Debate: to ban or not to ban, that's the question!

Because I'm not feeling up to do a well structured commentary, today I'm just going to copy the one I delivered to the teacher.

No, wait, I have one comment I'm dying to reveal: NO WAY I'M GOING TO BE THE SPOKE'S PERSON AGAIN! Ok, that's all by now.

I kinda felt like Hobbes... {thanks for not listen

FOR the banning and AGAINST the banning parties

Yesterday our class had a debate about extremist parties, specifically about either banning or not. On one side we had the ones who were for the banning, and on the other side we had against the banning group.
The people who were agaisnt the banning enphasizes that it's fair for those parties to exist because we live in a democratic system, which believes in such values like freedom of reunion and political choice.
"For the banning" tried to explain how the existance of these parties was anti-democratic because of the violence involved in it and their values or ideas for their idealistic society.
In common I think they didn't have much, but maybe both agreed that they didn't defend these parties ideas, but their existance, or not. Just by defending its existance doesn't mean people agree with what extremist parties represent, but saying "their existance compromises people's life" without explaining properly and by being contradictory wasn't the best moment for those who were "for the banning".

15 January 2010

Apart from this, I would like for everyone to understand that researching is the most important act when we have a debate. Relax?! Go to spas, there are many good ones.

Share, share

Because on Sundays I do... nothing at all, sometimes it gets very depressing. So, because I like to change my daily (or not) routine, I visited my collegues blogs; I have to admit some are excelent, and some are just not that great. But all this is to say that I have to keep up with all those guys/girls if I don't wanna stuck (not in the middle with someone, like Bob Dylan) in a crappy blog... what a stupid joke. What the hell Joana?!

Oh, and I'm going to tell you how I fight boredom: watch full "My name is Earl" episodes! Today I'm delighting season 1.

News Report - European Press says Swiss ban sends wrong signal

It all started with a proposal supported by the Swiss People's Party in order to ban minorets in Switzerland.

The country has chosen in favour of the ban, a decision which has brought a lot of controversy among the European community, and even more in Switzerland!

If on the one hand there are the opponents who claim that this decision goes against the national constitution ("Every person has the right to chose their religion") on the other hand, there are the people who refute that this is not against the Muslims, but against the minorets as political symbols of the Sharia law.

Yesterday, the decision had "cross" European countries, and the response to that was not positive at all. The French press focused the freedom limitation in Switzerland, a country which is well-known for its high importance given to Universal Human Rights; in England the reaction was the same, a population with major number of Musslims people disagreed entirelly with the ban; in Germany the discussion was related, but a little bit diferent, because the country was debating to build one of Europe's largest mosques in Cologne.

This new law, as some say, "sends a wrong signal to the Musslim population, and to who defends freedom of religion". The question that is on everyone's mouth is if this will rebirth and outline even more the diferences between the East and the West and worse, between Christians and Musslims.

2009/12/01

Declaration of Human Rights

I was trying to remember why my teacher remembered to remember the Declaration of Human Rights... (in what context) was related with some talk we had during classes? Well, it really doesn't "ring a bell". So, I'm just going to make the World's smallest dissertation...

Human Rights, ahah, what a laugh! Yes, it's a cliché, but all the concept of human rights is theorical (except when they're really taking seriously) and sometimes I wonder if politicians and all the world leaders (I'm talking about the very wealthy people, the ones who live underwater in Dubay) live or think they live in a "Forever Dream Land" also called Earth (for "us", the regular people) where we all live happilly ever after. The diference is that the "ever AFTER" and even the "happilly" parts are hard to achieve, mainly because of all the unhuman activities we see everywhere, and every single day. Yes, this is full of negative... or real statemants. But the worst thing is that everybody talks about the 3rd World countries and aparently forgets that his neighbour is beating on his wife, or some tramp is starving, or an old couple is being misstreated by public home.

Universal rights my *ss. (Sorry to whom are sensible).

Hello hello

Hi again! As you may already know, we're in a new year (2010) and I haven't posted anything... as always, post late.

New Years Resolutions? ... Nah. Ok, just one - stop biting my nails. But I'm a Karma girl, so I believe if you do good things, good things will happen to you. Otherwise... you know the rest.

No excuses, I'm going to post new magnificent stuff... or maybe not. Well, stay tunned.

Compliments from the worst "blogger" (person who has a blog) ever.

Joana Di Duarte