As Obama is taking percent after percent, as the news reporters are running out of saliva, as people around the world start drinking, using the American elections as a pretext, I can’t forget what those old Greeks (or, actually, ONE old and wise Greek) were saying about the rule of the majority. The idea was something [...]
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On Elections
Posted in Urban, tagged elections, Obama, Plato, Socrates on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to vote but…
Posted in Urban, tagged FOB confussion-ism, Politics on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I grew up in a country where political change was happily embraced by everyone. After over forty years of communism, it was refreshing to see people having at least the illusion of choice. I grew up listening to everyone around me argue about political stuff. This guy is better that this one, that one is a thief but that [...]
When life sucks a little bit less
Posted in Urban, tagged chocolate, generosity, ice, memories on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Someone decided to show me that Canada is not such a dull place, inhabited by self-centered people. She has a four years old son. The kid is mixed (she’s white and daddy is black), one of those adorable little specimens who grow up to become gorgeous big specimens followed by a crowd of women. He doesn’t like chocolate much. Instead, [...]
