Pacifier

Germany:

Like i said in a other thread, i'm quite happy that the more left party SPD together with the "green" has won the last election. But they seem to be unable to start a couple of necessary reforms. right now i got the feel that we are in some sort of "freezed" status, which i quite bad.
After 911 they also tried to push some odd laws to fight "terrorism" which just were ment to cut civil rights, the so called "otto-katalog" was a bit scary.
But like I said, today it seems that nothing is happening.

with their foreign policy im quite satisfied, they tried to cooperate with other nation and with the UN and not to go alone. their strict "no" to the war was a bit harsh, I would have prefered a "no, but when the UN brings evidence perhaps yes" that would have been a more realistic stance. That the "no" was because of economic reasons i obvious, but all other nation did what they did out of economic reasons.

I hope we will be able to keep the arse-licking right wing partys out of the goverment. Their "yes, mr.bush we will do whatever you want" attitude is disgusting.

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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein