In Reply to: Cock Fighting in Bali posted by Barong Naga on Wednesday, 31. March 2004 at 19:37 Bali Time:
Bread and Games, a mechanism of influential power over the Roman mass, the formula for the well-being of the population, and thus a political strategy.
Is taking away the bread and the games also a political strategy?
The effect of the intended eradication of cockfights will surely result in diminishing the number of 'tajen' events but it will not stop gambling in general, no way. Will the next step be an eradication of card games that involve gambling? Does the maffia (who controls the gambling) agree?
If the government is concerned about the well-being of the population, why don't they start with an effective eradication of official corruption?
For example, the powerplant that is being built in Pemaron/Lovina, it just doesn't make any sense in this respect. According to the calculations of Dr. Ing. Nengah Sudja, an independent energy consultant, prices for electricity, if transported via an under-water or over-land cable from Java, will cost 1,675 cents$/kWh, whereas the electricity from the Pemaron powerplant will cost 7,616 cents$/kWh.....
The generator of the Pemaron powerplant needs 1080 tons of fuel per day, which will be brought with oiltankers and pumped via flexible pipelines from the tankers to shore. Sea-, land- and airpollution will be unavoidable. Fish will die, the fishermen will be out of work. The dolphins (so I have heared) don't like a polluted sea, and will not visit anymore. The tourists surly will not be attracted by all this pollution, and they will also stay away. Hotels, restaurants and shops will have to close, unemployment figures will rise to the sky. No more money comes in to buy either the bread or the electricity. Criminality will increase. Revolution next?
Ringo