„Сачмалии!” or ““Can lee”- с две думи „Може ли(й) (такова нещо)?””

(I wanted to post this “article” at least ten days ago- now I found time at last. The situation even changed a little since then. I am really emotionally involved and might not sound so clear. Sorry!) 

Now I will show some facts:

1.     People organize protests because they don’t want children who have some really serious and mainly mental disorders to be moved into their neighbourhood because the people wouldn’t like to feel depressed when they see so much misery every day.

2.     People show on the TV one woman who tries to sing in English but she utters some inarticulate sounds; everybody laughs at her and even some journalists make special reportages about her- to show everyone her humble abilities because she has never studied English.

3.     Instead of helping, people shoot a film with their mobile phones while other people are trying to get out of a burning train.

Now guess which two of these are considered really wicked and which one is deemed normal and even amusing. If you do not have any information about the aforementioned things it’s not as easy as is seems.

And now we have the reaction of the media- (3.) they make analyses and try to prove that all Bulgarians are out of their minds- they are selfish and never expect anyone to help them, and that’s why they don’t help the others. If it was only this, I might have even agreed with it! (Well, not exactly- people in extraordinary situations are unpredictable or show what their originally wild nature really is. I don’t say it is good to be selfish in difficult situations but this is normal for people who are really scared. How often does a wild animal help any animal of its kind instead when a parent (and mainly a mother) helps its children? Sometimes we just follow our instincts.) But they shot a short film- that’s strange, eh? I’d say that it’s not so strange- it is the same as when people start to laugh in front of an awful view or when they don’t foresee good future, or just in difficult situations. Some people like to laugh, others like to shoot films. Induction leads us…

(2.) People try to live in a place where they don’t feel excessive grief every single day. I don’t blame them although I think we all should be magnanimous. We should be but we aren’t and, probably, will never be. Unfortunately! What more can I say? I don’t like to be grieved, too. And I’m sure these people don’t have a lack of sorrow- they don’t need to “import” some. I do think that they wouldn’t withstand such a thing.

However, let’s say that these things are really bad and see what the “good people” from the media do (if someone wonders why I’ve put “people” in inverted commas- it’s because they don’t fit their own standards for human beings). (1.) These “people” representing the television that most criticised these acts of wickedness paid really special attention to a woman who should have been pitied not less than the others. She sang awfully in “English” but it was just a casting. They could have missed her as the numerous untalented people who tried to take part in “Music Idol”. However, they did their best to inform everybody, even those who in the first days didn’t know that, how uneducated she was. Perfect! They are really benevolent and always try to help the others! And now their top achievement- the woman was obviously not exactly normal because she thought she could sing. They even promoted her and she really believed she was a star…

Now I sit and wonder- am I the one who is crazy to think this is not rightl; or just the problem is with the insane woman (or all other “strange” “singers/idols”)? Does she really deserve to be laughed at? Couldn’t they try to help her instead?…

Well, I do know one thing- wicked people are those who accept all this! I don’t!

One Response to “„Сачмалии!” or ““Can lee”- с две думи „Може ли(й) (такова нещо)?”””

  1. 1. A really transparent excuse. I understand people feel uneasy around the mentally disabled; I would too, were I in their shoes. However, I do believe you can learn to live with that. To live together with such people and in time even come to value them for what they are.
    There is an institution for the disabled in the town where I live, but it doesn’t make me uncomfortable when I see them on the streets and I even say hello to them from time to time (note, however, that that is how I treat everyone I don’t personally know: sometimes I say hi, sometimes not)

    3. Not much to say about that one. People really do turn into monsters from time to time and I simply can’t understand why. They should rot in prison for a few years for what they’ve done.

    2. Now that one is a gem! ‘Ken Lee’ was a HUUUGE success here in Slovenia and I still remember my schoolmates dying from laughter as they listened to it, although I personally didn’t find it THAT amusing (it still made me grin, though :D ).
    I tried to find the reason why that video became such a perfect target for mockery and an endless sack of laughter and here’s what I think: it is not just the song. That one is hilarious enough, with its contorted lyrics and a bit off-the-keyboard tune, but the real blast is the self-consciousness with which the singer appears on stage, claiming she is going to sing ‘Ken Lee’ by Mariah Carrey. And there is nothing half as funny as an ‘epic fail, zomg!’. It might be because we love to be better than the rest or at least to see there are people who are much worse than us in order to boost our self esteem. Dunno.

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