Thursday, July 16, 2009

Right and wrong

These people are not unnatural, just different. Timesonline

“She put everything into her daughter,”
“On the other hand, she could not quit this work. She was burning up with this work.” NYTimes

When many years ago my father went out with my sister [he was in his 50s and she was around 10], he met an old mate from university who asked him whether that little girl was his grandchild .
Dad is not a person who can easily be put down as he didn't have an easy life but he was slightly disappointed .
Getting married at 40 and having kids you can see grown up when you're in your 60s, that's what I call different but having a child when you're not married and close to 70, that's simply unnatural and wrong .
And same goes with giving rights of adoption to same sex couples .
It's difficult not to be judgemental in this cases but as long as we apply the lesson to our own lives, then is fair .
I don't think there is a woman on earth who at least once in her life didn't wish to be a mother but not always things go the way we want, so it comes a time when we must face the consequences of what we'done , acknowledging we cannot force events .
Comparing a woman who dedicates all her efforts to a dangerous sport or cause, doesn't make sense, because wanting a child means planning a project which involves two or more people .
On the other hand chosing a dangerous job is more of a passion we want for ourselves .
Of course those who live around us [as it happened in the case of Natalya Estemirova whose life includes both conditions and work prevailed ] will have to pay the price, but it's another natural thing : one can chose friends but not family .

I've been reading around news and blogs about whom could have possibly killed the human rights activist and honestly I found it a farce .
The most obvious answer is of course Ramzan Kadyrov or the Kremlin itself, but in Russian politics things are not so easy and direct .
The immediate outcome of this murder is another fall of image for Russia in a moment in which the government is drafting the regional budget and must bring home a tough kick in the butt from Bulgaria which apparently wants to withdraw from South Stream project .
And it can't be forgotten that Obama visit brought a further committment to the activity of the NGOs from president Medvedev .
So whoever ordered or perpetrated Estemirova killing, his/their purpose was to weaken the Kremlin .
It can be someone from outside [western secret services or the so called fierce Kremlin critics living abroad] or inside [one of the movements which supports Putin but is not in line with him ].
As in every criminal case there's an X factor and ours is called Ramzan Kadyrov :
he is not an Einstein but he must have understood that the time for him to go has come because somebody up there doesn't love him anymore .
It wouldn't be wise of him to kill so early [after Sulim Yamadayev murder] another of his opponents but could he resist the temptation ?

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