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DEMOCRAZIA

Giorgio Gaber

 

Para poder ouvir este maravilhoso monólogo de Giorgio Gaber intitulado "Democrazia" aconselhamos a desligar o som da música de fundo.


In order to listen to this wonderful monologue by Giorge Gaber entitled "Democrazia" we suggest that you turn off the background music.

 

Dopo anni di riflessione sulle molteplici possibilità che ha uno Stato di organizzarsi sono arrivato alla conclusione che la democrazia è il sistema più democratico che ci sia. Dunque, c'è la democrazia, la dittatura… e basta.

Solo due. Credevo di più. La dittatura in Italia c'è stata e chi l'ha vista sa cos'è, gli altri si devono accontentare di aver visto solo la democrazia. 

Io, da quando mi ricordo, sono sempre stato democratico, non per scelta, per nascita.

Come uno che quando nasce è cattolico, apostolico, romano.

Cattolico pazienza, apostolico non so cosa vuol dire, ma romano io?!... 

D'altronde, diciamolo, come si fa oggi a non essere democratici?

Sul vocabolario c'è scritto che "democrazia" significa "potere al popolo".

Sì, ma in che senso potere al popolo?

Come si fa?

Questo sul vocabolario non c 'è scritto. 

Però si sa che dal 1945, dopo il famoso ventennio, il popolo italiano ha acquistato finalmente il diritto al voto.

 È nata così la "Democrazia rappresentativa" che dopo alcune geniali modifiche fa sì che tu deleghi un partito che sceglie una coalizione che sceglie un candidato che tu non sai chi è, e che tu deleghi a rappresentarti per cinque anni, e che se lo incontri ti dice giustamente: "Lei non sa chi sono io!".

Questo è il potere del popolo. 

Ma non è solo questo.

 Ci sono delle forme ancora più partecipative.

 Il referendum, per esempio, è una pratica di "Democrazia diretta"... non tanto pratica, attraverso la quale tutti possono esprimere il loro parere su tutto.

Solo che se mia nonna deve decidere sulla Variante di Valico Barberino-Roncobilaccio, ha effettivamente qualche difficoltà. Anche perché è di Venezia.

Per fortuna deve dire solo "Sì" se vuol dire no, e "No" se vuol dire sì. In ogni caso ha il 50% di probabili tà di azzeccarla.

Ma il referendum ha più che altro un valore folkloristico perché dopo aver discusso a lungo sul significato politico dei risultati… tutto resta come prima e chi se ne frega. 

Un'altra caratteristica fondamentale della democrazia è che si basa sul gioco delle maggioranze e delle minoranze.

Se dalle urne viene fuori il 51 vinci, se viene fuori il 49 perdi. Dipende tutto dai numeri. Come il gioco del Lotto. Con la differenza che al gioco del Lotto, il popolo qualche volta vince, in democrazia... mai! 

E se viene fuori il 50 e 50? Ecco, questa è una particolarità della nostra democrazia.

Non c'è mai la governabilità. 

È cominciato tutto nel 1948.

Se si fanno bene i conti tra la Destra – DC, liberali, monarchici, missini… – e la Sinistra – comunisti, socialisti, socialdemocratici, ecc. – viene fuori un bel pareggio. Da allora è sempre stato così, per anni! Eh no, adesso no, adesso è tutto diverso.

Per forza: sono spariti alcuni partiti, c'è stato un mezzo terremoto, le formazioni politiche hanno cambiato nomi e leader.

Adesso… adesso non c'è più il 50% a destra e il 50% a sinistra. C'è il 50% al centro-destra e il 50% al centro-sinistra. Oppure un 50 virgola talmente poco… che basta che uno abbia la diarrea che salta il governo. 

Non c'è niente da fare.

Sembra proprio che il popolo italiano non voglia essere governato.

E ha ragione.

Ha paura che se vincono troppo quelli di là, viene fuori una dittaturadi Sinistra.

Se vincono troppo quegli altri, viene fuori una dittatura di Destra.

La dittatura di Centro invece... quella gli va bene. 

Uomini, uomini del mio presentenon mi consola l'abitudinea questa mia forzata solitudine,io non pretendo il mondo interovorrei soltanto avere un luogo, un posto più sincero,dove un bel giorno, magari molto presto,io finalmente possa dire: questo è il mio posto.

Dove rinasca non so come e quandoil senso di uno sforzo collettivo per ritrovare il mondo.

(Giorgio  Gaber e Luporini)]

La mia generazione ha perso pare un'orazione al pensiero, e la cosa non stupisce. 

Ma come con tutte le libertà che avete volete anche la libertà di pensare? libertà obbligatoria.Che non è mai finita - che tutto quel che accade fa parte della vita.

La razza in estinzione – Possiamo raccontarlo ai figli senza alcun rimorso – ma la mia generazione ha perso – L'appartenenza è avere gli altri dentro di sé o sarei certo di cambiare la mia vita se potessi cominciare a dire noi. 


 

"O direito não é uma teoria mas uma força viva. Por isso, a justiça sustenta em uma das mãos a balança em que pesa o direito, e na outra a espada de que serve para o defender. A espada sem a balança é a força bruta, a balança sem a espada é a impotência do direito. Um não pode avançar sem o outro, nem haverá ordem jurídica perfeita sem que a energia com que a justiça aplica a espada seja igual à confiabilidade com que maneja a balança. O direito é um trabalho incessante, não somente dos poderes públicos, mas ainda de uma nação inteira."

(Rudolf Von Ihering)

 

 

Francis G. Snyder - The European Union and China, 1949-2008: Basic Documents and Commentary

This weekend take a time, buy (order through www.amazon.com) and read the last and excelent book of Professor Francis Snyder:

"The European Union and China, 1949-2008: Basic Documents and Commentary"

Publisher: Hart Publishing
Date: 2009-03-24
ISBN : 1841137243
Pages: 1103


This book is a comprehensive reference book and commentary on basic documents about relations between the EU and the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. It contains all significant official and unofficial documents in English and Chinese about EU-China relations since the founding of the PRC in 1949. Since the opening-up of China in 1979, and especially after the establishment of the EU in 1992, relations between the EU and China have developed apace. Today the EU and China are 'strategic partners', with a very broad-based relationship, extending far beyond trade to encompass a growing number of important economic, political, social and cultural domains. The relationship is certain to gain in importance with increasing globalisation, EU expansion, Chinese membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the renewal and development of China, and changes in the international trading system and international politics. This book provides an indispensable foundation for teaching, research, policy-making and advising on EU-China relations.

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 02:19 )

 

Books and other material

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A partir de Outubro, terminado o perído experimental conta-se na primeira fase ter disponíveis sobre os diversos temas aqui abordados cerca de 500 livros e textos.

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BOOKS/LIVROS

151 Quick Ideas to Manage Your Time

Robert E. Dittmer

Publisher: Career Press 2006-09-15

ISBN: 1564148998

Too many of us live our lives trying to shoehorn our many activities and responsibilities into too few time slots available. Increasingly for business people, fathers and mothers, even kids—(ineffectively) managing the myriad of activities has become an all-consuming chore. And we're so stressed that our relationships and job performance suffer.

Why? Because we organize our time and our lives poorly: We spend five years of our lives waiting in lines, three years in meetings, and two years playing telephone tag! We get interrupted 73 times per day, interfering with our productivity, and take an hour of work home every night, interfering with our family time.

But we can solve these problems. This book presents 151 quick and easy ways to meet these challenges in our daily lives. Each idea comes from the real world experiences of people like you—people who are experimenting with, examining, and discovering unique solutions to the time problems all of us face every day.

These tried and tested ideas work! And now they are available to you. Select those that fit your particular circumstance and try them out! Here are a few:

• Start Your Day the Night Before

• Undercommit and Overdeliver

• Organize Your Workspace

• Block Contingency Time Every Day

• Use Voice Mail as a Call Screener

• Fight SPAM with an E-mail Blocker

Do more in less time, take control of your schedule, and create a new balance between your work and your family life. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to take charge of your time and increase your quality of life…day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute.

 

Neurophilosophy at Work

Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521864720

Paul Churchland explores the unfolding impact of the several empirical sciences of the mind, especially cognitive neurobiology and computational neuroscience on a variety of traditional issues central to the discipline of philosophy. Representing Churchland's most recent research, they continue his research program, launched over thirty years ago, and which has evolved into the field of neurophilosophy.

 

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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 03:30 )

 

Bem-vindo ao site European Union World

Caros Amigos e websurfers em geral:


Esta página web tomou o nome de "European Union World", tendo sido decidido fasear a extinção gradual do antigo nome "Política e Direito"!

 O site está  em construção até Outubro e será complementado com novos temas, categorias e outros materiais relevantes da União Europeia.

Enquanto isso, sugiro a minha página pessoal http://www.jorgerodriguessimao.com  para onde "migrou" parte do conteúdo que se encontrava  em www.politicaedireito.com

"European Union World", que está substituir "Política e Direito", terá em breve novos conteúdos e temas relacionados à política, economia e direito da União Europeia, incluindo cursos on-line até o lançamento da primeira universidade virtual da União Europeia suportada por existente Universidade da União Europeia.

A Universidade tem o nome de "Universidade Jean Monnet".

Parte do conteúdo académico da página web está sujeita a inscrição gratuita, com a aprovação de um administrador na fase experimental, a fim de proteger os direitos autorais e de imagem, bem como em termos de personalidade, ao bom nome, etc.

Uma "Newsletter" está a ser preparada com conteúdo académico e cultural escrito por renomados académicos portugueses e internacionais. A publicação do primeiro número está prevista para finais de Outubro deste ano em português, inglês, alemão, francês, italiano e castelhano.

Embora o site esteja em português e inglês poderão  encontrar mais de 500 publicações únicas  à sua disposição na "Mediateca" em português, inglês, alemão, francês, italiano e castelhano,cujo conteúdo poderá consultar.

Será dado privilégio aos livros e demais material em inglês.

Iremos considerar uma secção separada no que respeita à China e Macau, a sua cultura, política e as relações económicas com a União Europeia, Portugal, Brasil, PALOP`s e CPLP.

Ao mesmo tempo, iremos lançar um sistema de publicação on-line, bem como um  serviço tradicional de impressão para publicação de livros académicos e não só, dando preferência a temas relacionados com a União Europeia, China, Portugal, Brasil, PALOP`s, CPLP, Estudos asiáticos, Estudos sobre os países de economias emergentes, Arte, Indústrias Criativas, etc.
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E por último mas não menos importante, uma secção dedicada a patentes e invenções.

Jorge Rodrigues Simão, February 07, 2010

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 03:57 )

 

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Quotes & Sayings

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
- H J Browne

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
- Jim Rohn

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery.
- F Bacon

A Real job is a job you hate.

Doing a job badly and then getting someone in to sort it out can be much more expensive than getting someone in to do the job properly in the first place.
- Sarah Beeny

If you want to be comfortable then take an easy job. If you aspire to leadership, just take off your coat.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
- Confucius

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Start your career with the hard jobs.The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.

My job is a job to make decisions. I’m a decision. if the job description were, what do you do. it’s decision maker.
- George Bushism

Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small; you don’t know where it can lead.
- Julia M

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.

The problem with the designated driver program, it’s not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.
- Jeff Foxworthy

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.
- D McGoorty

If your’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.
- B Robinson

We pretend to work because they pretend to pay us.
- Anonymous

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing. the result.
- Vince Lombardi

My son is now an “entrepreneur.” That’s what you are called when you don’t have a job.
- Ted Turner

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
- F Astaire

If you have a job without any aggravations, you don’t have a job.
- M S Forbes

If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution.
- Adolf Hitler

We, the people, are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts - not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the constitution.
- Abe Lincoln

We know that this mad dog of the Middle East has a goal of a world revolution.
- Ronald Reagan

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
- John F. Kennedy

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.
- Richard Nixon

Success is the sole earthly judge of right or wrong.
- Adolf Hitler

I detest war; it ruins conversation
- Bernard Fontenelle

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
- George Bernard Shaw

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
- Mahtma Gandhi

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
- Robert Orben

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
- George Orwell

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
- George Orwell

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
- George Orwell

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
- George Orwell

To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.
- George Orwell

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
- Napoleon

The believer is happy, the doubter wise.
- Greek Proverb

Those who fail to fail to learn history, are doomed to repeat it.
- Wilston Churchill

Education, Education, Education(well known mantra)
- Tony Blair

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
- Lord Kelvin

Honey, I forgot to duck
- President Reagan to his wife, Nancy after being shot

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.
- George Orwell

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
- Mark Twain

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House—with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
- John F Kennedy

If a book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But for God’s sake, let us freely hear both sides if we choose.
- Thomas Jefferson to N. G. DufiefÂ

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.
- Thomas Jefferson

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
- George Orwell

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatama Gandhi

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
- Alexander Hamilton

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
- Winston Churchill

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
- Abraham Lincoln

You are remembered for the rules you break.
- Douglas MacArthur

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
- Napoleon

Reading is the basics for all learning.
- George W. Bush

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
- Nelson Mandela

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don’t always agree with them.
- George Bush

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.
- President Gerald Ford

I’m not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.
- Hillary Clinton

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
- G.B. Shaw

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
- Bill Clinton

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
- Abraham Lincoln

We’re concerned about AIDS inside our White House-make no mistake about it.
- George W. Bush

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.Â
-Clarence Darrow

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.Â
-Maureen Murphy

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.Â
-Winston Churchill

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
- Abraham Lincoln

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
- Martin L. Gross

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
- Arthur C. Clarke

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
- Charles de Gaulle

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
- George Jean Nathan

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
- James Freeman Clarke,

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
- Isaac Newton

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
- Mao Tse Tung

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
- Aesop

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
- Mao Tse Tung

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river.
- Nikita

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.
- Maureen Murphy

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.
- Hermione Gingold

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
- Confucius

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
- John F. Kennedy

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.
- Clare Boothe Luce

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.
- Woodrow Wilson

During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa.
- Anonymous

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.
- George Will

Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
- Winston Churchill

A politician will stand for what he thinks people will fall for.
- Anonymous

No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
- Benjamin Disraeli

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