20 de novembre del 2008

"La pròxima operació la paga PACHÁ"

La discoteca Pachá de València sortejarà una operació d'augment de pits, valorada en 4500 euros, entre els assistents a la festa del proper 5 de desembre.

Així com altres vegades s'havien regalat motos o viatges, des de la direcció de Pachá argumenten que s'ha triat un regal en consonància amb les inquietuds de la societat i el context de crisi actual. Si la guanyadora no vol operar-se els pits i el guanyador no vol regalar el val, sempre poden substituir-ho per sessions de raigs uva, de fotodepilació o implants de botox.

El model de regalar cirurgia estètica a les discoteques va triomfar a Argentina, on aquestes operacions tenen bona acollida entre els joves i són més barates. Ara s'exporta a la Comunitat Valenciana, la més addicta d'Europa a les operacions de pit (el 2007 se'n van realitzar 15000).

Des de les associacions de dones i de cirurgians plàstics s'ha valorat molt negativament aquesta inciativa, perquè s'utilitza el cos de la dona com a reclam publicitari i s'infravalora una especialitat mèdica.

A la nit estan permeses més frivolitats, però no és un bon síntoma social que les discoteques es dediquin a regalar bellesa, sobrevalorant l'aspecte físic, amb l'única finalitat d'autopublicitar-se. Deixant de banda els usos i aplicacions de la cirurgia estètica (sóc defensora que "al pot petit hi ha la bona confitura"), caldria reflexionar fins on volem arribar i quan ens atrevirem a dir "prou de tonteries".



4 de novembre del 2008

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant. We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea
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Yes. We. Can.

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