if i only knew...

Give peace a chance - at home first?

I wanted to go to today's anti-war demo in Budapest, but my afternoon nap turned out to be more powerful than my urge to go. I woke up when the demo was almost over, so i didn't go. It turns out, my gut instinct to sleep was right.

The antiwar protest in Budapest turned into chaos and ridiculous fights and throwing snowballs (yes, s-n-o-w-b-a-l-l-s) on the speakers of the event. Reading the reports, i felt like it was April Fool's Day... it's just too bizarre to be really happening.

I don't really want to go into politics here, but this is again a day when i am really sorry to be living in a country that is not mature enough to join a worldwide action chain on such an issue - an issue that - for this day at least - should unite people from across the complete political spectrum to say no to war, to violence. The organizers used every media outlet and every opportunity during the week to emphasize that this demo will be against war and violence and NOT against political ideas, parties or movements. But it seems like our little country is not yet grown-up to think in terms of the big picture. :(