RE: Letter From Birmingham Jail

This is an example of what prejudice, racism and ignorance can bring in a society. The United States of America claimed to be the country of the free, protecting freedom everywhere around the world.

Ironically, within its own borders, its citizens had to fight on a daily basis for the same thing. As Martin Luther King stated, other countries in Asia and Africa were making much more progress in terms of independance and freedom from oppression. 

It's funny how white people set discriminatory laws for black peope and then argued that they must follow them without complaining. If they want African Americans to obey the laws, they must let them participate in politics and in making the laws just like white people do.

Nevertheless, Martin Luther King knew one crucial rule: that violence is self-defeating and non-violent action is the key to recognition of civil rights. By preaching freedom, love, equality, he rallied millions of citizens at Washington, where he made his amazing speech "I Have a Dream".

I think it's important that we draw a lesson from this and in real life, instead of being arrogant and having an "in your face" attitude, we should choose for ourselves to agree or disagree with the situation at hand; and if we disagree, we should either withdraw or take a peaceful, non-violent approach to deal with it.

Outlaw Christianity!

After having analyzed the major impulses that led to recent disastrous wars, I came up with one conclusion: the Western industrialized countries should outlaw christianism and all people should convert to Islam. It would create a religious brotherhood with the Middle East, and consequently stop the wars that are going on with the stereotyped "evil islamists". When countries like the United States of America and France will find themselves wearing turbans and hidjabs, it would be pointless to discriminate against the Middle East inhabitants and immigrants from Islamic countries.
It would create unity and stronger bonds between all the countries invlolved, resulting in strong cultural, economic and political ties. The christians would be encouraged to convert, and in case of refusal, their property can be confiscated and redistributed to the honest hard-working muslims. It would also reduce the chance that rebellious christians would commit a terrorist attack, and if ever any righteous muslim should suspect christians of doing so, he or she shall report them to the police, where they shall be questionned, and in case they refuse to talk - tortured.
Of course, this would ask for more spending security against christian extremists, but it will be a small price to pay for the safety of our society.

My trip to Las Vegas this Winter

This winter, I went to Las Vegas with my dad. He likes travelling and he knew some friends there.

The plan was to celebrate the New Year in the heart of Las Vegas itself, called The Strip, and then to stay a few days to look around, and then to visit the Grand Canyon.

We barely made it to the Strip before midnight by cab. It's a very large boulevard that contains 12 corridors for cars (6 in each direction); nevertheless there were so many people that one had trouble getting through the crowd. My dad and I enjoyed the fireworks and the nice view (and the warm weather, in contrast with Canada) and then we went to our hotel.

The following few days we spent time visiting the world's biggest and most renowned hotels, shopping centers, eating at buffets and enjoing the casinos around the city.

At the end we booked a bus trip to The Grand Canyon. Obviously it was spectacular to see; however it was so huge and wide that I somehow got the feeling that I was in front of a huge poster instead the actual landscape: it felt so unreal.

After a few days of fun, delight and impressions, we both got back to the cold Montreal with a big anticipation for the upcoming summer.