Indonesia: Life In The Islands

I Wonder?

Here are some of the questions I've been asked by various people since I've been in Indonesia:
A student in my year 11 writing class: "Do you believe that America is an evil country?"
An e-mail I received from a man who worked at the Aryduta Hotel:
"Syallom,
Cait, is it possible if i ask u about ur religion ? if not you may refuse to answer my question ok, sorry. i want to ask a lot about free sex, cause if i watch movie from hollywood, i saw that very easy for having sex in america, is that simple like that ? Especially on movie "virgin at 40" thats why i want to ask you about this.
C u next time
Fredy"
Teacher at SMA 3: "How people are atheists in America? No God?"
I really can't think of a politically/actually correct answer to any of these. I usually invoke the old standby, "America is a free country, you can do what you want," which doesn't really mean anything. Hard stuff!

posted by Caitlin @ 6:43 PM