How many Times were Diplomatic Relations between Russia and Bulgaria Severed
If we look at history, there are not many cases in which relations between Bulgaria and Russia at the state level were as bad as they are at the moment.
Anger, Displaced
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Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
By Petya Sabinova
Bulgaria's taxi drivers are a united bunch, just ask anyone who has ever argued over the bill. One phone call and more cars arrive to corner the misbehaving client. They showed just how united they are when it took them just a couple of hours to place a deadlock on Sofia's downtown. Their anger is understandable, a colleague has been killed on the job, but they have really displaced that very same anger.
If a quick investigation is what they really want, I wonder whether making sure police has extra work throughout the day is the best way to go. The driver's protests have been united, yes, but only when it comes to the fact that they are all there to protest. Most don't even know what they want - some call for a panic button, others point out that they do have one, many want the government to grant their safety, but they don't really know how. In fact all those issues should be addressed to the taxi companies that can freely make it their policy to check a passenger's ID before giving them a ride or place a barrier between the front and back seat. If anyone doesn't like it, they can simply go to another company. But if all taxis introduce this policy then people will just have to deal with it. And the government doesn't even need to move a finger.
"Close down the whole of Sofia, or we'll do it for you," an angry taxi driver yelled before the cameras. Swell. What about people who have to get to work, people who may lose their only means for feeding a family if they don't make it on time? Taxi drivers, blinded by their own problems don't seem to care that they have turned a city of 1 million into a boiling hell. Simply because they can. So how about next time a person gets killed all his/her colleagues stop what they are doing. Maybe they will be the doctors who have a life to save, or the milk distributors, who have to make sure babies get fed in time, or ... Every single group of society has the power to put all the rest under a siege and demand something and lately too many groups have been abusing this power for the wrong reasons.
Sofia has become a city where you have to turn on the news in the morning to know how to get to work and avoid today's protest.
Enough is enough already.
Bulgaria's taxi drivers are a united bunch, just ask anyone who has ever argued over the bill. One phone call and more cars arrive to corner the misbehaving client. They showed just how united they are when it took them just a couple of hours to place a deadlock on Sofia's downtown. Their anger is understandable, a colleague has been killed on the job, but they have really displaced that very same anger.
If a quick investigation is what they really want, I wonder whether making sure police has extra work throughout the day is the best way to go. The driver's protests have been united, yes, but only when it comes to the fact that they are all there to protest. Most don't even know what they want - some call for a panic button, others point out that they do have one, many want the government to grant their safety, but they don't really know how. In fact all those issues should be addressed to the taxi companies that can freely make it their policy to check a passenger's ID before giving them a ride or place a barrier between the front and back seat. If anyone doesn't like it, they can simply go to another company. But if all taxis introduce this policy then people will just have to deal with it. And the government doesn't even need to move a finger.
"Close down the whole of Sofia, or we'll do it for you," an angry taxi driver yelled before the cameras. Swell. What about people who have to get to work, people who may lose their only means for feeding a family if they don't make it on time? Taxi drivers, blinded by their own problems don't seem to care that they have turned a city of 1 million into a boiling hell. Simply because they can. So how about next time a person gets killed all his/her colleagues stop what they are doing. Maybe they will be the doctors who have a life to save, or the milk distributors, who have to make sure babies get fed in time, or ... Every single group of society has the power to put all the rest under a siege and demand something and lately too many groups have been abusing this power for the wrong reasons.
Sofia has become a city where you have to turn on the news in the morning to know how to get to work and avoid today's protest.
Enough is enough already.
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