Tuesday, November 23, 2004
And Beautiful Easter Eggs
From my perch at the end of the bar, your fearless Anokoblogger has been receiving good news. First, I have learned that the crickets and grubs will be especially fat and juicy for this year's Thanksgiving feast. And second, I have heard of our friends in the Ukraine - a land known for its love of spiny nocturnal insectivores - taking to the streets to shake off the yoke of their corrupt rulers.
There are many Ukranian immigrants living in the Anokoblogger's corner of the universe. There is a beautiful Ukranian Orthodox cathedral but a few blocks from my local pub, sporting shiny golden onion domed towers that can be seen from far and wide. They are always of good cheer, ready to share a glass of aquavit in winter and holding wonderful festivals out in Patterson Park in the summer. At springtime, the neighborhood is full of intricately decorated Easter eggs, surely the finest in all of Christendom.
And now the news comes of an autumn festival of freedom, with hundreds of thousands filling the streets of Kiev around the clock, vowing not to leave until the current government gives up power. True democracy is always displayed by the festival, the carnival, the refusal of work and the insistance of autonomy. The peaceful revolutions of the recent decades in the East are an inspiration to the world that when the people lead, the leaders must follow.
These revolutions stand in stark contrast with the arrogant regime change practiced by the Yankees in Iraq. Democracy can never be imposed from above, let alone from without. The world can see the difference between an invasion and a revolution. Millions will condemn the former, while celebrating the latter.
There are many Ukranian immigrants living in the Anokoblogger's corner of the universe. There is a beautiful Ukranian Orthodox cathedral but a few blocks from my local pub, sporting shiny golden onion domed towers that can be seen from far and wide. They are always of good cheer, ready to share a glass of aquavit in winter and holding wonderful festivals out in Patterson Park in the summer. At springtime, the neighborhood is full of intricately decorated Easter eggs, surely the finest in all of Christendom.
And now the news comes of an autumn festival of freedom, with hundreds of thousands filling the streets of Kiev around the clock, vowing not to leave until the current government gives up power. True democracy is always displayed by the festival, the carnival, the refusal of work and the insistance of autonomy. The peaceful revolutions of the recent decades in the East are an inspiration to the world that when the people lead, the leaders must follow.
These revolutions stand in stark contrast with the arrogant regime change practiced by the Yankees in Iraq. Democracy can never be imposed from above, let alone from without. The world can see the difference between an invasion and a revolution. Millions will condemn the former, while celebrating the latter.
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