BUS 449 Post 3

Dear reader,

I hope you watched the opening ceremony of Olympic Games in Sochi and enjoyed a beautiful show! Ignore those who complain about minor defects. It was astonishing!

In the meantime, as you may know from AUBG e-mail or Facebook, our students decided to make a one-day trip to Sofia in order to lay a basket with flowers on the doorsteps of Russian Embassy. Flowers were accompanied with an open letter to the Government.

More than 30 people from 13 countries signed the letter and supported initiative, however there were a lot of hateful and derogatory remarks about the idea.

One of the top senseless comments was questioning how those, who have signed the open letter do not understand that this “stupid letter won’t even reach Moscow”. Well, in response to such weak attempt I can say that the purpose of the open letter is not reaching certain place but rather attracting attention of a wide audience.

Another comment was sending this message: from all the injustices and misfortunes that Russian people suffer from (high level of corruption, unemployment, low income, etc.) how dare AUBGers be concerned with just human rights violation! Although words of the message were reasonable worry, call to not to join the group think was a bit too far. Who knew what did the person think when saying this?

Anyways, I was one of the students who supported the idea and decided to go. To my surprise everything went very smoothly despite the fact that Embassies are very cautious about foreign objects being left nearby them. So we made lots of pictures and left the bouquet in the close by park.

P.S. There is still time if you want to sign the letter. It will be available until Monday and you can find it at the front desk of your Skapto.