Friday 24 December 2010

110%

I have had the privilege of being around...I have met people from all walks of life, all classes, all nationalities, all backgrounds, all cultures...

It is a double edge sword. Why a sword ? Because it is a sword that cuts across politics, borders, geography, nationalities and passports. It is a sword which by cutting, unites...

I have met some wonderful people. True they were rare and far in between. True, one had to dig for them...and sometimes they were presented as a gift, a gift from a hazardous meeting, a coincidence...

These people had no nationality, they had no passport, they had no race...

They came from: China, Cuba, Russia, Italy, Mali, France, England, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Spain, Greece, Syria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Senegal, Sudan, Bulgaria, USA (Bradley Manning only) Australia (Julian Assange) Yugoslavia, India, Ireland...

Some countries/nationalities have been omitted or not fully covered. It's not because there are no 110% there, with "it"...it's simply because I have not met them yet.