Se vidimo zvečer na Ljubljanskem gradu :)

03/24/2011


Logotip ljubljanskega Twestivala @betmenka

Danes, 24. 3. 2011, se ob 19h dobimo na Ljubljanskem gradu. Lokalna dobrodelna prireditev Twestival Ljubljana je del krovnega dogodka, pri katerem sodelujejo ekipe prostovoljcev v več kot 160 mestih po svetu. Družili se bomo ob dobri glasbi, se nasmejali stand-up komikom, zraven pa zbirali sredstva za ustanovo Mali vitez, ki pomaga otrokom, ki so premagali raka. Podrobnosti najdete na spletni strani Twestivala Ljubljana.

Twestival sicer organiziramo tviteraši, vabljeni pa ste prav vsi!

Se vidimo!

PS: Sicer upam, da vam bo uspelo priti, če ne utegnete, pa lahko pomagate vsaj z donacijo 1 €. Preprosto pošljite SMS z vsebino MALIVITEZ na številko 1919. Hvala!

The Road to Hell…

03/19/2011

… is paved with good intentions. Especially if they run on oil.

Christians of Slovenia, Unite!

03/16/2011


photo by dr. fil, Paris

Today, Slovene parliamentarians will discuss the possibility of taking in Guantanamo detainees for the first time. I use plural though it is unclear whether the US will request the country to help with one or more of these prisoners. Presenting the case is the twitting Minister Samuel Žbogar.

There is no such thing as an easy, clear-cut position on this issue. Or so it seems. Slovenes are mighty aloof when it comes to looking down on the US for various reasons, most recently including the Iraq war, the weapons of mass destruction buzzword and more. Some like to paint the Americans all-about-the-profit child slayers with others nodding quietly. On the inside, I am sure. Which does not prevent them from crying for help or downright demanding it when freedom and democracy in the areas of their interest are concerned. The evil world cop wannabes can turn incredibly quickly into into the only force strong enough to intervene and therefore carrying a moral duty to do so.

Guantanamo has been and remains one of the low points, black marks in the recent history of the American nation. Some people seem to feel close to orgasmic joy using it to demonstrate the USA’s moral inferiority. Which is why some responses in recent debates honestly surprise me. Ok. It is inconceivable that the US detained people without trial. It is a crime against humanity to keep “prisoner” these people whose guilt cannot be proven in any way that would hold up in court . But once a thought is given to these “never-proven-guilty” people being sent to Slovenia to start living a better life after years of hell, they are “dangerous”, “probably criminals”, “a threat to national security”. My oh my, how a bit of perspective changes the strongest of positions.

So let me get this straight. The Guantanamo detainees that would be sent to Slovenia have never committed a crime as far as it can be proven. They speak a different language, they come from a different culture, they pray to a different God, but have not, as far as it can be substantiated, committed any crime whatsoever. Methinks they are rather lucky not to have been hung on crosses.

True Christians don’t get to cherry-pick. But I guess you know that already, it may just sound strange coming from somebody who’s not a member of your club. To set the record straight, I have great respect for Christianity. Not necessarily so for its Churches. So I can say in all honesty and with no malice that to an outsider it would seen very Christian-like to remind your elected representatives of the spirit of Chistianity. The love for all people, not the love for a certain group of people who fit an unwritten or rather often rewritten bill.

But if after giving all of this a good thought and doing some deep soul searching, you still believe Slovenia should turn these people away, that’s of course absolutely fine. You have every right to your own opinion. Just goes to prove that this is, indeed, a free country. But don’t, I repeat, do not get all morally superior on the rest of us the next time it fits the agenda.

Renko’s First Law

03/14/2011


photo by dr. fil, Sir Prance-A-Lot from the Kingdom of Mojcas and Pižama

Renko’s First Law:

One smile cancels out seven hours of non-negotiable demands for round-the-clock attention. And then some.

SushiPapa

03/13/2011


sushi by Mr. P, photo by dr. fil

Good food in good company. What more could one ask for?

It may be rather brave to invite a connoisseur of all things Japanese over for one’s first attempt at  the art of combining what may look like simple overcooked rice but actually isn’t with raw fish, veggies and… err… roasted seaweed into bite-size delectables, but there, I must admit it. Mr. P pulled it off.

Hats off to the chef for preparing a mouth-watering dinner to fuel the debates. Seeing as this is his very first sushi, I look forward to the next ones. And to the conversations they spark, of course.

Bejbe, ostanite še naprej hude :)

03/08/2011


krofi & foto: dr fil

Drage soženske, na ta šaljiv dan nam želim, da ne bi pozabile, da bi morale biti enakopravne moškim, čeprav nismo enaki. Da se moramo boriti za svoje pravice. Ne proti moškim. Da si poleg izenačenih možnosti v poslovnem svetu zaslužimo korektnost in vljudnost na vsakem koraku. Tako kot moški. Da nas nikoli ne smeta ustaviti strah ali brezvoljnost. Upajmo si zahtevati več. Da bomo imele enako.

PS: Krofe sem danes delala prvič, po receptu ene od mnogih superžensk, ki jih poznam – svoje babice. Ne sprašujte po njem, ker je vsega “ravno prav”.

Resetirajte sebe

03/05/2011


Vir: SAZU

Opravičilo za neobjavljanje zapisov je sestavljeno, a žal bo minilo še nekaj let, preden ga bo odgovorna oseba znala podpisati. Neobjavljanje ne pomeni, da ne berem, ne opazujem, ne poslušam. Sivocelične napetosti na hitro sprostim na Twitterju, zato bloga ne pogrešam pretirano.

Ko pa mi kdo grozi z resetiranjem, oziroma me vabi, naj se skupaj z ostalimi volivci resetiram kar sama od sebe, si vzamem čas, da svoje mnenje delim tudi z vsemi tremi bralci tega bloga.

“Resničen reset se mora zgoditi tukaj, v Sloveniji. Resetiranje novinarjev pomeni resnico-ljubno pisanje. Volivci morajo resetirati svoje vrednote, svoje srce: lumparije na drobno dajejo glasove lumpom na debelo. In glava volivcev mora spregledati propagando, ki brenka na tistih pet predsodkov. Resetirani volivci bodo bolj zahtevni kupci na slovenskem političnem trgu in trgovci – stranke – se jim bodo morali prilagoditi. Politične stranke se bodo morale resetirati in nekatere priznati svojo idejno bankrotiranost in odvisnost od predsodkov. Mimogrede, podpisani nove ne ustanavljamo.”

Vir: Delo

V današnji Sobotni prilogi Dela nas k temu spet poziva dr. Žiga Turk, tokrat v družbi dr. Mateja Lahovnika, dr. Marka Pavlihe, mag. Rada Pezdirja in dr. Janeza Šušteršiča. Zaenkrat pustimo ob strani dejstvo, da so med naštetimi trije bivši ministri, ki so že imeli realno možnost krojiti delovanje slovenske države.

Fantje, trenutni položaj v državi ni rožnat, pa tudi tako črn ne, kot bi radi naslikali. Ljudje smo takšne čudne, nikoli zadovoljne živali. Prav to nas vodi v iskanje vedno novih rešitev in znanj, ki so temelj tistega, kar samovšečno imenujemo napredek. Če se strinjamo, da stanje ni popolno (in da nikoli ne bo), pa me v živo zadenejo ideje o, če ne kar zahteve po nenadnih korenitih spremembah domnevno popolnoma gnilega sistema.

Slovenija je krasna država. Narava je lepa, ljudje delavni in pametni, potencialov je veliko, smola le, da vse skupaj z napačnimi odločitvami kvarijo zavedeni volivci in neresnicoljubni novinarji? Besedilo je prežeto s tolikšno mero naivnosti, da človek težko verjame, da je prišlo izpod prstov tako izobraženih ljudi. Predlagam jim pogovor s kakšnim preprostim posestnikom zdrave kmečke pameti.

V demokracijah, ki jih tako radi omenjajo avtorji, se spremembe uvajajo postopoma. Podlage zanje pripravijo demokratično izvoljeni predstavniki ljudstva, preživeti morajo razprave in zakonodajne postopke, če ne dosežejo želenega učinka, se poskusi drugače, verjetno z drugo ekipo. Hitre širokopotezne spremembe sistema, vsiljevanje novega sistema vrednot, spreminjanje človeka samega v želji po oblikovanju popolne družbe, vse to so elementi neke popolnoma drugačne miselnosti, katere posledice pozna vsak, ki je vsaj od daleč povohal zgodovinske knjige.

Za vsak slučaj, da ne bi prišlo do nesporazuma, sem izraz hotela preveriti v Slovarju slovenskega knjižnega jezika, a ga v njem ni. Angleška definicija izraza je, na primer:

reset – to press a special button or to make changes so that a machine will work again or work in a different way

Vir: Macmillan Dictionary

Ne boste verjeli, ampak človeška družba takšnega gumbka nima. V resnici verjamem v dobronamernost avtorjev članka in tudi, da verjamejo v to, kar so napisali, ampak njihova teorija nasede na čer prvega stika s človekom v resničnem življenju, v praksi.

Nasprotje postopnih sprememb v demokratičnem sistemu, ekvivalent gumbku, ki spremeni delovanje družbe (predvidevam, da avtorju niso imeli v mislih povratka družbe v katero od že videnih ureditev) je v preprostem jeziku revolucija.

Ne, hvala. Resetirajte sebe.