A gray day in a gray part of town, Neu-Oerlikon, kreis 11.They've been talking about it for weeks now but there seems to be a never ending stream of new cases coming up every day all over the world. I'm of course talking about the child abuses within the catholic church. The Vatican must now have lost the very last inch of credibility that was left after the election of the last pope. I don't now what is worse, all these years where these cases were covered up or the ridiculous attempt of the pope's "right hand" to blame it on homosexuality. I fear that this institution has now lost it's last chance to keep up with the evolving society and that now even the most devoted believers must realize that their faith cannot be represented by a bunch of pathetic left-overs from the Spanish inquisition hiding behind the thick walls of the Vatican.
Today in Switzerland, the stock-owners of UBS voted against the discharge of the management of year 2007. This means that it would be possible to press charges against Marcel Ospel and the other management guys responsible for the many lost billions and the tax troubles with the US and that then paid themselves other billions of bonuses for their "good work". I think that we are many here is Switzerland that agrees that these guys belong in prison and not on the golf courts, however, it might be hard to accuse them for more than extreme incompetence which is not yet a crime.
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