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

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/gov-rick-perry-texas-coul_n_187490.html

Actually they do match up quite well, someone from a former Confederate state wanting to secede is pretty obviously begging the damnyankees to open up another can of whoopass on the South.

Again, you substitute your reality

[404.livejournal.com]

Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.

"There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."

Yes. Perry says he wants Texas to succeed because Obama is in the White House. You being disingenuous and lying because you got nothing but your delusions? Check.

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

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

"All we want is to be left alone" said the ones of the 1860s and then people died by the carload.

Perry wanted to secede, what changed his mine was appearance of swine flu, and realization that to handle it Texas would have to actually tax things and have a government suited to a 21st Century large US state, not an ass-backwards 19th Century plantation economy.

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

[404.livejournal.com]

It's a shame that a politician can't change their stance without being criticized for it.

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[underlankers.livejournal.com]

"John Kerry flip-flops http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatMakesMeFeelAngry".

"Rick Perry changes his stance and that's OK, no http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleStandard here, no sirree."

Either flip-flopping is a sign someone's not suited for the Oval Office or it was not one in the first place. The GOP dug that hole, and it will damn well stay in it.

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?

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[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.

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[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

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

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[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

By that logic, Obama is not suited for the Oval office either. The first example about flip-flopping that comes to mind is closing Guantanamo.

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[underlankers.livejournal.com]

I was using that as an example of hypocrisy, not noting that I believed it. ;P