Recycling is a relatively new concept in our daily lives. Ten years ago recycling was implemented on industrial level and was strongly promoted by governmental and local authorities. Today recycling obsession came to our daily lives and while in some countries recycling policy is not yet strict and uncompromised, in the others it is already enforced and becomes a legal requirement for all the households. When I looked at the ranking of the countries with the highest recycling rates, top two countries that appeared on the list were Belgium and the United Kingdom. Living in the country, where we just start to learn about the benefits of the recycling, I was very surprised by the techniques and tools developed to increase and optimise recycling and facilitate people to become more “environmentally friendly” in their actions.
Well, even when we start to talk or simply mention this topic to other people, we get a bit frustrated with the variance and deviation of opinions and positions regarding organ donation. There is, obviously, no right or wrong opinion about it and in such sensitive topics it is generally impossible to come to the full alignment of views. What is possible is to keep an open dialog and try to understand the positions of different people. Someone said long time ago that “we are free, until our freedom does not limit a freedom of someone else”. So, why not leave the choice about organ donation to those, who are specifically involved in it?
Why would the person, not directly involved in the situation, sit in the office and decide for you whether I can give or accept help from another individual. Or why, in contrary, would I not be able to choose what to do with my own body? As for me, these limitations are ridiculous and contradict with the concept of democracy and liberal rights. Life is the most sacred possession of an individual and if he can help someone else to save or prolong his or her stay in this life, why not do it? And why limit them from doing so?
The research on the adoption and its internal processes brought me to very unfortunate conclusions and findings. One of the major questions that I cannot but ask myself at this stage is whether government and authorities responsible for adoption are trying to support and facilitate it in their countries or try to create all types of obstacles for people and families that really want to adopt a child. It is remarkable, from my point of view, how different links in one chain can eliminate and contradict each other.
Promotional campaigns and advertisements shout out loud about the growing number of kids that were left by their parents and look for new home. Financial and controlling departments shout about numerous requirements that a family has to meet before it will be able to adopt a child. Workload is piling up on the tables of clerks, kids getting older, growing up in the orphanages and potential parents give up on trying, as they cannot see the end in the documentation and credibility check processes.
Legion is a movie by Scott Charles Stewart, which appeared in the cinemas all around the world in January, 2010. According to the IMDB, the movie got rating of 5 (out of 10), which means an average result. Still, let us consider it in details.
The film is not an ordinary one for today’s cinematograph. First of all, you will not see any top famous actors and actresses in the cast. Then, there are no much graphical effects in this movie. Nevertheless, it is not as important as the story itself and what creators wanted to say to the audience. Legion gives you a reason to think about the world you live in and your role in it. It shows the life as it is – with all the events happening around to each one of us. The story is about choice and the fact that everyone has to make it. You will never be 100% sure what is right and what is wrong – no one knows where the truth is, because there is actually no truth.
When I feel too lazy to do my homework, I think about one of those career-guidance days we had in my high school. You know, when all kinds of professionals come to explain you what they do. Our task was to imagine ourselves doing this or that job for one day and to see which one we would like better. That seems to be easy and fun to do, until you actually imagine yourself being somebody else.
So, here I go. What if I were that lady with glasses, wearing an expensive business suite – the newspaper editor. I would control most of the information the citizens of out town are receiving. I could to that. Not for long, though – I wouldn’t handle the responsibility.
