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..with yet more division in the world.
I remain at heart a European. (The computer was fixed by removing the battery and leaving it overnight. Who knew? Laura knew. Thanks Laura. x)
14 Comments
Freda
26/6/2016 02:57:18 am
Yes to world citizenship Lotta. A relief to have the computer back.
Mary
24/6/2016 02:06:34 pm
A sad day, indeed. And no one living outside of the UK and other EU countries should think election this won't impact them in a myriad a ways--none good. Just as the US election has the potential for taking us all off a cliff.
Freda
26/6/2016 02:58:29 am
'To hell in handcart' is the expression that comes to mind!
Grace Falconer
25/6/2016 06:33:16 am
As a Scot who has been living in France for over 30 years, I am broken-hearted by the results of the referendum ... We need to bring down barriers instead of building them. We should all be citizens of the world. Mary, I hope the American voters will have enough lucidity not to go down that route.
Freda
26/6/2016 02:59:58 am
I do so agree with you about barriers Grace. And as for America.....!!! Hoping against hope.
Penny L
25/6/2016 08:13:51 am
I ,too, feel broken-hearted. I dislike the fact that I feel so strongly about people who voted to leave, as I thought I was a believer in democracy, and that people are entitled to their own views... We feel immediately affected as my daughter is doing a languages and European studies degree. She is about to go abroad to France and Italy for the year, funded by the E U Erasmus organisation. I realise that nothing will change overnight, but what will happen to her university department and EUlecturers on her return? And more to the point it's going to cost us a lot more to go out to visit her!! But hey, I have to remind myself that we're not refugees waiting in a transit camp trying to find a country that actually may give us some sort of a welcome!
Freda
26/6/2016 03:03:15 am
As an ex-Erasmus student I do feel for your daughter's plight and hope that many of these initiatives will continue as there will still be the will for cultural exchange and shared experience. A wider perspective is useful as you suggest Penny.
Freda
26/6/2016 03:04:23 am
I know that Switzerland hold referenda all the time and would like to know more about how that works there....
Freda
26/6/2016 03:05:03 am
Am with you Sarah. x
Cristiana
27/6/2016 05:53:08 am
I share your sadness... it will be up to ourselves, global citizens, not to let these barriers distance us.
Freda
27/6/2016 12:20:21 pm
Yes Cristina - how we act as individuals still counts thankfully! Thank you for that thought. Leave a Reply. |
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