When politics messes with beauty

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

The Miss Universe pageant that's gonna start in São Paulo on September 12 became a reason for strained relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Just when things between these two started to look somewhat quiet, a picture of Miss Serbia and Miss Kosovo caused an uproar.

It all began when during the rehearsals for the contest and between the time spent in the hairdresser's saloon, the gym sessions and the charity events, the two beauties found some time to make friends and even have a picture together. Then Miss Kosovo placed the pic on her Facebook wall. OH THE HORRORS!!!

The backlash came almost instantaneously. Both girls were accused of national treason. The Kosovars reminded the 25 year old Aferdita Dreshaj about the bloodshed in Kosovo caused by the Serbs. But she refuses to get defensive and is stubbornly keeping the photo on her FB.

In turn, the Serbs accused the 21 year old Anja Saranovic that by posing for a pic next to Miss Kosovo, she's officially recognizing the independence of the former Serbian province. This forced Anja to make a statement where she emphasized that she still considers Kosovo "an inseparable part of her fatherland", and she even called Kosovo "the Serbian Jerusalem".

Whether she believes what she said, we may never learn. But we've seen yet another example of politics messing up with people's lives and politicizing non-political events, and pulling out the worst side of people. It reminds me of the story about the Montagues and the Capulets, where the grudges between the two warring families caused the death of the two kids who fell in love, Romeo and Juliet. Will peace ever be achieved in the minds and hearts of people, if even they have to wait a bit more after achieving it on paper? One can only hope. Time heals wounds, but how much time will be needed?

Comments

Re: Nah, it's the same melody and a different tune:

[404.livejournal.com]

Are you addressing a specific person or a caricature of what you think the hive mind directs me to know?

Re: Nah, it's the same melody and a different tune:

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

You, when you said that "it's a shame that a politician can't change their stance without being criticized for it." I'm noting there's a double standard where Republicans change stances and that's a sign of political maturity, Democrats flip-flop and this makes them ineligible to be POTUS.

Re: Nah, it's the same melody and a different tune:

[404.livejournal.com]

So when did I criticize a politician for changing their position?

Re: Nah, it's the same melody and a different tune:

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

You did not, you simply noted that it's all right for Rick Perry to do so while my assumption is back in 2004 it was not this way with John Kerry and his infamously being for the war before he was against it, nor with the current President and his disagreeing with himself in 2006 and 2012.

Re: Nah, it's the same melody and a different tune:

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

OK, will you make a post about Perry or something? Did you forget what's being discussed on this post?