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Archive for December 18th, 2007

There is to much to write about

Posted by hardyberlin on 18th December 2007

During the last weeks I was to angry about the political situation, so I decided not to write anything about it. And I’m not only talking about what’s up in Burma or in Islamic countries, no. If you open your eyes you can see so much bullshit everywhere. Even here in Europe.

Like the paranoid politician, who wants to install Trojan’s on private computers, so that the police can make a online search at your PC. He said it will be used for the fight against terror only - but one week later it comes out, that the music- and movie industry will get all the results, too. So how long will it take until the tax-office and other organizations will get them also?

Or a governing mayor who wants to close an historic city airport. He even told a newspaper, he knows that the majority of the population of the city wants to keep this airport open, but he gives a shit on that what they want. Their will does not count.

Or in Burma, where Ko Htin Kyaw’s trial got moved to a special court after his hearing attracted a high level of public interest( Source: DVB ).

Or like the 11 year old girl from Afghanistan with her 40 year old husband, who looks like 65, on their wedding day. When she was asked what she feel today, she sadly answered: „I feel nothing. I don’t know this man. What should I feel?“ The picture is the UNICEF picture of the year. According to data of UNICEF there are more than 60 million young woman world-wide, who where married before their majority. Nearly all of them in Islamic countries, there it is just a business, not love. 

There are only a few things which seem to change to a better way. Maybe it’s the letter from Fidel Castro, I heard about this morning on CNN , where he said that he won’t „cling to office“ and won’t stand in the way of younger leaders. We will see what it brings, I’m very skeptical.

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