tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post7953227781659731284..comments2023-10-01T19:13:18.066+03:00Comments on Being Had- The Story: It's about…BEING HADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-42434987007820569192007-06-22T15:28:00.000+03:002007-06-22T15:28:00.000+03:00the Poland thing is running you. What I'm concerne...the Poland thing is running you. What I'm concerned about is that if you don't put it into context/perspective it's going to continue to eat you and interfere with bigger and better things. Can you back-burner it for a bit and focus on other stuff until you can deal with it in a more reasoned fashion? Just a suggestion from someone who knows all too well what it is to obsess, and who is also Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-8856444407054374652007-06-21T14:09:00.000+03:002007-06-21T14:09:00.000+03:00I appreciate what you are saying but it is an issu...I appreciate what you are saying but it is an issue for me and it doesn’t seem to ever want to go away. When I wrote the book I really thought that it would be something special or interesting but no agents even really wanted to look at it except for those who wanted money. They couldn't imagine how it could be a popular subject. <BR/><BR/>It has taken me a really long time to even feel like I BEING HADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-64823892274527340342007-06-21T13:43:00.000+03:002007-06-21T13:43:00.000+03:00I think you need to be proud of what you have done...I think you need to be proud of what you have done. You said that you have had a lot of readers and that the newspaper is popular. This means that your message has gotten out to a lot of people. You took on a pretty big project as Linda said. Your body of work is actually pretty impressive. Maybe just keep doing what you are doing and try not to let yourself get down too much. <BR/><BR/>But I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-51443395024720502792007-06-21T07:48:00.000+03:002007-06-21T07:48:00.000+03:00If you are serious about pursuing this, you are in...If you are serious about pursuing this, you are in the wrong place. Fighting Poland would require being in Poland. Understandably, you might not receive so much support from the legal sector but you might popularly. Or at the least, you probably need to go back to the states for a while. This is both because of how Belarus is seen politically and because being there would show you are actually anAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-26202872576500049372007-06-21T04:45:00.000+03:002007-06-21T04:45:00.000+03:00But what about social justice or one's contributio...But what about social justice or one's contribution to the world he lives in? If I remove Poland, to me, there is no point in writing the blog at all. It implies that I came to Belarus simply to write about it which makes my whole life a lie, and this is not the case. I only started this blog BECAUSE Poland happened. This situation would be different if I had already been a blogger (I was not) orBEING HADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-92131741352473022192007-06-21T04:24:00.000+03:002007-06-21T04:24:00.000+03:00I have been carrying on reading your blog every so...I have been carrying on reading your blog every so often, and you latest article prompted me to write in again.<BR/>Personally I am a bit bored of the poland story - btw have you thought of going to a european court? (The hague etc.) <BR/>However your insights into Belarus make very interesting reading - both the politics and the personal stories and they are what is keeping me coming back to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-83875996119239257842007-06-21T04:22:00.000+03:002007-06-21T04:22:00.000+03:00I could not agree more in what was said. I love yo...I could not agree more in what was said. I love your daily writing on what is happening in your life and I know that is what interests me most. And I have too say that what happened in Poland 5 years ago is over. There is nothing that will correct what occurred. You think you are addressing American justice; there is no recourse. It is time to move on to what you have and what you can do. Take Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-13228779608046498882007-06-20T21:04:00.000+03:002007-06-20T21:04:00.000+03:00Thanks Mary Ellen. And I agree with you about tak...Thanks Mary Ellen. And I agree with you about taking the fight to the Americans. They probably pay better anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-58232493254406308422007-06-20T20:18:00.000+03:002007-06-20T20:18:00.000+03:00OK...while I was typing, Steve R put up a comment....OK...while I was typing, Steve R put up a comment. Ignore me and listen to him, he makes more sense. ;-)Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-2754788679221127772007-06-20T19:58:00.000+03:002007-06-20T19:58:00.000+03:00I have a suggestion: If you really want to get ser...I have a suggestion: If you really want to get serious about this, you have got to start writing letters to every single person in the world who might help you. You need to make a list of attorneys in both Europe and Poland and introduce yourself and your case. You have to make a mailer for all of the print and television media. You have to contact all of the legal help organizations and ask themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-56310235464763945222007-06-20T19:35:00.000+03:002007-06-20T19:35:00.000+03:00I'm not trying to minimize the significance of wha...I'm not trying to minimize the significance of what happened to you in Poland or of what you observed/experienced while there. I'm just not sure it's THE most significant aspect of what's been going on with you over the past few years.<BR/><BR/>You're a 40-ish American guy who's been living in Belarus for five years. You're not like those Brits who were buying up the Bulgarian countryside, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-40737241531686882602007-06-20T06:19:00.001+03:002007-06-20T06:19:00.001+03:00Yes.Yes.BEING HADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536564388948517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-64409773149791645812007-06-20T06:19:00.000+03:002007-06-20T06:19:00.000+03:00What do you want, a medal?What do you want, a medal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201268.post-90751627682851550882007-06-20T06:18:00.000+03:002007-06-20T06:18:00.000+03:00I think what you have been doing has been just fin...I think what you have been doing has been just fine. You are reaching people. You are saying good things. And I believe you have become a real voice in Belarusian issues. I think you have made a lot of people reconsider their notions about who Belarus is and occasionally who the west is as well. Just keep doing what you are doing. All will be ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com