Emotions

[gerbie]

Today I have seen many people showing their emotions on TV. Yes, a political leader was killed and that is a bad sign for democracy in my country. But crying? How strong can you feel for someone who only entered politics a couple of months ago? How strong can you feel for someone who doesn't really have an ideology, whose ideas are contradictive and sometimes not very tolerant? How can you cry over someone you've never met?

I can understand people who marched in a silent march in Rotterdam today. I can understand that you want to sign the condolence register. I can even imagine going to his house to see the crowd waiting and putting down flowers, letters, pictures and posters, though I have to stretch my imagination. But no, I can't imagine crying.

Don't think I'm hard. I'm no toughie at all. I cried when Gerda told me it was over. I cried when I left and had to leave her and little Laura behind. I nearly cried when we won the championship a week ago. I saw plenty of grown men cry that day and didn't think it was weird at all. I even had tears in my eyes at the end of 'Cool runnings', a movie I saw for the second time. The moment these Jamaican bobsleighers pick up their sleigh, as they want to finish regardless, touched me big time. However, no tears for a murdered politician I never liked. I'm shocked. Stunned. Speechless. Clueless. Amazed. Wounded. I feel my country is going a wrong direction. I feel democracy has taken a big blow. Freedom of speech is being murdered. Which is bad enough to cry, come to think of it.

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Explain to me, please

[aquariusmama.livejournal.com]

What do you mean by having contradictive views? Did he really have no ideology? I don't know, because all I know is what I have read today. Who was he shot by? Does anyone know why yet? Was it even politically motivated or something else?
Do you think freedom of speech is really being murdered? Or do you think that more people will begin to talk about what they believe in..like a big wake up call to the nation?

umm You cried in "Cool Runnings", yeah umm, that's not normal...you may want to talk to someone about that. hehe.

Re: Explain to me, please

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

I've tried to answer who he was, it's become so large that I've turned it into a post. I didn't answer everything. They still aren't sure why he was killed. The one arrested seemed to know what he was doing, knew exactly which lawyer to ask for, but even his wife and kid didn't know. He was an enviromentalist, a left-wing radical.

How it will affect the nation: Time will tell. At the moment it's a huge story. Next week the election results may tell something.

About Fortuyn: read the post I'll post immediately after this.


p.s. the bit where they pick up the sleigh to be able to finish was great!

[harns.livejournal.com]

Mooi geschreven, ik ben er even stil van.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Dank je.