Wonderful Spectacle of Nature near Grasburg

A nice little walk along the Singine river near the Grasburg castle (Bern, Switzerland). The castle istself was not very fancy but climbing down to the river allowed me discovering a spectacle I did not expect finding in this part of Switzerland. In fact, the visual content was so dense that I could keep 40 pictures out of the about 360 shots i have made during about 2 hours.

Most interesting in this time of the year is how the whitness of the snow can highlight some elements on a picture. The delicate constructions nature made with ice were also a pleasure to the eyes.

More pictures on my site: Grasburg Gallery

Separating Religion and Politics

I just read a interesting comment on the internet about the Israeli-Palestinian problem. As it is the first time in a long period that I read something on that topic that somehow gives hints for both a better understanding of the current situation and a possible future solution in just a few sentences, I relay it here:

 

<<< The real problem in the entire region is a lack of belief in the separation of church and state. As long as politics and religion are intertwined, there is absolutely no hope for peace. Human nature dictates that people will NEVER agree on religion. However they can agree on government while agreeing to disagree on religion. Religion must be separate from government or the bloodshed will never stop and it will mean the destruction of the entire middle east (most likely by it's own hands) >>>

 

Posted by rsteele42051 on Sat, Feb 4, 2006 10:53 AM ET