And I'm not talking about the forest, I'm talking about the golfer.
But first things first. A faithful blog reader (who has a great blog herself) Asked me what the deal with the whole minaret issue in Switzerland is. And how the Swiss democracy works (who's the only true democracy in the world may I add). It's also the role model for most of the democracies in the world today.
So what happened is that some people decided they don't want minarets in Switzerland and launched an initiative. Which means that if you collect 100'000 signatures you can get Switzerland to vote on a change in the federal constitution. In this case they wanted the constitution changed that minarets are not allowed to be build.
Switzerland voted and 57.7% said they don't want minarets in Switzerland. Only 4 (of 26 cantons) were against the initiative.
Now the initial collection of signatures is called "initiative" or "people's initiative" while the actual voting is called "referendum". If the parliament approves a new law etc, Swiss people can also get a "referendum" by collecting signatures and then have the public vote on it.
I'm not a huge expert and the above is a very short explanation but hopefully it clarifies a little.
What do i think of this? Well the people of Switzerland voted, accept it.
Which brings me to my second topic (how I don't know).
I was sitting at the Chicago airport at 4.15 in the morning and there was this huge reportage on CNN about Tiger and his alleged mistresses etc. Now I understand not many people watch TV that time of the day, but really? That's the most important thing that's going on?
It's all over TV and news and everything. Why are people so obsessed with other peoples lives?
Too much Tiger on the news... There are wars going on in the world, political issues and more important things than some dude sleeping around.
We should all try to have as much interest in our own live, not that of other people. Try to make a difference ourselves. One day at the time.
Thank you for reading and salüüüüü,
Claudio
But first things first. A faithful blog reader (who has a great blog herself) Asked me what the deal with the whole minaret issue in Switzerland is. And how the Swiss democracy works (who's the only true democracy in the world may I add). It's also the role model for most of the democracies in the world today.
So what happened is that some people decided they don't want minarets in Switzerland and launched an initiative. Which means that if you collect 100'000 signatures you can get Switzerland to vote on a change in the federal constitution. In this case they wanted the constitution changed that minarets are not allowed to be build.
Switzerland voted and 57.7% said they don't want minarets in Switzerland. Only 4 (of 26 cantons) were against the initiative.
Now the initial collection of signatures is called "initiative" or "people's initiative" while the actual voting is called "referendum". If the parliament approves a new law etc, Swiss people can also get a "referendum" by collecting signatures and then have the public vote on it.
I'm not a huge expert and the above is a very short explanation but hopefully it clarifies a little.
What do i think of this? Well the people of Switzerland voted, accept it.
Which brings me to my second topic (how I don't know).
I was sitting at the Chicago airport at 4.15 in the morning and there was this huge reportage on CNN about Tiger and his alleged mistresses etc. Now I understand not many people watch TV that time of the day, but really? That's the most important thing that's going on?
It's all over TV and news and everything. Why are people so obsessed with other peoples lives?
Too much Tiger on the news... There are wars going on in the world, political issues and more important things than some dude sleeping around.
We should all try to have as much interest in our own live, not that of other people. Try to make a difference ourselves. One day at the time.
Thank you for reading and salüüüüü,
Claudio
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Very interesting article CC. Unfortunately, this is the way things are in America with the media nowadays. They will take what seems the most popular news story and blow it out of proportion which is typical of the media and when they do tell people what's going on around the world, its just about Iraq and it's surrounding areas. Sad but, true. In the end, it's really all about the money.
Good article, Claudio. I agree but it's this 24 hour news cycle that's the problem. And it's also that people are just obsessed with celebrity and here's a guy that everyone thought was a clean-cut guy who turns out to be just the opposite. People love to build you up then tear you down.
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