Living in Europe, I have experienced the fear of the whole continent against the “mighty chickens coming from far away Asia” over the last days.
When you go to the supermarket, the stands containing chickens are filled, underpriced as well. No one buys them, and the only persons that actually eats chicken these days are media personas, to demonstrate it is safe to eat chicken.
Right next to it, I read on the newspaper of the virus spreading to England, Greece, maybe (always that maybe, hovering over our heads)to other Europen countries as well.
The Germans announce that they will have found adequate vaxination until the end of 2005, others talk of total embargo measures applied on China.
And this is exactly what I want to review about: even before the EU formation, we europeans made Xmas with plastic Santa Claus(es) that came from Taiwan, had our tea made with kettles made in China, and went to our works in the morning with vehicles made in Japan.
But now, Europe’s hunger for power has awaken once more. Realizing the boost of China in the world market, we now see it everywhere:
China’s products are poorly made, they pose a danger to our health, they have bad or non-existent client service, what the heck, their chickens even have mortal viruses.
The grave question is, have things changed over a year so much? This year’s tree lamps made in Taiwan contain carcinogenetic substances, and the plastic train that I took for a present will actually melt on the spot?
A successful techique, brought all the way from the mighty empire of the United States of America. Devide & Conquer. -or was that a Roman (European) Ceasar that had told and done so?-
As we keep staying in the dark, our mouths wide open, ready to be fed with anything given - keeping our ears closed on the contrary - viruses will continue to terrify the world, people with stones will continue to be able to throw down skyscrapers, and so forth.
We, as humanity, take joy in the consent that we are no longer in the Dark ages but on the 21st century AC.
It is time we started seeing the possibility of Humanity coming together as a nation, on either economical or cultural level.
And this is exactly what this site does actually for me. I read what people thinks and i write my review of things that concern me and those I see around me. The fact that as a policy the owners of reviewstream.com have kept its objective this wide that can also enclose reviews such as this one, really tells it all.
The only way to overcome our fears is Learning, in general.

Rating: 5