Bernaard

Riktignok er Wallander forholdsvis underholdende, og det er også strålende at NRK endelig har begynt å legge ut slikt som krimserier, ikke bare egne produksjoner. 1 mbit/s ser ut til å være maksimal båndbredde, men det er da ikke så verst. Men (og det er alltid et men) det har hakket, og til tider infernalsk, på vi-skal-alle-se-på-Wallander-kveldene (uten noen annen aktivet på ei 3.5 mbits-linje…) Hallo! Har man sagt A, så får man si B. Sveiv i gang bedre linjer og sørvere, NRK! Bernaard med det lange, våte håret betaler lisensen sin!

The bloody knight
with the long, wet hair
brings an aeon of misery,
and bubbles full of stars.

The curtain, the heavy curtain,
I’ll bless you with the curtain,
I am the curtain.

Like a curtain of love
he seduces the boys
dressed in blue satin.

Let the bull surrender
in the early morning;
let the kitten sleep
in its long, wet fur.

It is as horrible to Bernaard, as it is to anyone with a minimal sense of justice, to see the Olympic torch pass through the streets of Lhasa with thousands of people dancing and celebrating to the tones and rhythms of the authoritarian Chinese regime.

How could the Olympic committee accept that the torch passed through occupied territory—a country in which ethnic Tibetans have been suppressed and killed? Did the committee not realise that this is a victory to the dictators of China, an acceptance of China’s ethnic cleansing of Tibet? Perhaps the committee has been convinced by Chinese propaganda claiming that Tibet has been Chinese all the time? (Which is nothing but one of several lies generated by the Chinese system.)

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