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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Veganism, Honesty, Green/Progressive Activism/Politics, Animal Rights in General, Injustice in all its forms, ...

An idea worth spreading

"Do what you love,
love what you do,
leave the world a better place
and don't pick your nose."
Jeff Mallett, Frazz

Talk to me about

Networking between (especially smaller) progressive NGOs in North America, Europe and Africa.

People don't know that I'm good at

What's the point of being good at something if you hide it ("People don't know") and not use it.

My TED Story

So far I haven't participated in any TED/TEDx-conference. But a few of the videos influenced the way I see the world and my (and other peoples) activism.

Comments

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• A reply on Talk: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

  Dec 13 2011: But the idea was the same the Americans had when they nuked japanese cities: Make a fast strike and shock them into a fast surrender. The difference is that Japan picked a military target. They just the same justification for their attack.

• A reply on Talk: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

  Oct 28 2011: The Cuban Missile Crisis wasn't avoided because any actions by Americans. It was avoided because the head of the Sovjet Union gave in. Please don't rewrite history to justify your point of view.

• A reply on Talk: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

  Oct 28 2011: They could have dropped it on a military target. Instead they choose a massacre on the civilian population.
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  A reply on Talk: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight

  Oct 28 2011: And that message was: The allied forces don't hesitate to commit massacres on tens of thousands of civilians. On that day the Americans lost every bit of moral superiority they had.
  
  I don't care what your justification is. If you on purpose murder over a hundred thousand civilians you are a war criminal. Please imagine what you would think if the Nazis would have dropped a nuclear bomb on London or Paris to shorten the war (you don't know if it is going to work while you are doing it): Would this have been a war crime?
  
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  Reply to Robert Ezell:
  You are correct. The allied forces commited a lot of other crimes before that. It just sticks out. And to have an example for RAF (Royal Air Force): The bombardment of Dresden which clearly had the goal to kill as much people as possible in the flames created by the bombs was a war crime as well.
  
  I have to strongly disagree with your claim that it isn't a war crime if it is commited by the winner. It won't be written as such in the history books. But it still is a war crime.

• A reply on Talk: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

  Sep 29 2011: No! When the west would actually demand non-violence of the Israel government their behaviour would change very fast. Instead every act of violence by the Israeli military is considered a "reaction". If the US would say: Stop the violence or you will loose our support a lot WOULD change. (But I don't hold my breath that this will happen.)

• A reply on Talk: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

  Sep 29 2011: I agree with most of your point. But I have to mention that Mandela was imprisoned for his acts of violence against the state. But to him violence was only a matter to reach a result and not a method to express hatred.

• A comment on Talk: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

  Sep 29 2011: There are two major reasons that spring to my mind why this isn't shown as much as as it should be:
  
  - News shows live of conflict. Peaceful protests don't make good material. Of course unless the other side acts violent against peaceful demonstrators.
  - Every reporting showing peaceful Palestinians being clubbed down or shot by Israeli soldiers and police men would be interpreted as anti-semitic bias instead of the good sign it would be.
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  A reply on Talk: Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger

  Sep 8 2011: Of course there is always some idealising when it comes to your "heroes". And in this case it is fully justified.
  
  But we have to be carefully that we don't walk into a "santa claus-ification" of our heroes where they become bigger than live. So big that we can just admire and not follow in their foot steps: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/165434/april-10-2008/the-word---black-and-white
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  A reply on Talk: Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger

  Sep 8 2011: The best TED talks are more about the passion the speaker spread than the actual topic itself.
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  A comment on Talk: Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination

  Aug 29 2011: I think the canary in the coal mine analogy is a little misplaced. The canary serves as a warning mechanism: When it dies we have enough time to get out. When the bies die we are basically f***ed.
  
  What a beautiful film! I can't wait to watch it on the cinema screen! (According to my internet search the title is: "Hidden Beauty: A Love Story That Feeds the Earth". Thank you for reminding us of the beauty of the little things!