Dutch Discussion
On TV, I heard a discussion of Dutch politicians about the introduction of mega pig barns. Big is beautiful. Barns will be the jewels of the landscape. I thought they were debating politics, politicians and parliamentarians. No way. They discussed the housing of pigs. Right, the housing of pigs!!! As far as I know, pigs do not know anything of housing - loving the mud, the rain and the fresh air. And again for a moment, I thought the politicians were talking about politics and politicians. No way. They just share the letter p, pigs and politicians, isn't it? And I forgot the p of the word of prison of pigs. So, the debate was about the average income of the pig keeper and not about the life of a pig. If pigs love the mud outside, why do we build barns? If we let them free, the pigs will cost more, their body will become more expensive. The price of pig products will rise, the numbers of pigs will decrease and the consumption of their meat will become more exclusive. Only once in a year, pig will be on the menu. On top of it, we don't need to construct barns. We save a lot of money. And people will be more healthy. The cost of healthcare will decrease. At the end of the day, pigs will be happy and healthy, apart from the real pigs, who only calculate?
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Derk Cools was born in 1939 in Den Haag / The Haque, the Netherlands. He got his degree in social geography and economics at the University of Utrecht(1958). As a civil servant with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, he developed expertise in regional (economic) planning at home and abroad. In 1994, he retired and moved to the Netherlands Antilles, the island of Curacao. Read on: Since 1995, he traveled
This website is about traveling and writing. Being on the move and being emotionally moved. Two different but interconnected things. Spotting places and losing your heart. Temples, pyramids, cities and ruins, forests and mountains, valleys and rivers, volcanoes and lakes, daily life in the streets, the world as habitat for writing.
Read on: In the year 2000
The Author
Derk Cools was born in 1939 in Den Haag / The Haque, the Netherlands. He got his degree in social geography and economics at the University of Utrecht(1958). As a civil servant with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, he developed expertise in regional (economic) planning at home and abroad. In 1994, he retired and moved to the Netherlands Antilles, the island of Curacao. Read on: Since 1995, he traveled
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13 februari 2011
Street cleaning on Tahrir square
Today, the people clean
the Tahrir square. Who
will clean all offices
police and radio stations?
And who will clean
his conscience after all
the bloodshed?
the Tahrir square. Who
will clean all offices
police and radio stations?
And who will clean
his conscience after all
the bloodshed?
11 februari 2011
Triumph in Egypt
Tears of happiness.
He is gone, Mubarak, the farmer pharaoh.
Le roi est mort vive le roi?
Let's hope, the new king is called the people.
A new era, a new rule. Time for democracy.
He is gone, Mubarak, the farmer pharaoh.
Le roi est mort vive le roi?
Let's hope, the new king is called the people.
A new era, a new rule. Time for democracy.
09 februari 2011
Cairo
Cairo has about 17 million inhabitants. The metropolitan area contains more people than the Netherlands or Chili. Tahrir square is its big heart, loudly beating. It doesn't need a by-pass. It qualifies for love.
04 februari 2011
Mubarak
The smell of the pharaoh's fear is spreading. At the end of the day it will smother and kill the pharaoh.
02 februari 2011
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