Congratulations to Nathalie, and her blog we badly need this kind of criticism. Fascist reactions like the one of minister De Crem confirm the web’s democratic potential and the continued repression of Freedom of Speech anno 2008: corrupt, obscure individuals like De Crem CAN and SHOULD be criticised, through whateer medium (mass media, internet, etc.).

Nathalie’s blog indeed sheds light on the importance of OPACITY in current Belgian Politics, and politics in general: the less the people know, the better (for corrupt politicians). This kind of scandals should become public more often in order to live in a fairer world. It’s astonishing to see that corrupt minister De Crem is still in power while I am writing this: he should of course have been fired, not because of his smallmindedness, but because of abuse of public funds, and publicly lying about his abominous, shameful act of vengeance: firing an innocent girl overseas, and simultaneously and perversely adopting the role of the victim. I hope many more of us will keep blogging and contribute to a more transparent, fairer world.

Keep blogging, Nathalie!
Keep blogging, folks!

Final note: I visited the Belgian Parlement on July 21. What stroke me was that there are NO windows in the amphitheater where our Ministers debate. A perfect metaphor for some of our politicians: they are trapped in their political games and truly miss a “window on the world”.

Kris
(a Belgian abroad, with a critical view on the world)