Comments on: Of Cigarettes and Cellphones http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/01/18/of-cigarettes-and-cellphones/ Online edition of Bali’s best selling English language newspaper. Bringing you Bali, the Nation and the World every Friday. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Andrew Hall http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/01/18/of-cigarettes-and-cellphones/comment-page-1/#comment-173496 Andrew Hall Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:09:03 +0000 http://www.thebalitimes.com/2008/01/18/of-cigarettes-and-cellphones/#comment-173496 Dear Editor, After reading far too much of the hapless hyperbole of Mark Ulyseas in your otherwise readable publication, I find it necessary to respond: In the issue of January 18-24 (2008) Ulyseas calls for the expulsion of a Paula Hodgson from Bali for the “crime” of expressing an opinion. This might well be a telling comment about where Ulyseas’ philosophical and ideological roots lay – a self-proclaimed communicator/writer; he gets petty with those whose ideas don’t concur with his own. In his “Of Cigarettes and Cellphones” piece in the same issue the hypocrisy of the man – who has lived on Bali for less than a year – becomes manifest. Please note the photograph of your reporter in the “dinkus” on the front page of the current issue – cigarette and all. And having witnessed his incessant cellphone activities at his “favorite watering hole” – no doubt to tap into important and interesting contacts – one wonders what the heck that article was all about. There are some of us on Bali who have lived here for a lot longer. There are some of us on Bali who have served, faithfully, the craft of journalism in our pasts. This “scribbler who writes to eat” should be sent into “the room of mirrors” for an extended period. The fact that Ulyseas has a laptop and access to a publication does not, I trust, give him – or you, the publisher – the right to defame those whose opinions don’t happen coincide with his, or your, own. Yours sincerely, Andrew Hall Ubud - Bali Dear Editor,
After reading far too much of the hapless hyperbole of Mark Ulyseas in your otherwise readable publication, I find it necessary to respond:

In the issue of January 18-24 (2008) Ulyseas calls for the expulsion of a Paula Hodgson from Bali for the “crime” of expressing an opinion. This might well be a telling comment about where Ulyseas’ philosophical and ideological roots lay – a self-proclaimed communicator/writer; he gets petty with those whose ideas don’t concur with his own.

In his “Of Cigarettes and Cellphones” piece in the same issue the hypocrisy of the man – who has lived on Bali for less than a year – becomes manifest. Please note the photograph of your reporter in the “dinkus” on the front page of the current issue – cigarette and all. And having witnessed his incessant cellphone activities at his “favorite watering hole” – no doubt to tap into important and interesting contacts – one wonders what the heck that article was all about.

There are some of us on Bali who have lived here for a lot longer. There are some of us on Bali who have served, faithfully, the craft of journalism in our pasts. This “scribbler who writes to eat” should be sent into “the room of mirrors” for an extended period.

The fact that Ulyseas has a laptop and access to a publication does not, I trust, give him – or you, the publisher – the right to defame those whose opinions don’t happen coincide with his, or your, own.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Hall
Ubud - Bali

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