07-27-2021, 09:14 AM
(07-27-2021, 09:00 AM)taramarie Wrote: It is bigger than that in Slovakia. Not just free speech, but legally dividing basic freedoms. It is illegal what they are doing right now. On top of that they bully us with police who break peoples arms who are willing to fire upon the crowd who are peacefully protesting and it is their right to protest.
It always starts with speech and builds from there. I tried to be part of the Freedom Rider campaign in the 1960s (luckily, I was told no). I was part of the anti-war movement in the 1970s. Both started as speech,and got put-down hard when speech turned to action. Today, it's BLM. Where you are, it's opposition to dictators (plenty in the neighborhood). Success is never guaranteed. The doesn't change things. I wish you well, but keep your passport handy. I assume you can both chose to escape to NZ if necessary, but only leave as a last course.
Sadly, the European West is not coming to the rescue.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.