Not all Muslims are terrorists, but…
All terrorists are Muslims. The guy in the picture actually said that. He was overwhelmingly re-elected to the Danish parliment last week (although he’ll actually be representing us in the EU parliment. Click to enlarge picture-it’s beautiful!)
Oooookidoki,
Since last post (I realize that’s a while back) the following has happened:
-Denmark got four more years with a conservative government. I feel like all the things I brag about to my friends concerning the free spirit, tolerance and coolness of Denmark slowly vanishes as the breath of Pia Kjærsgaard (see picture above- thanks Davie) spills out over the country and indulges everyone and everything in dark, stark intolerance and narrowmindedness… Forhelvedepikkelort!
-A few good friends have told me that they’re FATHERS in spe!! (that is, their girlfriends are pregnant). Wild!! I will let it be up to you to spill the news, but I will send you a huge TILLYKKE and I can’t wait to come home next summer and play uncle!
-I’ve gone to a few concerts (the Roots disapointed me for the first time), but am still dreading talking to Andreas and telling him that I haven’t followed his recommendations for cool indie music…
-My friend Jesper came by on an unexpected visit. We spent a long night going over all aspects of life and how to deal with them, eventually reaching a conclusion on how to live life. Kom snart igen, musen!
-Oliver, my dear friend, just spent the weekend here. Soooo nice to take a weekend away from the SIPA library and actually see the city I’ve been living in for a while now. Beers with Jonas and long talks about the stuff that really matter… Also went on my first shopping spree: Katrine I thought of you as I bought my first ever Marc Jacobs item: a hat. (Sahil reminds me to think, then, of Peter Singer and how he wants us to donate all the money we don’t spend on necessities to the ‘global south’… Ugh)
-I’ve been to a variety of fun parties and have generally been having a really fun time when SIPA hasn’t violated me too blatantly and robbed me of any ability to think about stuff not pertaining to world affairs!
-The midterms I mentioned in last post are over and the finals are now approaching dangerously fast! It’ll be ok… Man, I deserve that vacation!
-I’ve been trying to cope with several changing aspects of life. If I was a corny man with tendencies to sentimental clichées, I would say that one really grows from being ‘on his own’ in so many ways in a big city far from the idylic family farm that I was so long destined to take over…
-My friend Jonas published a new paper on UN reform. Check it out here.
Hmm, many more things happened, but I wont bore you more and also have to get going with international law and the responsibility to protect. I know a few of you are interested in this issue as well, so please do give me your insights!
Thanksgiving is on Thursday. Think I will volunteer at a big shelter here. I’m just that kind of person!
That’s it for now. Shoot me an email (as we said on the Hill) if you want expansions on any of the abovementioned.
Take it EZ,
Jakob