alternatives

In Belgium a group of old men admits in writing that for decades they covered up the sexual abuse of childeren (and who knows what else). In the country of Dutroux one then expects an outcry, a call for justice, a call to hang these very men by their (proverbial ?) cojones from a (proverbial ?) cross. Nothing of the sort happens.

In Thailand the government 'cleans up' the protest in the center of Bangkok in a way that looked eerily like the 'cleaning up' of the protest on a square (Tiananmen) in Peking, 20 years ago (and that was condemned the world round). Nobody seemed to have noticed the similarity. It must be said that the Thai government played things very clever, labelling the protestors as 'terrorists'.

In Korea the North seems (?) to have torpedoed a vessel of South. The South is going to take the issue to the UN. The North claims to be ready to go to war if further sanctions are put upon it. Analysts consider this an empty threat given that the economical position of the North does not allow for 'a long war'. Does nobody realise that if North-Korea's leaders take a "let us be all we can be"-stand, the "Third Rock from the Sun" is not going to be around for 'a long war' ? It'll be over in minutes.

In Europe the governments now find out what the average online-game-owner already knows before even starting up the game. But let me spell it out for them : "If your players agree on bringing down your economy, it goes down, no matter what you do or say ...". The 'hex' of Germany on 'shorters' is - and the top Belgian investor in the London City agrees with me - a very understandable gesture ... but a futile one. There is NO real difference between a game-economy and a real economy. In fact, a game-economy is better, for if every attempt at control fails you can shut the game down.

We need alternatives.

Which brings me to the upcoming elections in Belgium, my only personal chance to choose an alternative. Well, I'm going to choose as alternative as I can, I'm voting PVDA+. They are idealists, but at least they also put their effort (in everyday life) where their mouth is.

The rest I have to leave up to chaos theory.