allowance

An Iranian woman living in Spain has permission to do the same what happened to her when she denied a lover. That lover sprayed acid in her eyes. Now she's blind. In Iran an eye for an eye seems to be normal. It's a right in their legislation. Many people here in West Europe would like to have the same legislation.

Plato said "One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him."
—Plato's Socrates (Crito, 49c) (c. 469 BC–399 BCE)

"One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself (positive form)[1]
One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated (negative/prohibitive form, also called the Silver Rule)" (wikipedia)
This Golden Rule can be found in many religions or ways of living. THey're the ethics of life.

So why should Spain allow a blind woman to treat her attacker the same way he attacked her. This is an inferior deed which is morally/ethically wrong.

Think, can we allow this? Well, we aren't all Platoists.

city-trip

However 33% of the city trip are on bike there are no really state of the art novelties in this 4th sized Dutch city.
It's a shame on the local authorities that for example on the spot of the video. This crowdedness is going on for a decade of even more. There are 2 busy lanes to cross and a tram passes from both sides. That makes 4 lanes.
Many people get injured here each year. It's not without a reason.
Shame on you Municipality to let it happen.

feeling

Wouter Weylandt died in the Giro d'Italia.

A day before he sent a text message that the giro was too nervous and too dangerous.

It doesn't feel good.

Syria

A person I know married to a Syrian woman last year. With the Arabian spring there is a kind of turmoil in the family. I think on both sides but certainly the Dutch side. The lack of information is a bad signal. The Dutch embassy is doing everything to keep the Dutch family updated about their Syrian relative. They try to find ways out of Syria. Lebanon is suggested. But what is the best way out? Through the mountains on the Syrian-Turkish border? I don't know. She needs a permit to leave the country. If he succeeds to bring her home to her new country it's another feel good movie.
Hopefully she escapes.