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Friday was a nice end to a really awful week. There was pizza and paella and hamburgers and chocolate crackle things.
And Saturday night clubbing was really fun. And tiring. I don't remember the last time we've stumbled home at 5am.
And sculptures by the sea on sunday was nice - lil bit windy but really pretty, and we had fish and chips on the beach and walked along and "interpreted" our way through all the sculptures. My favourite was I think the hurdles and the spirally wind-thing.
And this is just my personal opinion, and only a part of it at that, so this is not to be misunderstood - I hope. I know protests are important and I know protests are necessary to "vote with your feet" and to show your support for something far more than writing something ever will. And I know that organizations like greenpeace hold protests against environmental issues and they WORK because they take risks. But sometimes I think that there has to be a better way. 77, or was it 88% of people think there shouldn't have been a war in iraq, and we went in anyway. There were huge protests about that. It seems this particular government doesn't take any notice of protesters. And sometimes I think that protests don't actually DO anything...I still think the government's going to go ahead with its agenda. It feels to me like it's sort of like a child who stamps its foot and says "No. I WONT do the dishes. You can't make me!" or a child who doesn't eat their dinner - these are all quite effective ways of getting the message across I suppose but it doesn't actually change something - it doesn't change the parent's way of thinking for example. Then again, if we've tried everything else and the parent only responds to such tantrums then I guess it's the way to go.
But I really hate that certain people would just ASSUME I wouldn't to go to a protest. Even though I don't want to go protest, it doesn't mean I don't think it's a good idea and it doesn't mean that I don't respect and admire people who do.
I have been doing A LOT of thinking. None of it particularly productive. In fact the most decisive thing I've done has been to put off making a decision.
And Saturday night clubbing was really fun. And tiring. I don't remember the last time we've stumbled home at 5am.
And sculptures by the sea on sunday was nice - lil bit windy but really pretty, and we had fish and chips on the beach and walked along and "interpreted" our way through all the sculptures. My favourite was I think the hurdles and the spirally wind-thing.
And this is just my personal opinion, and only a part of it at that, so this is not to be misunderstood - I hope. I know protests are important and I know protests are necessary to "vote with your feet" and to show your support for something far more than writing something ever will. And I know that organizations like greenpeace hold protests against environmental issues and they WORK because they take risks. But sometimes I think that there has to be a better way. 77, or was it 88% of people think there shouldn't have been a war in iraq, and we went in anyway. There were huge protests about that. It seems this particular government doesn't take any notice of protesters. And sometimes I think that protests don't actually DO anything...I still think the government's going to go ahead with its agenda. It feels to me like it's sort of like a child who stamps its foot and says "No. I WONT do the dishes. You can't make me!" or a child who doesn't eat their dinner - these are all quite effective ways of getting the message across I suppose but it doesn't actually change something - it doesn't change the parent's way of thinking for example. Then again, if we've tried everything else and the parent only responds to such tantrums then I guess it's the way to go.
But I really hate that certain people would just ASSUME I wouldn't to go to a protest. Even though I don't want to go protest, it doesn't mean I don't think it's a good idea and it doesn't mean that I don't respect and admire people who do.
I have been doing A LOT of thinking. None of it particularly productive. In fact the most decisive thing I've done has been to put off making a decision.