Think for yourself

What to say when someone you know disregards watching TV because, has she puts it," you learn nothing with it", and praises reading instead only to tell you it was through reading that she understood that terrorism is justifiable?
Dear me, first I had to ask what kind of reading was she having, then I had to ask myself, if she, like many young men/women who blow themselves up, hadn't been brain washed...
NOTHING JUSTIFIES TERRORISM!
We common citizens cannot be held accountable for our governments mistakes.
Throughout history there has always been tyrants whose only aim was to have the world at their feet, Look at Attila the Uno or Hitler.
Do you really think their whole people agreed with the way they rolled?
Besides there is no heroism on blowing yourself up to kill a bunch of innocent people, the heroism resides when you sacrifice yourself to save others.
And please next time you read, read something you can learn from, and not stop you from thinking for yourself.   

"Morte, Juízo, Inferno e Paraíso" de Bocage

Como nos últimos 2 sabados não tive tempo de publicar um poema no blog, aqui fica este do Bocage.

Morte, Juízo, Inferno e Paraíso

Em Que estado, meu bem, por ti me vejo
Em que estado infeliz, penoso e duro!
Delido o coração de um fogo impuro,
Meus pesados grilhões adoro e beijo.

Quando te logro mais, mais te desejo;
Quando te encontro mais, mais te procuro;
Quanto mo juras mais, menos seguro
Julgo esse doce amor, que adorna o pego.

Assim passo, assim vivo,assim meus fados
Me desarreigam d'alma a paz e o riso,
Sendo só meu sustento os meus cuidados;

E, de todo apagada a luz do riso,
Esquecem-me (aí de mim!) por teus agrados
Morte, Juíso, Inferno e Paraíso.


  

Brazil standing up

 

 

Brazilians have decided to stand up and fight for their rights.

 This includes the end of corruption and more transparency from their political class and the reduction on the public transports fare.

You might think this public transports demand is a small matter, but if you consider that their wages are incredibly low and that de government has raised the fares keeping the same old buses which on top of it all hardly ever arrive on time, you would be pretty pissed off too, wouldn't you?

So good on all those who fight for equality.

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Camões "O amor é fogo que arde sem se ver"

Aqui fica um dos mais belos poemas de Camões para este Sábado.

Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver;

É ferida que dói e não se sente;

É um contentamento descontente;

É dor que desatina sem doer;

É um não querer mais que bem querer;

É solitário andar por entre a gente;

É nunca contentar-se de contente;

É cuidar que se ganha em se perder;

É querer estar preso por vontade;

É servir a quem vence, o vencedor;

É ter com quem nos mata lealdade.

Mas como causar pode seu favor

Nos corações humanos amizade,

Se tão contrário a si é o mesmo Amor?

 

 

Bom fim-de-semama!

Welcome to the democracy planet

Today the Portuguese newspapers have reported a Russian demonstration against Putin.
Accordingly to it, the people would like to "get divorced from Putin" (on an obvious reference to his divorce from his wife).
The thing is none of us likes authoritarian governments, and none of us expects to be kept from speaking our minds on any part of our lives when we vote, (including our political opinions).
I've already written here that I don't think Russia is much of a democracy so it comes with no surprise to see that the Russian people is getting fed up with it and are now demanding the political prisoners' release.
Obviously Putin is not alone on his firm purpose to force his will on his people, Erdogan  is another one who is not willing to accept the meaning of democracy.
You could say Russia is not a democracy as we know it. You would be right, there is no such thing as a sort of democracy, either you are one or you aren't, and just because a country is now more open to the west it doesn't make it a democracy, especially if on its core things remained as before.
 Neither giving the right to vote to the people will be the only definition of what democracy is.
For democracy is about freedom.
Yes, freedom to choose who will represent us in parliament.
But also freedom to speak our own minds about every aspect of our society without having to be constantly looking over our shoulders for fear of being arrested or killed because of it.
 Represent us well and we will love you for it.
That love will lighten the burden of our duties  (for a democratic state is not all about rights).
However if you don't represent us at all we'll reserve ourselves the right to fight you for it.
And that's what men like Erdogan and Putin have chosen to close their eyes to.
The sad thing is that there will be always people like them reaching a powerful position.
The bright side is that there will always be someone amongst us to fight them back.
Welcome to the democracy planet.

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Sometimes images are worth more than words...

Think this is one of those occasions.

The clever ones

Guys since I couldn't get a ticket to Imagine Dragons tonight because it was sold out on the regular places and I refuse paying a ridiculous amount of money online for any kind of show (even found someone selling it for €200 when the normal prices were between €22 and €30!) I am going to wait for their return.
Unfortunately this happens because there are people who gives a lot of profit to these guys.
To all the clever ones... maybe you get rich soon...
I prefer not to give my contribution for that to happen as I believe that the only ones who deserve to be paid for their work are the artists.
Meanwhile I'll continue to enjoy their music.