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    XL REPUBBLICA - how Mika keeps himself busy ;-) - part 2

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    we are at war and you do not know (the “datagate” scandal and us)

     

    You are not worth anything! You are just a drop in the most bigger ocean than you can imagine. No one remembers a drop, everybody remembers the waves. You're useless and forgettable as a grain of sand of last beach where you've been, or as a single drop of rain on the windshield during the last storm. It's in this way that they want make you feel. They make you feel like a useless piece of **** and you act exactly as if you were it. These are companies, enterprises, corporations, governments and individuals that collect information and patterns of behavior without you knowing it and without your permission. And we are the water droplets that form the ocean. When we speak about the violation of our privacy we justify the thing psychologically saying to ourselves that we are not so significant to be important. If our little indiscretions or our personal habits are recorded and spied on, what does it matter? Our whims or some secrets are not threats nor to national security nor even for life. I realize that we were dangerously desensitized about our privacy.

    I was fascinated about the recent scandal of the "Datagate". Not only because the governments of the U.S. and the UK have intercepted our emails and our phone calls but also for the answer of the audience so quiet compared to the media response. And this is neither the first nor the last time we'll deal with similar scandals. The methods of ensure the privacy and the way to collect user data from Google and Facebook have been the subject of searches of the European Authorities.

    On my site I am forced to collect the basic data of subscribers but also to inform users that this is the practice. It is a rule imposed by Universal who runs the site and it is the owner and this is beyond my control. On other sites I collect only the data of those who subscribe to the fan club. We are often told that posting the details of our daily lives on Twitter and Facebook we ourselves who chafe the boundaries of our privacy. The fundamental thing that we forget is the choice. We choose how much and what to share, what to show or what to bury in the closet.

    We are not worth anything. It 's easier forget and forgive and let the problem get worse when we think that our lives and our communications are irrelevant. It’s not like that. Taken individually, our data may not be important but for those who collect them are a gold mine and we need to be aware of how valuable they are. Each of us must get angry because the details of our lives, our habits no longer belong to us and the choice of what to share with the rest of the world is not ours.

    In this ocean of people and information is easy to forget the consequences that a user of the Internet, in the vast world of Web, can have on another person. How many other teens have to cry in secret after being humiliated via Facebook in front of the whole school? How many more guys risk to commit suicide after that their sexual orientation was publicly heralded by strangers online? The fact that we are a multitude cools our reactions to these events even if we are ready to warm up now for a gossip.

    Nothing will be solved as long as each of us will not accept the reciprocal responsibility for the privacy of others. Only then we will be united against the government and against companies that now they seem to be more and more, as never before, the same thing. Only then we could stop this violent vortex in this crap Orwellian world.

     

    And here's a pic of the column

    http://t.co/O4KdaUyMra

     

     

    thanks for translatating :flowers2:

     

    he's so right, we don't care, but we really should care more about the fact that our privacy is invaded this way

    Les Ardentes Festival, Liège, Belgium - 12 July 2013 -- REPORTS/PICS/VIDS

    in Concert Reviews

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    Love your photos, Ilse -- especially the confetti one! Thanks for sharing them.

     

     

     

    Aww, hope you get that special moment -- you're responsible for capturing one of my favorite moments with Mika, I'd really like you to have the same. :hug:

     

    And thanks everyone for all the photos and reports -- as much as I don't care for festivals, I really wish I'd been at this one! I'm glad you've all been so generous with sharing, allowing me to feel like I was there. :flowers2:

     

    i am?

    Les Ardentes Festival, Liège, Belgium - 12 July 2013 -- REPORTS/PICS/VIDS

    in Concert Reviews

    Posted · Edited by ilseh1983

    Sorry to hear that Ilseh! I'm not sure, but I guess you are the girl I talked to very shortly, while waiting at the backstage entrance (about Belgian girls being to gentle when it comes to 'defending' a spot). You're right that the place wasn't ideal for waiting; you can't stay on your spot when a truck is going to override you.

     

    I really hope that you will have your moment with Mika another time! :huglove:

     

    thanks :huglove:

     

    edit: i think it was indeed me, you were there with Patricia right?

    Les Ardentes Festival, Liège, Belgium - 12 July 2013 -- REPORTS/PICS/VIDS

    in Concert Reviews

    Posted · Edited by ilseh1983

    So, decided to write a little report from this gig

     

    I arrived on thursday with Camille. We met Danielle at the the trainstation close to the city centre. We (Camille and i) first went to the hotel. Was a quite nice hotel, close to the venue. After installing our stuff in the room we went to centre of the city where we met Jolanda, Annemaaike, Navah, Rian and Saskia. We had dinner togehter. Was nice to see them again and to meet Saskia. After dinner we went to 'le pot au lait" to see if there were some other mfc'ers there. And yes we did find some :biggrin2:

    It's a nice little bar "le pot au lait" tried to take some pics but they're not very good.

    After a good night's sleep, the day of the festival arrived :teehee:

    I had a really good time with my fellow mfc'ers waiting for Mika. Must say the bands before Mika weren't exactly to my liking. Alex Hepburn was ok. There also was a band i've been hearing talking about for a few weeks over here now, so i thought they'd be good, but ... well they were very boring :roftl:

     

    It was all worth it though once Mika came on! He was just perfect. I get the feeling he's only getting better and better and i already thought he was perfect the very first time i saw him about 3 years ago.

    Don't know quite what to say, but Mika being perfect. The crowd seemed to go crazy again. Everyone seemed to have a great time :biggrin2:

     

    When the crew started setting up the stage, there were these big beach balls thrown in to the crowd from somewhere at the back. Some got on the stage and some people from the crew started to have fun with them, shooting them into the crowd like they were giant footballs. that was fun :teehee:

     

    so Mika started with "un soleil mal luné" . i really loved the way he sang the song! Then on the "relax"

    i really like how he made little changes to some of the songs now. Like how he started big girls for example.

    It's hard to tell much about it, because i can still see it before me, but not in the right order and stuff :aah: (i'm not a good report writer :roftl:)

     

    At a certain point he went to the left of the stage and came back with a huge balloon. throwing it in to the crowd, and other balloons soon followed, smaller ones and ones as big as the first one. And the confetti, i always like the confetti at the end as well. It can look very beautiful when it's all coming down.

     

    I saw him come out, but sadly couldn't get to say something or get anything signed. Cause at my side we had to move a bit for a car to get through and somehow i ended up behind other people :sad: ah well maybe next time (one day i hope to have a perfect little meet & greet after the show waiting for him to come out. I always say the gig is the most important thing and the little meet and greet is just an extra bonus. I still stand by that, but that doesn't mean i can't hope for a nice little moment/meet and greet afterwards, right? :blush-anim-cl:, so fingers crossed, i'll get that some day)

     

    I also want to say i had a great time talking to mfc'ers while waiting for Mika to come out. some people i talked to before, and some i hadn't before friday. It was great to meet you all!

    I know i haven't talked to everyone i see here or on twitter. Maybe next time. but when there's some people around i sometimes get to shy to go talk to something i haven't talked to in real life yet. Allthough i must say it gets better with every time i go to a gig and see lovely mfc'ers :teehee:

     

    don't know what else to say, there's so much and i'll just leave it to people who write better then i do :biggrin2:

     

    just wanted to share that i had an amazing time during Mika's gig and i can't wait to see him again as soon as possible :wub2:

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