CURRENT MISSION

PINKY: Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight? - THE BRAIN: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.

ABOUT ME

Buddhist point of view:
-The wisdom is in equilibrium, though where I'm balancing on?

By the relativism theory
- I am you and what I see is me

In the Boyle’s point of view
-I am impalpable as a gas; I fill all available space, just as it is. If not feeling good I simply leak away!

Cartesian point of view
-Who I am depends on the situation. I can be soft and flexible as well as the opposite. Time does not really exist, hence you won’t waste any time trying to understand me. Space? I might say it depends on the point of view and yet can be folded, therefore, whether near or far, you better be next to me. Speed, they say it is absolute.

Drummond's point of view
-If from everything remains something, why would it remain something from me? Finger? No...an arm? Noo...the toung? Oh gosh nooo....Right, DNA!

PHILOSOPHY

Marc Faber, a swiss economist was so clear when spoke about the solutions given by the American government to fix the financial crisis in 2008...

"The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate. If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If we spend it on gasoline it goes to the Arabs. If we buy a computer it will go to India. If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. If we purchase a good car it will go to Germany. If we purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy. The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it on prostitutes and beer, since these are the only products still produced in US. I've been doing my part."
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This is a text I translated from the portuguese. I believe it is worth to be read for everyone.

During debate in an American University the former Governator of the Federal District” Brasilia”, CRISTOVAM BUARQUE was questioned what was his opinion about the Amazon internationalization. The young student introduced his question saying he hoped the answer would be from a humanist and not a Brazilian. The following was the former Governator’s answer.

In fact as Brazilian I’d simply say against the Amazon Internationalization. Even if our government does not have the proper care with this heritage, it is ours. As a humanist, feeling the risk of environmental degradation that the Amazon has been suffering, I can imagine its internationalization, as well as everything else that is important for the humanity.

However If the Amazon, in a humanist ethics, should be internationalized, we should also internationalize the reserves of oil around the world. Oil is as important to the welfare of humanity as Amazon is for our future. Nevertheless, the owners of the reserves have the right to increase or decrease the extraction of oil and rising or not its price.

Similarly, the financial capital of the rich countries should be internationalized. If the Amazon is a reserve for all human beings, it can not be burnt by the will of an owner, or a country. Burning the Amazon is as bad as the unemployment caused by the arbitrary decisions of global speculators. We can not allow the financial reserves serving to burn whole countries in the lust of speculation.

Before even the Amazon, I would like to see the internationalization of all major museums in the world. The Louvre should not belong only to France. Each museum is the world's guardian of the most beautiful pieces produced by the human genius. We can not leave this cultural heritage, such as the Amazon’s natural heritage, be manipulated and destroyed by the will of an owner or a country. Years ago a Japanese millionaire decided to bury himself with a painting of a great master. Before that the painting should have been internationalized.

During this meeting, the United Nations is undertaking the Forum of the Millennium, but some presidents of countries had difficulties to come by constraints on the border of the USA. So, I think New York, as United Nations Headquarters, must be internationalized. Manhattan at least should belong to the whole mankind. Like Paris, Venice, Rome, London, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Recife, each city, with its beauty specifies its history of the world should belong to the whole world.

If the United States wants to internationalize the Amazon due to the risk of leaving it in the Brazilian’s hands. We should also internationalize all nuclear arsenals of the USA. As we know they have already demonstrated they are capable of using such weapons, causing destruction thousands of times worse than the unfortunate burning in the Brazilian Amazon forest.

In their discussions the current candidates for the presidency of the USA have defended the idea of internationalization of the world’s forest reserves in order to exchange it for government’s debt.

Let’s start then using this debt to ensure that each child in the world has the possibility to eat and go to school. We should internationalize the children treating them, all of them, no matter the country where they were born, as heritage that deserves care worldwide. Even more than the Amazon deserves. When the leaders treat poor children of the world as a heritage of humanity, those children will not work when they should study or die when they should live.

As a humanist I accept to defend the internationalization of the world. However while the world treat me as a Brazilian I will fight to keep the Amazon ours. Only ours!

Source: New York Times / Washington Post.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had guest from America, Germany, Slovakia, France and been hosted in Colombia.

My wife and I met during a weekly meeting which's held every thursday in Porto Alegre/RS, therefore I'm so thankful couchsurfing.com exists.

Interests

Books;

Party;

Economics;

Politics;

Travelling;

Music;

Friendship;

Movies;

Pets;

• pets
• books
• beauty
• ethics
• beer
• partying
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• economics
• history

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Saint Martin (French part), Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, United Kingdom

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