Why Oh Why do I love PayPerPost?

Hey all,
    I asked myself today, why oh why do you I love PayPerPost? Why should I spend so much of my time out there working for them, when I really dont need much blog advertising. Why do I need so much money? I just wanted to cover my hosting expenses…

   
    Well, the answer came to me in a flash… Uh, a few flashes :P

  • I love the staff
  • I love the other members
  • I love to blog
  • I love the interface
  • I love money :) I can buy more domains :)
  • I made so many great friends
  • My PR hopped from 4 to 5!
  • I love the advertisers
  • It gives me a lot to blog about
  • Provides own images, no need to worry about ugly frogs etc for image hosting :P

    :) What I would like at PPP -

  • More advertisers
  • More Charities to donate to
  • Image hosting (?)
  • Blog hosting (?)
  • A PPP Blue Monster V2 helicoptor, based in India :D

    Lol… :) I guess I stand justified at spending my time at PayPerPost… But mind you, I’m not spending too much time… Just a little… And I already have $300+ :) Thank you PPP! :)

    Toodle for now :)

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Racism - Part I - Europe

Hello all,
    I’m starting a one week blogathon on Racism… Racism has been a problem which our world has been facing right since the advent of transportation. Each person thinks that he is better than another, and therefore leads to serious problems, misconceptions, and unfortunate battles. Avoiding Racism can infact be a big leap to attaining peace!

    For example, today, many Muslims I speak to are against Christianity as a whole! They dont consider the fact that they should be angry against George Bush, and not good ‘ol Jesus Christ!

    Anyway, I’ll deal with the more philosophical aspects later on during the week… Today, I have an enlightening article from Global Issues Organization about Racism in the Europe… Read on…

Europe is often one of the first places people think of when racism
is discussed. From the institutionalized racism, especially in colonial
times, when racial beliefs — even eugenics — were not considered
something wrong, to recent times where the effects of neo-Nazism is
still felt. Europe is a complex area with many cultures in a relatively
small area of land that has seen many conflicts throughout history.
(Note that most of these conflicts have had trade and resource access
at their core, but national identities have often added fuel to some of
these conflicts.)

Racism has also been used to justify exploitation, even using “pseudo-science”:

Debates
over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of clarity over the
term. Many conflate recent forms of racism with earlier forms of ethnic
and national conflict. In most cases ethno-national conflict seems to
owe to conflict over land and strategic resources. In some cases
ethnicity and nationalism were harnessed to wars between great
religious empires (for example, the Muslim Turks and the Catholic
Austro-Hungarians). As Benedict Anderson has suggested in Imagined Communities, ethnic identity and ethno-nationalism became a source of conflict within such empires with the rise of print-capitalism.

In
its modern form, racism evolved in tandem with European exploration and
conquest of much of the rest of the world, and especially after
Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. As new peoples were
encountered, fought, and ultimately subdued, theories about “race”
began to develop, and these helped many to justify the differences in
position and treatment of people whom they categorized as belonging to
different races (see Eric Wolf’s Europe and the People Without History).

Another
possible source of racism is the misunderstanding of Charles Darwin’s
theories of evolution. Some took Darwin’s theories to imply that since
some “races” were more civilized, there must be a biological basis for
the difference. At the same time they appealed to biological theories
of moral and intellectual traits to justify racial oppression. There is
a great deal of controversy about race and intelligence, in part
because the concepts of both race and IQ are themselves controversial.

—
Racism, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, May 1, 2004

In “the century of total war”, and the new millenium, Europe is seeing an alarming resurgence in xenophobia and racial hatred.

A short review from the Inter Press Service highlights the rise of neo-Nazism in 2000 in Europe and suggests that “far from being a fringe activity, racism, violence and neo-nationalism have become normal in some communities. The problems need to tackled much earlier, in schools and with social programmes.”

Ethnic minorities and different cultures
in one country can often be used as a scapegoat for the majority during
times of economic crisis. That is one reason why Nazism became so
popular.

In France, May 2002, the success of far right politician
Le Pen in the run for leadership (though he lost out in the end) sent a
huge shockwave throughout Europe, about how easy it was for far right
parties to come close to getting power if there is complacency in the
democratic processes and if participation is reduced.

In various places throughout Western Europe, in 2002, as Amnesty International highlights,
there has been a rise in racist attacks and sentiments against both
Arabs and Jews, in light of the increasing hostilities in the Middle
East.

Earlier in 1998, in an area of Germany a right wing racist party won an unprecedented number of votes.

In
Austria, the Freedom Party was able to secure the majority of the
cabinet posts. The party is an extreme far right party, whose leader,
Jorg Heider, has been accused of sympathetic statements towards the
Nazis. The European Union has reacted to this indicating that Austria’s
participation may be in jeopardy. This Guardian Special Report has much more in-depth coverage.

In
Italy, there are attempts to try and deal with the rise in undocumented
immigrants from Tunisia. The reactions from the right wing have been
labeled by some as being “openly racist”.

In 1997, Human Rights Watch noted that, “The U.K. has one of the highest levels of racially-motivated violence and harassment in Western Europe, and the problem is getting worse.” In April 1999, London saw two bombs explode in predominantly ethnic minority areas, in the space of one week, where a Nazi group has claimed responsibility. The summer of 2001 saw many race-related riots in various parts of northern England.

Spain has seen increased racial violence
lately. The growing economy invites immigrants from North African
countries such as Morocco. However, the poor conditions that immigrants
have had to endure and the already racially charged region has led to
friction and confrontations.

Greece has one of the worst records in the European Union for racism against ethnic minorities,
according to the BBC. Anti-immigrant sentiment has long been high,
especially against ethnic Albanians, who form the largest minority.
Until the 1990s, the BBC notes, Greece had been an extremely homogenous
society. With the fall of communism many immigrants from Eastern Europe
came to Greece. Albanians especially have been targetted by a lot of
racist sentiment. Some hostage taking by a few Albanians in recent
years has not helped the situation.

So far, the above
represents an incredibly tiny number of examples and details. Many,
many more events haven’t been mentioned, as it is admittedly difficult
to keep up with all the different items. For more details and
up-to-date information, one web site to check out the UK-based Institute of Race Relations and their subsection attemping to document the rising support for the extreme-Right in local and central government in Europe, building on a platform of populist anti-immigrant policies.

SOURCE : http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Racism.asp#RacisminEurope

    Yes dear people… This is just an outline of the present condition…. But there are people out there trying to campaign AGAINST racism! Anti Racism groups like “I Care” are working 24X7 to help educate people and serve the downtrodden. The football players have taken on a campaign called “Football against Racism” and more… So there is hope yet, for anti racism in Europe… Lets hope for the best…

     Read BlogForPeace daily for more information on Racism, as my one week blogathon continues… Adios :)

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