Friday, March 25, 2005

From now on you can follow the ongoing interview here in the blog

Aren't you afraid of what people might think of you after America?

America is not a dificult text, but I'm already used to feel like a third
wheel! I think that my unpublished book, Com O Corpo Todo (Full Body), will eventually be harder to read than America. Vício (Vice) is also in many ways a very hard book, not to mention O Mal (Evil)… But seeing that nowadays, in Europe, there is a usual dislike of America (USA), I understand the purpose of your question.
On the other hand, very recently, an important journalist from the German newspaper “Die Welt”, Von Hannes Stein, wrote an article with this title and subtitle: “Nicht schlecht, Chabibi - Im Nahen Osten bricht die Demokratie aus. George W. Bush ist schuld und Europa schweigt” [Not bad, Chabibi - In the Middle East democracy is spreading out. George W. Bush is guilty and Europe remains in silence (seite 7, am 19 März 2005)]. It's crazy but it seems that today, what divides Europe is to be against or for America. Don't we have our own problems besides positions related to America? Who benefits from the fact that we only worry about America? It also seems that what defines your political tendencies is whether you are pro or against America (USA). A straight answer to your question is: I am not afraid of nonsense or prejudice.

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