Monday 20 December 2010

I'll never understand human behaviour in the situation when dictatorship is crossing around the country, arresting the main opponents, and others are just looking at this in the silence and are thinking "it's not mine business". Then I can say "no", it's everyone's business, because any authoritative regime near to dictatorship is dangerous for liberty and free rights of anybody. The position of closed eyes and ears and sitting silently is absolutely wrong people's position. Because at first every authoritative leader-dictator destroys his opponents, the leaders of the opposition to him, and then he makes controled men by him from others citizens of the state. I have already read many biographies of the dictators such as Stalin and Hitler etc. And may tell You that they took the power in their hands in such way - in the way of destruction of their main opposition. But who is a dictator? He's also a man as all people on the Earth, but he becomes a dictator when others keep silent and are afraid to do or to say or even to think something against him. And then he feels like a God that can do anything! It doesn't depend where dictator lives because the common feature of such authoritative men is a wish to rule whole world. That's why nobody in the world may say "it's not mine business" on the 100%.
And it's a very pity that Ukraine borders on the states of two much authoritative regimes in Russia and Belarus. But, of course, now Ukrainian state's regime isn't democratic too. I'm really wonder what will be the future of the nations in these countries. Nowadays the charge of the modern Ukrainian power in the law's breach of Yuliya Tymoshenko, the principal oppositional leader in Ukraine, and the prohibition of her movement abroad is a serious trial for her personally, and for Ukrainian society. It's sorrowful reality when others Ukrainian so-called oppositional leaders from another so-called democratic parties keep silent in this situation. Probably they think "it's not my business". Or even some of them thinks that after Tymoshenko's imprisonment the post of main oppositioner will be vacant and that someone will become a new leader of opposition. No way! Why? Because when this so-called leaders are afraid and silent now, then they'll be just hand screws in the machine of the authoritative power. The positive side of all is an understanding of simple people in Ukraine that it's not a question of sympathy or antipathy to Y. Tymoshenko, but it's a question of the beginning of the mass repressions and dictatorship or not beginning.

Sunday 19 December 2010

Today is the Saint Nicholas' Day in Ukraine - probably the most joyful and fairy holiday after Christmas. Because in the night of December 19th good Saint Nicholas secretly visites all people and gives nice gifts when someone was courteous last year or gives tree's branches, called "rizky" in Ukrainian when somebody was not very courteous. :)
Well, in the IV-th century good priest and then bishop Nicholas indeed brought secret gifts poor people and children, giving out his father's inheritance. And I believe that nowadays he is looking at the deals of his human helpers in the Day of St. Nicholas. Because men just help him to do his wonderful work - to create a tale for everyone.
I remember my childhood and awaking in the morning to see the gifts or "rizky". My St. Nicholas always put me all together. :) But once it was some deficit of rizky in Lviv's shops and good saint gave me only gifts! "Yeah, I was courteous the last year!", such I thought then. But unfortunately I was late for the lesson in the school and what do You think? Yes, I get my rizky in the school. )))
I'm also St. Nicholas' helper now and think about surprises for my small cousins. In general people do that fairy tale in the different ways. Somebody puts the presents near the pillow or in all flat's rooms (because then child will search for presents everywhere). Someone pleases some relative or fellow to be St. Nicholas for their children, dressing the special clothes of saint (few like a priest) and visiting them in the late evening of the 18th or in the early morning of the 19th of December to give the gifts buyed by that "someone" before. Another pleases relative or friend only to ring in the flat's door and to leave presents under the door and quickly go away till children don't see "St. Nicholas".
But that fine holiday is also for the adults, because anybody wants to believe in the tale. And if someone wants to create this tale, for example, for You, let him/her do it. And then maybe You'll want to create something amazing too. Secretly, of course. As real Saint Nicholas. ;)

Saturday 11 December 2010

Yesterday I saw wonderful Italian film "Big dream" on the festival "Week of the Italian cinema" in Lviv. It was film created by Mikele Placido, a famous actor in Ukraine with his role of the policeman Corrado Cattani. So, big dream of the main film's heroes was the revolution as unique way to better changes in their native Italy. The film tells about student's revolution of 1968, organized because of difference in the youth's rights to get education. Dramatic, but nice film, that tells about liberty as the principal people's need. That also tells about trust as the base of human relations. I think it's very actual film about revolitionary activity for present Ukraine.
And You know, I'm for freedom and against any dictatorship. Because every dictator isn't a leader, but the person with many complexes. And all that complexes are hidden in the view of the dictator's power, made with repressions, human deathes, policy of transformation free people into afraid slaves. So any dictator can't be a real leader in the world in the sense of the best changes for our Earth. Only man who respects liberty of anothers and who has people's trust may do something fine.
"Svobodu ne spynyty!"
"Can't stop a freedom!"