Life's too fast to play it safe.

lonely planet add.

Do something great for your country:

LEAVE.

if you're going..

I am in San Francisco!!

the city allows you to be. if you have money to pay it. i will be back with why, who, when soon.
love!

Podcasts worth an ear.

Also this year Loic le Meur and his collegues blogged from the World Economic Forum. Only that this time we are able to witness some of the intriguing dialogues they had.

Listen to George Soros on the economic decline of the U.S., Frederick Kempe from the Wall Street Journal, Bill Gates or Richard Branson or...

systems, and thinking.

interviews with known U.S. newspaper editors were less supportive, than Bush calling to guarantee the countries' support to Denmark.

One of them concluded:

you know, maybe this finally is denmark's introduction to the complexity of our times.

"just cartoons."

"You danes take really everything for a joke, ah?" - was the comment during a TV discussion today in the danish evening news. I personally do not really know, how to write about something that obviousely is bigger than cartoons, printed three months ago, and also larger than the discussion of Respect and Religion.

The time of easy truths is over. Freedom of speech, press and opinion is not negotiable. Though there are problems in reality that cannot be dealt with through tribunals or thumping on basic rights, but simply through commonsense, respect for others and oldfashioned politeness. (I would not be the first one calling danes rather not cautious at times)

Denmarks history and societal development is an explanation for the current strong right-wing government, but is actually neither relevant (nor seen) in the discussion around cartoons that could again become a global 'clash of civilizations', S. Huntington was writing about.

It has become clear now, that some of the cartoons used to show off in the islamic countries after Sept.05 never were printed and their origin is unknown. The apology from the newspaper came too late, and it is obvious that nobody actually imagined an economical boycott, as it is now happening.[Arla.dk].

Provocation is not the right way of dealing with the radical islam. It forces reaction to defend its freedom. The roots in lack of understanding lie in the immense gap of understanding realities.

Moderate muslims had to show solidarity, as well as on the other side press people, that never would have printed such cartoons. Thus also the reaction of arabic governments under the pressure of its people was predictable.

Dialogue of cultures seems more impossible than before, but the only solution to me at present. Less anger and agression, especially in the european countries with its large communities of islamic citizens..

The impossible is easier than the difficult. [Sarah Kane]

Wiesn 2006.

If anybody would like to see the amazing Octoberfest this year - 2006 - let me know..I warmly welcome you and show you around. Random visits to this sight might not end the way you imagined it.

They started planning the biggest beer festival on earth by designing its add. There are only 6000 posters going into print, as - they say - mouth2mouth works since over 100 years. :) you bet..

Oriana..

I had been travelling a lot - without moving? I hope not so,..from my blog entries though one could think I haven't.

It had been time to catch up to a co-traveller, that shared and still is sharing many of my questions, though we are very different, fulfilling each other, maybe.;) At least I am the better cook, and she is more the pilot, when I'm chaos. Has it changed?

I decided to connect visiting some organisations in Hamburg with a weekend in Rotterdam, before we'd both be off to new adventures again. The stories and memories from the old days filled the first day, before we went into future plans, new ideas, India, conflict resolution in Austria and the potential of chairs in @.

it's all about the process. We did not have a fixed agenda for these days, but I somehow feel we'll have connected agendas again in the future..bebe, be good!!