Friday, June 07, 2002
So there's a drama going on. But more important things first. Leah's brother and sister, Maxon and Ariel are here until next Friday. The arrived Wednesday night and they're superfun and cool. We went out last night to a few bars and then a small snack at an all night cafeter�a. I don't like going out very much, but I had a nice nice nice time. Leah got a lil too tipsy, but she was buzzin pretty good. I stuck to water or a Coke. Somewhere, I had principles -- I think I put them in my jeans' back pocket and sat on them. ;-)
Tonight, I'm thinking it's dinner out (Italian) and then, we're oot and aboot for the entire night. I hope I can handle it!
So here's the deal -- I don't like drama. It's not fun. But Pablo made it for us all, and I wanted to stop it before it blew up in his face. M�nica wants to do room checks because several public objects are missing from the residence: ash/trash cans, laundry baskets, chairs. Spanish people don't like that very much. Personally, I don't care, since they're commonplace in dorms in the US. So Pablo wrote a letter to all the people he could saying how he had researched laws of privacy and the Spanish constitution and a billion other impressive facts. He also was spewing (to me) facts which he regarded as true, but were indeed false. So I wrote my own, as I said. I know it's in Spanish -- so I'll translate it. I am proud of the essay I wrote for this 'open forum' and no one will take away that pride. I know I did my best, and it was good enough!
Al contrario de la creencia popular, RESA es una instituci�n/empresa privada. No est�n sujetos a estas pautas. Seg�n la excepcional investigaci�n del Sr. Blanco Sampedro: casas, residencias, complejos de hoteles y apartamentos est�n sometido a las leyes de intimidad. Sin embargo, sus textos exhaustivos no cubren RESIDENCIAS ESTUDANTILES privadas. Adem�s, cualquier subyugaci�n de normas puestas dentro de la residencia O Castro que de la fecha fija en julio no se votar� en compa��a de un
'supuesto' n�mero-X por ciento de la aprobaci�n. Tales normas y suposiciones, elaboradas como rumores por ciertos agitadores �nicamente sirven para formar m�s extensas y m�s profundas tensiones entre nosotros (los residentes) y la administraci�n (M�nica y RESA). Esta disputa no es una cuesti�n de principios ni que esta justificado en
nuestros derechos humanos. Los instigadores residentes luchan por una causa de poder en una disputa en la que no est�n en una situaci�n favorable como residentes. Estos estudiantes, a�n adolescentes, todav�a no entienden lo que la importancia de libertad y las ideas de las dos burocracias �ntimas y p�blicas. Ni las libertades individuales de los residentes ni colectivos se ponen en peligro. RESA ni M�nica quieren estorbar la libertad personal, individualidad, ni intimidad de cualquier persona. Garantizan la calidad de
nuestro nivel de vida. Debemos estar seguros cuando culpamos conductas injustas y criminales, recordar que esos que roban objetos de uso p�blico para su propio uso son
los delincuentes reales. {Contrary to popular belief, RESA is a private institution/business. They are not subject to these laws. According to the exceptional investigation of Mr. Blanco Sampedro, houses, residences, different types of hotels and apartments are under these privacy laws. However, his exhaustive texts do not cover private STUDENT RESIDENCE HALLS. Moreover, any subjugation of rules placed on the Dormitory O Castro on the fixed date in July will not be voted on by the supposed X-number percent for approval. Such rules, suppositions, and elaborations as rumors by certain agitators will only serve to create more extensive and deeper stress to the lines of communication between us (the residents) and the administration (M�nica and RESA). This dispute is not a question of principles nor does it try to justify our human rights. The resident instigators are in a struggle for power in a dispute in which they, as residents, have neither place nor right to fight. These students, still teenagers, still do not understand the importance of freedom and the concept of public and private bureaucracies. Neither the individual nor the collective freedom of the residents is in danger. Neither RESA nor M�nica want to encroach upon the personal freedom, individuality, nor the privacy of any person. They are guaranteeing the quality of our standard of living. We should be sure that while we are looking to accuse injustice and criminals that we remember that those who steal public objects for their own personal use are the true wrongdoers.}
I refuse to take back my thoughts and remain silent. There is too much bickering going on. I know adding my two cents was the fire just waiting for the fuel, as Ani Difranco says. I regret only that people cannot learn to accept criticisms and that feelings are worn like armor and used as weapons instead of intelligent discouse and debate. That just makes me sad that such a small matter has been blown up into a rediculous issue of 'the grandest proportions.'
That is all. I am burning my soapbox. Let him dig his own grave. I tried the best way I know how to dissuade him. I only wanted him safe and this all to come to a swift end. In the end, there will only be one winner: RESA, and everyone else will grumble and have hurt feelings and lost friends. There is wisdom in the words of the blogs, listen to it like the wind on a summer's day (or something poetic like that.)
Tonight, I'm thinking it's dinner out (Italian) and then, we're oot and aboot for the entire night. I hope I can handle it!
So here's the deal -- I don't like drama. It's not fun. But Pablo made it for us all, and I wanted to stop it before it blew up in his face. M�nica wants to do room checks because several public objects are missing from the residence: ash/trash cans, laundry baskets, chairs. Spanish people don't like that very much. Personally, I don't care, since they're commonplace in dorms in the US. So Pablo wrote a letter to all the people he could saying how he had researched laws of privacy and the Spanish constitution and a billion other impressive facts. He also was spewing (to me) facts which he regarded as true, but were indeed false. So I wrote my own, as I said. I know it's in Spanish -- so I'll translate it. I am proud of the essay I wrote for this 'open forum' and no one will take away that pride. I know I did my best, and it was good enough!
Al contrario de la creencia popular, RESA es una instituci�n/empresa privada. No est�n sujetos a estas pautas. Seg�n la excepcional investigaci�n del Sr. Blanco Sampedro: casas, residencias, complejos de hoteles y apartamentos est�n sometido a las leyes de intimidad. Sin embargo, sus textos exhaustivos no cubren RESIDENCIAS ESTUDANTILES privadas. Adem�s, cualquier subyugaci�n de normas puestas dentro de la residencia O Castro que de la fecha fija en julio no se votar� en compa��a de un
'supuesto' n�mero-X por ciento de la aprobaci�n. Tales normas y suposiciones, elaboradas como rumores por ciertos agitadores �nicamente sirven para formar m�s extensas y m�s profundas tensiones entre nosotros (los residentes) y la administraci�n (M�nica y RESA). Esta disputa no es una cuesti�n de principios ni que esta justificado en
nuestros derechos humanos. Los instigadores residentes luchan por una causa de poder en una disputa en la que no est�n en una situaci�n favorable como residentes. Estos estudiantes, a�n adolescentes, todav�a no entienden lo que la importancia de libertad y las ideas de las dos burocracias �ntimas y p�blicas. Ni las libertades individuales de los residentes ni colectivos se ponen en peligro. RESA ni M�nica quieren estorbar la libertad personal, individualidad, ni intimidad de cualquier persona. Garantizan la calidad de
nuestro nivel de vida. Debemos estar seguros cuando culpamos conductas injustas y criminales, recordar que esos que roban objetos de uso p�blico para su propio uso son
los delincuentes reales. {Contrary to popular belief, RESA is a private institution/business. They are not subject to these laws. According to the exceptional investigation of Mr. Blanco Sampedro, houses, residences, different types of hotels and apartments are under these privacy laws. However, his exhaustive texts do not cover private STUDENT RESIDENCE HALLS. Moreover, any subjugation of rules placed on the Dormitory O Castro on the fixed date in July will not be voted on by the supposed X-number percent for approval. Such rules, suppositions, and elaborations as rumors by certain agitators will only serve to create more extensive and deeper stress to the lines of communication between us (the residents) and the administration (M�nica and RESA). This dispute is not a question of principles nor does it try to justify our human rights. The resident instigators are in a struggle for power in a dispute in which they, as residents, have neither place nor right to fight. These students, still teenagers, still do not understand the importance of freedom and the concept of public and private bureaucracies. Neither the individual nor the collective freedom of the residents is in danger. Neither RESA nor M�nica want to encroach upon the personal freedom, individuality, nor the privacy of any person. They are guaranteeing the quality of our standard of living. We should be sure that while we are looking to accuse injustice and criminals that we remember that those who steal public objects for their own personal use are the true wrongdoers.}
I refuse to take back my thoughts and remain silent. There is too much bickering going on. I know adding my two cents was the fire just waiting for the fuel, as Ani Difranco says. I regret only that people cannot learn to accept criticisms and that feelings are worn like armor and used as weapons instead of intelligent discouse and debate. That just makes me sad that such a small matter has been blown up into a rediculous issue of 'the grandest proportions.'
That is all. I am burning my soapbox. Let him dig his own grave. I tried the best way I know how to dissuade him. I only wanted him safe and this all to come to a swift end. In the end, there will only be one winner: RESA, and everyone else will grumble and have hurt feelings and lost friends. There is wisdom in the words of the blogs, listen to it like the wind on a summer's day (or something poetic like that.)
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