I could not believe my ears when the Pope said the following few days ago:
This reminds me why I voluntarily choose not to believe in any religion whatsoever. Probably just to avoid adoring a “leader” that pronounces dangerous crap like this. Yes, dangerous! As a lawyer-to-be, I support freedom of speech big time, but when I read statements like this, I sometimes think that religious censorship might be introduced again. In law, you have to compare benefits. I rate the benefit of freedom of speech highly, but not high enough to overcome the possible negative/dangerous “benefits” from the statement. In Africa, the church is very important and when the “reincarnation-of-God-on-earth” says you should not use condoms, than that will most likely have a huge effect on people. So this can seriously undermine the work aid workers have been doing for years.
I’ve been keeping quiet about the Rihanna – Chris Brown case but now I think it is time to speak out about my stance on the whole issue. Let me say first that I am against any kind of violence, and especially in a relationship, one of the few places your should feel safe. Men should never lay hands on women, but that rule also counts for women! Violence is never an answer when things don’t seem to go so well in a relationship. Communication or a time apart to think can help, but violence? No, never. If a man ever lays hands on me, I would surely leave him without any hesitation. Should Rihanna leave Chris? Well he has done something he should not have done, but rumor has it she has laid hands on him before too so it goes both ways. Should she set a good example to all her fans that are yet to go through the same stuff they went through and those who are going through the same thing? Well it might already be a little too late for that right now…
If you want beef, you can get one. This goes out to one of my professors. I’m not going to start calling names, but this guy is horrible. Allow me to give some examples: he is forcing us to take a book of statutes with us each time we attend his class. But those books are so heavy that it is a real torture to carry them. Some smarty-pants came up with the idea to set up a turn role so you only have to carry it with you every other week. When he noticed that, he made definitely the quote of the year:
Really, if he said that to me, I would have popped out something like “don’t be so old-fashioned and move with your time”. So today some friends and I were sitting in the back because that is the only place to plug in our laptops to the net power supply. Now the guy came up to us and demanded we would go sit on the first row. Really, we have grown this old and now we can’t even choose where we take a seat? I seriously doubt if I should attend his classes any longer if he fucks this a second time. The guy was standing in front of us and he yelled so loud for two hours in a row that my head was almost exploding.
Sometimes I am really scared of getting old. Take for example my granddad. He has always been a strong man who has started working from a very young age. Eight years ago he has suffered from a cardiac arrest. Luckily he pulled through but that was the start from the whole decay. Few years later he was diagnosed cancer, he pulled through. Some thing yet another few years later. But the past years it really went downwards very fast. He has been loosing his memory and can barely remember what has been said only minutes ago. He has also problems reminding people, sometimes I have the feeling he doesn’t even remember his own goddaughter any longer. Today yet another symptom has surfaced, violence. When my father arrived there, my grandmother was crying and granddad was yelling cruel things at her. When my dad came in between, granddad started hitting him. The thing is we all remember what has happened, but granddad himself doesn’t remember it. To him it is like it never has happened. It really hurts to see him like that because he is the only granddad I have left and I used to be with him and grandmother every day when mom and dad were at work. Life can be so cruel to nice people who only deserve the best and not this struggle.
Just to end with a more positive note. I never really liked Brandy, but I am crazy about her new single Right Here (Departed). Enjoy!
“AIDS is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems.”
This reminds me why I voluntarily choose not to believe in any religion whatsoever. Probably just to avoid adoring a “leader” that pronounces dangerous crap like this. Yes, dangerous! As a lawyer-to-be, I support freedom of speech big time, but when I read statements like this, I sometimes think that religious censorship might be introduced again. In law, you have to compare benefits. I rate the benefit of freedom of speech highly, but not high enough to overcome the possible negative/dangerous “benefits” from the statement. In Africa, the church is very important and when the “reincarnation-of-God-on-earth” says you should not use condoms, than that will most likely have a huge effect on people. So this can seriously undermine the work aid workers have been doing for years.
I’ve been keeping quiet about the Rihanna – Chris Brown case but now I think it is time to speak out about my stance on the whole issue. Let me say first that I am against any kind of violence, and especially in a relationship, one of the few places your should feel safe. Men should never lay hands on women, but that rule also counts for women! Violence is never an answer when things don’t seem to go so well in a relationship. Communication or a time apart to think can help, but violence? No, never. If a man ever lays hands on me, I would surely leave him without any hesitation. Should Rihanna leave Chris? Well he has done something he should not have done, but rumor has it she has laid hands on him before too so it goes both ways. Should she set a good example to all her fans that are yet to go through the same stuff they went through and those who are going through the same thing? Well it might already be a little too late for that right now…
If you want beef, you can get one. This goes out to one of my professors. I’m not going to start calling names, but this guy is horrible. Allow me to give some examples: he is forcing us to take a book of statutes with us each time we attend his class. But those books are so heavy that it is a real torture to carry them. Some smarty-pants came up with the idea to set up a turn role so you only have to carry it with you every other week. When he noticed that, he made definitely the quote of the year:
"You do not exchange your husband, neither do you exchange your book of statutes".
Really, if he said that to me, I would have popped out something like “don’t be so old-fashioned and move with your time”. So today some friends and I were sitting in the back because that is the only place to plug in our laptops to the net power supply. Now the guy came up to us and demanded we would go sit on the first row. Really, we have grown this old and now we can’t even choose where we take a seat? I seriously doubt if I should attend his classes any longer if he fucks this a second time. The guy was standing in front of us and he yelled so loud for two hours in a row that my head was almost exploding.
Sometimes I am really scared of getting old. Take for example my granddad. He has always been a strong man who has started working from a very young age. Eight years ago he has suffered from a cardiac arrest. Luckily he pulled through but that was the start from the whole decay. Few years later he was diagnosed cancer, he pulled through. Some thing yet another few years later. But the past years it really went downwards very fast. He has been loosing his memory and can barely remember what has been said only minutes ago. He has also problems reminding people, sometimes I have the feeling he doesn’t even remember his own goddaughter any longer. Today yet another symptom has surfaced, violence. When my father arrived there, my grandmother was crying and granddad was yelling cruel things at her. When my dad came in between, granddad started hitting him. The thing is we all remember what has happened, but granddad himself doesn’t remember it. To him it is like it never has happened. It really hurts to see him like that because he is the only granddad I have left and I used to be with him and grandmother every day when mom and dad were at work. Life can be so cruel to nice people who only deserve the best and not this struggle.
Just to end with a more positive note. I never really liked Brandy, but I am crazy about her new single Right Here (Departed). Enjoy!
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