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Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence Indonesia

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[–] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“People were killed by Indonesian parties, fearing every moment [their] life will end in a gruesome way,” he said. “That gives a certain anxiety and stress that makes you ‘trigger happy’. And who were these military troops? Young lads from the country, who had just experienced a war and were dropped with no good training, information or education into a conflict where they were told they would be restoring peace and order.

“You can’t make a group of people responsible for what a state does. Our victims have never been recognised, and today they are stamped perpetrators.”

The Dutch were the real victims of the colonization of Indonesia. Finally someone is brave enough to say who the true victims were without political correctness. Always support the troops people!