A little bit of too much: ideas

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

there is no right, there is no left

what is right, what is wrong?

how can you establish what is right when feelings are involved?

betraying friendships and lovers?

where does my freedom end? what is your due to respect the others? what is my right to freedom and selfishness?

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Towards the world's cradle

A friend just spent 4 weeks in India. And now he wants to look for a job in a third world country.

We met in a beer garden last week, enjoyed the good weather and had some interesting conversation. He told me about India, about people there, about the totally different way of life.

He told me that at first sight India looks completely disorganized, but it is actually the largest democracy in the world, so you just need some time to understand that everything has its logic there. Indians are like ants: if you observe them they seem to wander without a goal, but a larger plan guides their actions.

He also told me of how Indians accept life smiling. They are not happier, they just get less pissed off from what happens. he met a woman who had been beaten from her husband the day before and she was talking about that with a smile on her face. At that point he told something which I found very interesting.

In western countries we are trying to eliminate the 'evil' part of human kind, by punishing who commits violence. That has of course a reason why. But in India for example they accept that. That is just part of being human. We are all in all animals. It's a medal with two faces and this aspect will probably never completely disappear. And maybe we should learn something from this country.

'What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?', Jose Saramago