I used to rejoice at the separation of church and state but my experience is telling me that in parts of the world where I lived and now live the state seems eager to control the church instead.
But it's much better here than the place where I used to live still. Despite the bad governance I believe this place called Indonesia could very well be the beacon of Asia's true democracy, I could even see us becoming more democratic than the US in the not too distant future. No it's not the government who made this possible but the people who are courageous, idealistic and critical to what's going on around them. Of course all it needs is a blood bath reminiscent to the 60s to put it all to stop. A ruthless traitor to democracy in power would put all this air of freedom to stop.