Hardy

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Archive for September, 2006

My PC RIP

Posted by hardyberlin on 30th September 2006

Well, I don’t only have technical difficulties with my PC, it’s totally out of order now. Even an expert, who took a look at it, only said that there is no way to repair that old thing(maybe the heat in this summer was a bit to much for my system, too). So I’ll guess that I have to get a new one. I already toke a look in the net for some nice "toys", but the system I wanna have is quite expensive. Well, we will see. Until I’ve got a new one I will be online not so often.

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Technical Trouble

Posted by hardyberlin on 27th September 2006

Sorry, but since yesterday eve i have technical difficulties with my PC again. Only this time it seems worse than ever, even the re-installation of windows doesn’t work. So I called the service and told them exactly what is wrong, but they only thing they could say was, that it could be the HD, the Mainboard or something else wrong with my hardware(and they call themselves "Experts"??!!). So for a while I’ll guess I will have to go to this Internet-cafe.

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Only Cowards?

Posted by hardyberlin on 25th September 2006

The whole world seems to be crazy. Yesterday I’ve read an good article written by Oliver M.H. from the Antibuerokratieteam about the British Muslim extremist Abu Izzadeen, with Links to the BBC, Times and Telegraph(you definitely should use the Links in it, it’s very interesting), and what happens today?

First I’ve read an article on Lizas Welt about stupid intellectuals in Ireland which want to boycott Israel’s universities. That dudes are sympathizer’s of the Hezbollah and the Hamas, and want to blame Israel for every think bad which has happened on earth(cause it’s so easy to do so, and the left-wing media loves it). Next time, maybe, they even blame Israel for the dead of the dinosaurs.

Than I have to read, that Kristen Harms, the intendant of the German Opera in Berlin, has dropped Mozart’s "Indomeneo", staged by Hans Neuenfels, from the program. And do you wanna know why? Well, she is afraid to offend Muslims in Berlin. That is a real scandal which has happened never before in the history of the opera. Even many German newspapers think so, too.

And the next I’ve heard was, the movie "Wut"(rage, it’s about the brutality of a Turkish gang in Berlin) which was meant to be shown in the first German program on Wednesday eve at 20:15 was changed to Friday eve at 22:00hrs. Some people even thought, that it would be better not to show it, that it would be to offensive. Well, it shows the reality, even many Turkish people say that, also the main actor which grow up in that district of Berlin. And the director of the movie is an Arabian Muslim.

So, what’s the matter with the German media? Total appeasement because they are to afraid? And for that bullshit they want us to pay! I ask you, are there only afraid cowards making the decision’s? I don’t know, but I think so.

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A part of History

Posted by hardyberlin on 22nd September 2006

Something sad will happen at the end of this month. One of the most traditionally places here in Berlin will close down after 5o years of being permanently there for it’s guests. "Die kleine Philhmarmonie", a bar with so much history, with guests like Willy Brandt, our former governing major and chancellor, Udo Walz, Desiree Nick and many others of the Berlin society, a place were everybody could met and talk with everyone, will be closed in 8 days.

I don’t know why, or better let’s say it that way: I’ve been told why, but I have no prove that it is true, and I don’t like to spread rumors about it. But one thing I can say for sure: Berlin will loose a part of his history, and that is sad.

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Still Trouble

Posted by hardyberlin on 19th September 2006

After all the burning pope-dolls and flags in India, Indonesia and Iran, the pope tried to excuse himself for citing the old document. He told them, that what is standing in this document, is not his way of thinking, and that he never wanted to offend the Islamic world, that he just wanted to show up about how many different things we have to talk in an intercultural dialog. Most Muslims excepted it, even the radical Muslim Brotherhood, which is called a terrorist organisation by some states. So everything should be normal again, especially if you know, that most of the people who said so much bad things about the speech never have really read it(like the Turkish politician had to admit).

But what’s now? They are still freaking out, still dolls are burning and an Italian nun was killed in Somalia. The Brotherhood now says it’s not enough, and the Al-Qaida wants to kill the pope and every Christian. They say:

"We will break the cross and pour the wine away, Allah will help us to conquer Rome, we will not finish our holy war until we cut all your neck’s of".

I say: Fuck you, fundamentalistic assholes! And most of the Muslims think that, too. We, and they also, have recognized what you plan, you want the modern world to put up a campaign against all Muslims, even the 95% which disagree with you and your terror. You hope to get more symphatizers which will follow you on your stupid way to a so called "Holy War", because you have recognized that even with your terrorist acts you cannot bring the western democraties down. And you think that all the other Muslims are so stupid to follow you. They won’t, they prefer to use their brains, and they already found out that you are the wrong ones, that you only will destroy the world and bring it back into the dark!

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Criticism Not Allowed?

Posted by hardyberlin on 16th September 2006

Is the Islamic world to stupid to understand a speech or are they all only to lazy to read? Well, maybe some can’t read, and they belief everything what they’ve been told by their mullahs.

What has happened? At the University of Regensburg the Pope was holding a lecture about the contradictions between religions and the use of force. For that he cited a document from 1391 about a discussion which was held between the Byzantine emporer Manuel II Palaeologos and a Persian Theologe about Christianity and Islam and both truth led.

He said : „In the sieved round of talks published by professor Khoury the emperor comes on the topic of the Jihad to speak. The emperor knew reliably that in Sure 2, 256 stands: No obligation in faith things - it is one the early Sure’s from the time, in which Mohammed was still powerless and threatened. But the emperor knew naturally also - developed later - the regulations laid down in the Koran over the holy war. Without in-permitting itself on details like the different treatment of "owners of writing" and "disbelieving ones", it contacts in amazingly gruff form completely simply with the central question about the relationship of religion and force at all its interlocutor. He says: "show me nevertheless, what brought Mohammed new and there you will find only bad and inhumanity, like this, that he prescribed, the faith, which he preached, by the sword to spread". The emperor justifies then in detail, why faith spreading is paradoxical by force. It contradicts for the nature of God and the nature of the soul. "God does not have a favour at the blood, and not reasonably to act, is the nature of God contrary. The faith is fruit of the soul, not the body. Who wants to thus lead someone to the faith, the ability of the good speech and right thinking needed, not however force and threat…In order to convince a reasonable soul, one does not need its arm, not percussive tools still otherwise one of the means, by which one can threaten someone with death“.

With this words the pope wanted to make clear, that no one, no matter about his religion, not the Christianity nor the Islam, is allowed to use force, and he condemned the spreading of faith by force from the church during the crusade, like he also condemned it by the Islamic Jihadists now.

And what has happened now? The Muslims all over the world are feeling offended, they say, that the pope has insulted Islam and the prophet Mohammed. Can’t they read, or are they really idiots? Or do they want to take every critics as an insult? If they can’t take religious critic, than they aren’t really ready for a modern world, where everybody and everything gets criticized and put into question. And than it also can’t give a dialog of the cultures. That they should know!

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9/11, I will never forget or forgive

Posted by hardyberlin on 11th September 2006

I just finished my lunch in an Italian restaurant 5 years ago when the message got to me through my cellular phone. First I thought that it might be a bad joke, but than I realized that it was the truth. I was running back home and switched on the TV where I saw the twin tower’s, and what has happened to them. I was speechless and didn’t know if I should cry or get drunk. And I was thinking about all the poor people and their families who died there, just because some motherfucking bastards wanted it. I also asked myself why did it happen? Who can be so crazy, to do such a thing? It didn’t take to long, and we all know who and why.

Jesus said, that we should forgive our enemies. Well, I can’t do that. And I’m not willing to do so, too. The Arab states can be happy, that I didn’t had control about the so called "Red Bottom" when we found out, otherwise a few of them wouldn’t exist anymore, because I would have nuked them(and not only Afghanistan).  And the 90% good people which are living there, I would have taken as collateral damage.

I know, that it would not have been the right decision, and that it’s totally inhuman, but I was full with hate and anger. But about one thing I’m still thinking the same: Kill the terrorists where ever you get ‘em, and if you get the chance, do it very slowly, so that they can feel at least a little bit of the pain which the killed ones and their families had. It’s inhuman, I know, but they are not human beings, even animals are more human.

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Geriatric Clinic

Posted by hardyberlin on 10th September 2006

On Thursday Dad was moved to the Meridian-Clinic, which is a special geriatric rehabilitation clinic here in Berlin. I went with him during transportation and stayed there until he had his first check-up’s. He has a very nice and big single bed room there, and he is feeling quite comfortable there. Mom visited him on Friday and I did it on Saturday, where I although made a round throughout the area with him sitting in this he wheelchair. He enjoyed it very much, so I will do it again next time if the weather makes it possible.

In the eve again we had our competition, were it went like always. The only difference was, that I was quite tired and only had two beers(normally I’ve four or more), didn’t taste right to me this eve, I don’t know why.

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