Never Again...Until Tomorrow

Hello World!

Recent political events here in Europe are what's been bothering me lately. So guess who has the pleasure of reading another one of my tirades? That's right, you guys!

It seems to me, as though the world is going completely insane.

• First of all, the whole: Burka-Hijab ban.

Okay, so while I can kind of understand why people may want to ban the burka, and are afraid of something like this occurring:

I don't think it's going to inspire much change in the world. In my opinion, there are three things that are likely to happen as a direct result of this:

1. It will incur the wrath of religious fanatics all over the world.

2. The richer Muslims visiting Europe will just pay the fine and still make their wives wear the Burka

3. Those Muslims living in Europe who insist on wearing the Burka will just forbid the women to go out of the house, making them more oppressed than they are at this point in time.

I can understand the safety issues and that employers may not want people with a Burka working in public service or sales jobs. But a complete ban is ridiculous.

As for banning the Hijab; come on. Seriously?

I'm still waiting for an adequate explanation as to why those states that ban the Hijab, don't ban the nuns Habit. Or in fact, an adequate explanation as to why anyone would want to ban a headscarf in the first place.

I really don't see much of a difference.

For that matter, while we're going about banning headgear, how about banning this as well:

Seriously, how far are we willing to go?

• Secondly, Sarkozy and his ethnic cleansing.

What is up with that guy? I'm going to take the freedom of assuming that he's escaped from some sort of madhouse. He's of Greek-Jewish/Hungarian/Roman Catholic descent and he still thinks it's a good idea to repeat world war two actions?

Has this guy entered politics without ever reading a history book?

Is 'Never Again' something selective? Can one really pick and choose where it applies and to whom?

• Finally, the situation here in Vienna: H.C. Strache and the elections.

Scandal over scandal, year after year, that's what our FPÖ has to offer. (FPÖ=Freedom Party, or alternatively, Fascist Party)

The frightening thing, is that these blithering idiots actually manage to gain voters. Sarkozy is the president, Strache is raising the number of votes for his party...from the lowest to probably the second highest. (According to election prognosis)

We need to vote against these buffoons. WE need to ensure that they don't get the lead.

I am aware that politics are messy affairs, and none of them are perfect...but in the words of George Orwell "All animals are equal (ly stupid), but some animals are more equal stupid"

Maybe I can't change the world, but together we can make a difference!

Love,

Amber