Talk:Indonesian Empire

I'm concerned about this article. It's not totally off the mark - the idea of there being a Srivijaya->Majapahit->Republic of Indonesia lineage is a common theme of much Indonesian politics. This is discussed better in Majapahit, and it really can't be simply stated as a simple fact in the way this article does. Calling Srivijaya or Majapahit "Indonesian" is quite an anachronism, and, worse stating it in this way leads to some really off-base conclusions, like listing Laos (or Malagasy/Madagascar [!]) and East Timor as former "Indonesian colonies" - this is apparently because one was occupied by Srivijaya over a thousand years ago, and the other was occupied in the late twentieth century. The details of the history are better covered, many with real sources, in other articles. Hence, I'm going to redirect this to Indonesia, for lack of a better destination. CDC (talk) 03:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)