you know, i've never much attention to what Gordon Brown has to say
about anything. but this statement:

There are, he says, four issues that require the world's
collective, cooperative attention. "We have global financial flows,
but we do not have any form of early warning system for the world
economy," he says. "We have environmental catastrophe but we have no
capacity to plan, finance and act globally. We have failed states and
terrorism, but we've got no organisational ability to deal with
reconstruction, peacekeeping and humanitarian work. And we've got a
growing population participation in the big issues of the day, but we
don't have any forum that brings the different faiths of the world
together."

Time Magazine, April 28, 2008, Voyager to the West

has convinced me that i should pay more attention to his ideas and
speeches. what he said brought to mind something a certain teacher said
once and i'm in total agreement. yet, to be able to point the
problems out does not mean that it will be solved. who is going to
take the first step? and we don't need any reminders that large
organisations actually bring down efficiency in policies making and
implementations because of grand idea of democracy. sometimes,
democracy just isn't the way about an issue. but i don't suppose the
West is going to be enthusiastic about giving up their rights, thus
democracy will prevail, leading to inefficiencies. it's a vicious
cycle and in the end, the four issues will remain issues and not be
solved. how grand, the idea of democracy.

-aeRieL-

aeRieL fell to the samurai's sword @ 11:05 PM