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Democracy is coming ...

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Democracy is the mother of all buzzwords. From totalitarian regimes calling themselves the real democrats (German Democratic Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) to the so called advanced democracies such as US, where the wealthy are simply rewriting rules for themselves (1), or Germany, where the state recklessly lets the police attack peaceful protesters who are protesting the construction in their own city(2), the word democracy is used to whitewash practices that are directly contrary to what the democracy supposed to mean. Add to this the dangerous Western (mostly American) international relations rhetoric, that democracy is a panacea that would magically cure all the worlds problems. Although it is not logical, and perhaps not ethical, to choose any other form of government over democracy, it is certainly not realistic to believe democracy is a solution to any problem. In my humble opinion, it is only a tool, or a mere set of practices, that lets people solve probl

Deli İbrahim'in Ardından

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Adına yaraşır bir hareket yapmış Deli İbrahim. 40 Yaşına değin oynar derken, bir maç sonrası ikinci kez İbrahim Toraman ile didiştiği, kavgaya giriştiği için erken veda etti sol kanatta terlettiği o güzelim formaya. Yolu açık olsun, ve şu naçizane dizeler kendini bana sonradan sevdiren bu büyük Beşiktaş'lıya gelsin: Padisah Deli Ibrahim Dün gece siir gibiydin Ibrahim, Birak biz seni yine de DELI bilelim.   Barcelona, Cimbom ve Fener, Bu uc mac bize yetsin. Cünkü ben seni basini kaldirmadan, Sol kanatta kosarken sevdim. actoker - 23 Kasım 2009