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Are you an idealist?

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:14:12 -0500

You, as most of us, probably have a vision of a utopia, or at least you know the world would be a better place, if only X would be the case. Then you probably also know the frustration of not seeing anything happen and not knowing exactly what to do to change that one thing. How do you go about to make this change happen? A lot of us are just stuck on the internet reading and spreading information with people we know (or donâ€™t know) and hoping that everything will turn out alright. This is good, I agree with the point that spreading information and creating awareness is the most import...

Dutch government bans cultural identity

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:25:27 -0500

With this article I want to achieve two things. Firstly, I want to give foreigners a look into the national affairs of the Netherlands regarding the public freedoms we enjoy and the recent political trends. Secondly, I hope to inspire Dutch citizens to ACT, to change something and to turn current trends around.

Being a Dutchman living abroad gives me a different scope or perspective on current events in the Netherlands. The Netherlands are changing from the liberal country it used to be and losing more and more of its identity. This, for me, is signified b...

Daily Things I Do To Make This World A Better Place

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:34 -0500

Recycle. After reading about the problems plastic is causing in this world (essentially all plastic ever produced is still in existence), I try to make sure to recycle all plastic. When my friend, not knowing about the recycling of plastic in Bulgaria (it’s something we don’t do in Holland… “Boo!”) threw what was meant to be recycled in a normal dumpster, I almost went dumpster diving… Before I did, I ques...

Babel

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:36:27 -0500

We are all familiar with the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. As I was walking the street, I suddenly realized that the interpretation of the metaphor, as it has been explained to me, is still too simplistic. For the people who are not very familiar with the story, Iâ€™ll give a short recap. The purpose of this recap is also to help you understand my thoughts, because Iâ€™m not very sure I know the Babel story perfectly.

So basically, once upon a time in the old world, all people speak the same language. This makes it easy to cooperate. So they decide to build a tower into...