, and really, things haven't changed much really, people are still thrown off their lands to make room for palm oil plantations and only a handful of very powerful super rich families get even more rich because of it. People who protest get beaten, raped, murdered.... They're forced to work on these plantations for a pittance and have to spray heavy poisonous stuff and they often get cancers and die very young....<br /><br />I could fill pages really... Kulon Progo... Papua, Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sukabumi etc., etc, etc. .....Henk Madrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733745439852366674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881678896529888992.post-43575489099340229202016-12-21T22:50:45.359-08:002016-12-21T22:50:45.359-08:00I've seen both films with disgust, but not for...I've seen both films with disgust, but not for the films and filmmakers, but for the horrible people pictured. As a German I had the feeling that it might be like that here if the Nazis wouldn't have been beaten, the whole look at all the atrocities might just been washed away with more lies. The frightening thing is how these killers are proud of what they did - untill they act the scenes again and start to feel the pain of the victims... Indonesia has to face these facts unless it want to suffer again and again.<br /><br />Pram is my favorite Indonesian author (not that I read much more...).<br /><br />CheersLuckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338084082009072679noreply@blogger.com