Posts Tagged ‘fairness’

A Bright New Day is Dawning in the USA

Wednesday, January 20th, 2021

A bright new day is dawning in the United States of America after four years without governance. Today, the Biden/Harris team steps up and the Trump/Pence team steps down. That means today marks the return to civility, decency, honesty, fairness, accountability, diplomacy, reason, science and reality. Gone are the lies, dysfunction, delusion, self-adulation, insults, spite, nepotism, name-calling and cronyism. Carpe Diem! Let’s all help to put America back together again.

 

A bright new day is dawning in the USA. Photo © M.T. 2019. www.walled-in-berlin.com

A bright new day is dawning in the USA. Photo © M.T. 2019. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

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What about Privilege versus Equality?

Monday, September 21st, 2020

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

— from “The Long Shadow”

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. www.walled-in-berlin.com

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

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Fair Treatment because you are good

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

Expecting fair treatment in this world because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

— Anonymous

Expecting fair treatment in this world because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. www.walled-in-berlin.com

Expecting fair treatment in this world because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

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Judging the poor versus the rich

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.

— Norman Mailer

 

The poor versus the rich. www.walled-in-berlin.com

The poor versus the rich. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

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