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http://www.japansubculture.com/2010/11/the-high-price-of-writing-about-the-yakuza-and-those-who-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-2525

again, there are victims and the ones staying alive and still fighting

I feel a little bad...I forgot about it...today is October 3th: Germany's Re-Unification Date, the 20th
since I'm from eastern Germany and now living in Berlin this is important, for me, my family, friends...it changed everything back then - I was only 7, almost 8 years old, but I could feel it anyway...since then, the world went upside down for many people I know - to the better or the worse, but nobody stayed unaffected. some didn't made it through this time we call "Wende" (turn) in German or lost sight of the tracks in the following years. But for me, it opened the world, which was outside my reach, my imagination until then - I didn't realize it, I was too young, but now I'm really thankful. I'm thankful to be able to read whichever book or written subject I would like to, to wear whichever clothes I would like to, to travel whichever places I would like to. It is true, freedom makes you worry, it's angst-ridden and it overloads you with responsibility - for yourself, your actions, thoughts and surroundings, your future and your past, but who said it is or it should be easy to be a mature human being. It may be easier to live in a society which led you on in whichever way - but the price is too high, it won't let you out, if you're tired of being treated like a child, patronized or just would like to do something not fitting the image.
(  I put some flowers on the table to celebrate this day )