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met at last, the great variety of grass and
Rabbits of Berlin                              flowers. Germans were amazed as well,
                                               some by the new world, some by the
                                               rabbits. They took the cute bunnies home,
                                               or just gave them food. They played with
                                               the rabbits, took pictures of them, they
                                               were happy whenever they noticed a
        Dear readers,
                                               rabbit.
        A long time ago, in a place far, far
                                                       However, everything good has its
away… There lived rabbits. They were
                                               end, and so does amazement. A few
completely healthy and content. They had
                                               weeks passed, and people started to find
everything they needed – grass, sun,
                                               rabbits not only boring, but also irritating.
water, love. The rabbits lived between the
                                               They began to hunt for them. Making
two walls of the Berlin Wall. A safe and
                                               dishes of rabbits became a new, trendy
cosy place for those little, white bunnies.
                                               thing to do. Rabbits were frightened, they
                                               wanted to come back to the “prison”, that
                                               turned out to be their home. Sadly, there
                                               was no way back to the way things used
                                               to be – ‘home’ didn’t exist anymore.
                                               Rabbits had to run away from Berlin.
                                                       At difficult times like those we’re
                                               living, I hope you’ll consider your wishes
                                               and choices thoroughly, not like the
                                               rabbits. Don’t be blinded by false
                                               freedom, that adolescents seek so hard.
                                               Think, always, that’s the most important
                                               thing.
Nothing to worry about, absolutely no
problems, a perfect, easy life – one could     ~Wiktoria Sagan
say.
        Unfortunately, rabbits couldn’t see
that. They weren’t bored, they were just
curious of the world behind those two
walls. That curiosity was slowly growing
within their souls. And soon enough all of
them longed to see the outside world. A
dream so strong, that the rabbits couldn’t
see just how peaceful their lives are, and
what a great thing it is. They dreamed of
freedom.
        Sometimes it happens that a dream
comes true. That’s when people, and
rabbits, realize that they should have been
more cautious of their dreams. That’s
exactly what happened to the rabbits.
        The Berlin Wall was destroyed,
and bunnies finally came out of their so-
called “prison”. They were amazed by the
outside world, by those colorful people,
all the high buildings, other animals they
Beginnings
  The                                       Everything started with an
                                     idea of a 19-years-old philosophy
Missionary                           student – Isak Gerson. Along with
                                     a group of his fellow-believers, he
                                     started the Kopimism. First, they
Church      of                       wanted to be an official church, so
                                     they sent their application to the
                                     Kammarkollegiet (Swedish Legal,
Kopimism                             Financial    and     Administrative
                                     Services Agency). After three trials
                                     they were finally recognized as a
– is it really                       religious    community.      “Since
                                     Kammarkollegiet has been strict
                                     with formalities, we had to apply
just a prank?                        three times”, Gustav Nipe – a
                                     board      chairman      for     the
                                     organization – says. He continues,
                                     “I think it might have something
                                     to do with the governmental
                                     organizations abiding by a very
                                     copyright friendly attitude, with a
                                     twisted view on copying.” How’s
                                     that surprising? It’s no secret that
                                     government doesn’t particularly
                                     like copying, as they think it’s the
                                     same as stealing.

                                     Doctrine

      Have            you    ever          Kopimists     (that’s   what
heard      of                        practitioners of Kopimism are
kopimism?              It’s a new    called) don’t believe in anything
religion in         Sweden,          supernatural,    like     God   or
                    that became      miracles, they just state that
legitimate            on             information is holy and copying is
January                the     5th   a    sacrament.     The     church
2012 and is already practiced        considers CTRL-C and CTRL-V
worldwide. Kopimism is talked        sacred symbols.
about everywhere, from Japan,
through      Greece,       France,
Russia, up to United States.
But what is it really about?
How do Kopimists reply?
                                      They refer to the Enlightenment
                                      ideals, laws of nature and the
                                      monks of the Middle Ages. They
                                      accuse “copyright extremists” of
                                      being in conflict with human
                                      nature (which is, according to
                                      Kopimi, copying), censorship and
                                      confining the knowledge flow.
                                      Christianity, on the other hand,
                                      they praise greatly. They say that
                                      there is not a single thing in the
                                      Christian Church that was made
                                      from scratch, which is an
                                      excellent example of the remix
                                      culture, and that Christians used
Other beliefs of Kopimists:
                                      to see just how important copying
  • All knowledge to all
                                      is (as a proof they give the Dark
  • The search for knowledge is       Ages monks copying books), but
      sacred                          they     don’t   acknowledge     it
  • The circulation of knowledge      anymore.
      is sacred
  • The act of copying is sacred.
                                            Other wacky churches
      Society’s opinion
       There has been quite a
heated discussion over Kopimism.
One side says it is outrageous to
mock other religions. Christian
church says Kopimi is not a real
religion to begin with. Copyright
supporters say it’s a breach of the
law.




                                            It’s not only Kopimism, that
                                      is considered bizarre or even
                                      wrong, there are other people with
                                      ideas just as weird as those of
Isak Gerson. The Church of the
Flying Spaghetti Monster, for the
sole example, which is meant to
spoof all religions by saying that a
Flying Spaghetti Monster created
the universe, and that global
warming and natural disasters are
a direct effect of the shrinking
number of Pirates since the 19th
century. Even though it’s just a
joke, I strongly believe there are
people, who actually think it’s all
truth.

      The Missionary Church of
Kopimism - some say it is an
example of our culture falling
down. That might be true,
though, in my opinion, as long as
there are some values behind it
and people who are ready to fight
and die for it, then Kopimism is
acceptable as a religion.
~Wiktoria Sagan
Salvador Dali –                      involves you more and more. My
                                     friend watched Dali’s film -
mad or genius?                       ‘Andalusian dog’ – and told me,
                                     that man who made it, was surely
                                     a psychical ill child. It’s true, also
                                     in his times, this great painter
                                     was regarded as a stranger. He
                                     once told about himself: “the only
                                     thing what differentiate me from a
                                     mad man is the fact, that I haven’t
                                     done anything mad.”. It is
                                     possible, that nobody with healthy
                                     mind would think out those
                                     unusual sights. Probably we’ll
                                     never get to know what is true. A
                                     better question is: ”does it really
                                     matter?”. Human mind is human
                                     mind, and it will never be
                                     completely understood.
                                                               ~Tonia Moskal




Salvador - Dali probably the most
gifted man in the world of art.
Sitting     and    watching    his
paintings, without any knowledge
of art aspects, takes long hours.
The amount of time I spent in
front of the “Mountain lake” –
Dali’s first work, was enough for
my friends to see the whole
museum. Dali is a classic of
surrealism. He shows things with
uncommon properties and in
some strange situations, like in a
dream. Pictures painted by him
aren’t beautiful. Most of them are
rather scary. For the sole example
a frequent sight in his paintings
are ants going out of a wound.
Every picture has its own,
unintelligible    anxiety,   which
quickly say goodbyes and run
“Turn left,                            away (from their angry house
                                       owners), which causes a misery:
turn right “                           their little sheets of paper with
                                       each other’s phone numbers get
– turns out Asians                     destroyed by the rain.

can make movies!
A beautiful love story. Not a
cliché, but still a cute, warm and
funny film. “Turn Left, Turn Right”
is a 2003 joint Hong Kong-
Singaporean       romance    movie,
starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and
Gigi Leung.
The plot is based on a graphic
                                       The story continues, and we see
novel and a poem by Wisława
                                       Eve and John living lives so
                                       similarly, dealing with almost the
                                       same problems and wishing to see
                                       each other once again.
                                       “Turn Left, Turn Right” is a weird
                                       film. No matter how many times I
                                       watch it, I always get the feeling,
                                       that something is missing, that
                                       something is inadequate. It might
Szymborska “Miłość od pierwszego       be the music, which is sometimes
wejrzenia” (“Love at First Sight”) .   unnoticeable, or maybe it’s the
It’s a story about a love between a    actors,    who     act    somehow
young translator, Eve Choi, and a      strangely, though not poorly.
violinist, John Liu. Although they
met only once, when they were in
elementary school, they still hold
feelings toward each other. What
they don’t know, is that after
they’d moved to Taipei they live in
the same building and their flats
are separated by just one wall.
Unfortunately, because there are
two staircases, they can’t see each
other.
Finally, they meet by an accident.
They distinguish themselves as
their loved ones from elementary       That might be the bizarre way of
school, and they exchange phone        framing.
numbers.      Sadly,   they   must
However, whatever it is, it makes     a stray cat, and his aunt Mimi
the film even better. “Turn Left,     allowed him to take the cat home.
Turn Right” is original and           He    named      the   marmalade-
unforgettable, makes you cry and      coloured half-Persian cat Tim.
laugh. Makes you think you didn’t     This    cat     became    Lennon’s
waste an hour and a half.             favourite.
                                            Then, John got married to
John Lennon                           Cynthia, and they acquired about
                                      ten cats (one of them was named
 – a crazy cat la                     Mimi – after John’s auntie).
                                            Later,    as   The   Beatles
                                      member, he had a cat called
 –                                    Jesus, which was a retort to the
                                      “the Beatles are bigger than
 –                                    Jesus” controversy of 1969.
                                            While having an affair with
                                      his secretary, she talked him into
 –                                    adopting two stray cats, which
                                      they called Minor and Major.
 –                                          John also had two cats with
                                      his later wife, Yoko Ono. One was

 – dy!                                black, the other was white.
                                      Lennon christened the white cat
                                      Pepper and the black one Salt.
      John Lennon                 –
                                            John’s Russian Blue cat
the most famous of the Beatles, a     named Alice, however, was his
singer and a worldwide known          special favourite. One day, Alice
idol. Have you ever heard of his      jumped out of an open window in
love of cats?                         the Lennons’ high-rise apartment
       In his life, John Lennon       at the Dakota and plunged to her
owned way over fifteen cats (and      death. Sean Lennon, John’s son,
two dogs). Maybe he even taught       was present at the time of the
them to sing?                         accident. He remembers it as the
       His first cat was called       only time he ever saw his father
Elvis, and wasn’t actually his, but   cry.
his beloved mother’s. Elvis was
named after Elvis Presley, whom
both, he and his mum, greatly
adored. After some time, they                Later, John had three other
found out that they made quite a      cats named Misha, Sasha and
mistake while naming their cat –      Charo. He made several sketches
Elvis turned out to be a girl.        of his cats, some of them even got
Lennon discovered that, when          published     in   his   books.
                                      ~Wiktoria Sagan
Elvis gave birth to a litter of
kittens.    However,    the  name
remained the same.
       Another two cats he owned
were Tich and Sam, though they
didn’t live long. Then, John found
My food habits                         problem with choice: what’s for
                                       dinner?-     a   bagel or two.
Lessons start at 7.30. alarm clock:
                                       Very              important for
goes off at 5.30. I wouldn’t do
                                       me is not to       eat    dinner
anything without a cup of coffee.
                                       after 6 pm.          Not eating
Sometimes I have enough time to
                                       too late is           healthy
eat    something    on    the   fly,
                                       and helps              you keep
sometimes not. “Something” is
                                       a good                   weight.
usually a dry toast or a bowl of
                                       I'm
cold milk with corn flakes - every
day the same. Sandwiches for a
brake are very important. Without
them I would be hungry for long
hours at school. I am hungry
regardless of that, but it doesn’t
matter. I simply like having
sandwiches. Even though I don’t
eat them. I have sandwiches if my
                                       usually full by 6 pm so that I
mum gets up before I leave home.
                                       could go without eating to the end
It isn’t every day. Mental effort,
                                       of the day. It should be ok,
stress, sadness… Everything I
                                       shouldn’t it? Maybe it should be,
dream about is chocolate. No
                                       but it is not, because 6 hours
matter how much money my
                                       later, at midnight, my brain again
pocket includes, everything can be
                                       works hard, doing homework.
easily changed for sweets. A few
                                       When it finally finishes, it
days a week I eat outside. What
                                       deserves some award. Some
can we buy in the center of
                                       dopamine?      At    0:30     I    eat
Cracow for less than 15 zł? Kebab,
                                       everything I can find. Now, tell me:
kebab,      kebab,     hamburger,
                                       which teenagers don’t eat like me?
hamburger, Chinese, pancakes,
                                       Maybe there are a few in my class.
dumplings.
                                       Why are we still alive?- we can
                                       laugh, but it’s sure, that living like
                                       that, we will lay sick earlier than
                                       our grandparents do.
                                                                ~Tonia Moskal




Nothing more. The last two aren’t
bad. But how long? Of course,
with less than 6 zł there’s no

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Meanwhile on Earth

  • 1.
  • 2. met at last, the great variety of grass and Rabbits of Berlin flowers. Germans were amazed as well, some by the new world, some by the rabbits. They took the cute bunnies home, or just gave them food. They played with the rabbits, took pictures of them, they were happy whenever they noticed a Dear readers, rabbit. A long time ago, in a place far, far However, everything good has its away… There lived rabbits. They were end, and so does amazement. A few completely healthy and content. They had weeks passed, and people started to find everything they needed – grass, sun, rabbits not only boring, but also irritating. water, love. The rabbits lived between the They began to hunt for them. Making two walls of the Berlin Wall. A safe and dishes of rabbits became a new, trendy cosy place for those little, white bunnies. thing to do. Rabbits were frightened, they wanted to come back to the “prison”, that turned out to be their home. Sadly, there was no way back to the way things used to be – ‘home’ didn’t exist anymore. Rabbits had to run away from Berlin. At difficult times like those we’re living, I hope you’ll consider your wishes and choices thoroughly, not like the rabbits. Don’t be blinded by false freedom, that adolescents seek so hard. Think, always, that’s the most important thing. Nothing to worry about, absolutely no problems, a perfect, easy life – one could ~Wiktoria Sagan say. Unfortunately, rabbits couldn’t see that. They weren’t bored, they were just curious of the world behind those two walls. That curiosity was slowly growing within their souls. And soon enough all of them longed to see the outside world. A dream so strong, that the rabbits couldn’t see just how peaceful their lives are, and what a great thing it is. They dreamed of freedom. Sometimes it happens that a dream comes true. That’s when people, and rabbits, realize that they should have been more cautious of their dreams. That’s exactly what happened to the rabbits. The Berlin Wall was destroyed, and bunnies finally came out of their so- called “prison”. They were amazed by the outside world, by those colorful people, all the high buildings, other animals they
  • 3. Beginnings The Everything started with an idea of a 19-years-old philosophy Missionary student – Isak Gerson. Along with a group of his fellow-believers, he started the Kopimism. First, they Church of wanted to be an official church, so they sent their application to the Kammarkollegiet (Swedish Legal, Kopimism Financial and Administrative Services Agency). After three trials they were finally recognized as a – is it really religious community. “Since Kammarkollegiet has been strict with formalities, we had to apply just a prank? three times”, Gustav Nipe – a board chairman for the organization – says. He continues, “I think it might have something to do with the governmental organizations abiding by a very copyright friendly attitude, with a twisted view on copying.” How’s that surprising? It’s no secret that government doesn’t particularly like copying, as they think it’s the same as stealing. Doctrine Have you ever Kopimists (that’s what heard of practitioners of Kopimism are kopimism? It’s a new called) don’t believe in anything religion in Sweden, supernatural, like God or that became miracles, they just state that legitimate on information is holy and copying is January the 5th a sacrament. The church 2012 and is already practiced considers CTRL-C and CTRL-V worldwide. Kopimism is talked sacred symbols. about everywhere, from Japan, through Greece, France, Russia, up to United States. But what is it really about?
  • 4. How do Kopimists reply? They refer to the Enlightenment ideals, laws of nature and the monks of the Middle Ages. They accuse “copyright extremists” of being in conflict with human nature (which is, according to Kopimi, copying), censorship and confining the knowledge flow. Christianity, on the other hand, they praise greatly. They say that there is not a single thing in the Christian Church that was made from scratch, which is an excellent example of the remix culture, and that Christians used Other beliefs of Kopimists: to see just how important copying • All knowledge to all is (as a proof they give the Dark • The search for knowledge is Ages monks copying books), but sacred they don’t acknowledge it • The circulation of knowledge anymore. is sacred • The act of copying is sacred. Other wacky churches Society’s opinion There has been quite a heated discussion over Kopimism. One side says it is outrageous to mock other religions. Christian church says Kopimi is not a real religion to begin with. Copyright supporters say it’s a breach of the law. It’s not only Kopimism, that is considered bizarre or even wrong, there are other people with ideas just as weird as those of
  • 5. Isak Gerson. The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, for the sole example, which is meant to spoof all religions by saying that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe, and that global warming and natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking number of Pirates since the 19th century. Even though it’s just a joke, I strongly believe there are people, who actually think it’s all truth. The Missionary Church of Kopimism - some say it is an example of our culture falling down. That might be true, though, in my opinion, as long as there are some values behind it and people who are ready to fight and die for it, then Kopimism is acceptable as a religion. ~Wiktoria Sagan
  • 6. Salvador Dali – involves you more and more. My friend watched Dali’s film - mad or genius? ‘Andalusian dog’ – and told me, that man who made it, was surely a psychical ill child. It’s true, also in his times, this great painter was regarded as a stranger. He once told about himself: “the only thing what differentiate me from a mad man is the fact, that I haven’t done anything mad.”. It is possible, that nobody with healthy mind would think out those unusual sights. Probably we’ll never get to know what is true. A better question is: ”does it really matter?”. Human mind is human mind, and it will never be completely understood. ~Tonia Moskal Salvador - Dali probably the most gifted man in the world of art. Sitting and watching his paintings, without any knowledge of art aspects, takes long hours. The amount of time I spent in front of the “Mountain lake” – Dali’s first work, was enough for my friends to see the whole museum. Dali is a classic of surrealism. He shows things with uncommon properties and in some strange situations, like in a dream. Pictures painted by him aren’t beautiful. Most of them are rather scary. For the sole example a frequent sight in his paintings are ants going out of a wound. Every picture has its own, unintelligible anxiety, which
  • 7. quickly say goodbyes and run “Turn left, away (from their angry house owners), which causes a misery: turn right “ their little sheets of paper with each other’s phone numbers get – turns out Asians destroyed by the rain. can make movies! A beautiful love story. Not a cliché, but still a cute, warm and funny film. “Turn Left, Turn Right” is a 2003 joint Hong Kong- Singaporean romance movie, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Gigi Leung. The plot is based on a graphic The story continues, and we see novel and a poem by Wisława Eve and John living lives so similarly, dealing with almost the same problems and wishing to see each other once again. “Turn Left, Turn Right” is a weird film. No matter how many times I watch it, I always get the feeling, that something is missing, that something is inadequate. It might Szymborska “Miłość od pierwszego be the music, which is sometimes wejrzenia” (“Love at First Sight”) . unnoticeable, or maybe it’s the It’s a story about a love between a actors, who act somehow young translator, Eve Choi, and a strangely, though not poorly. violinist, John Liu. Although they met only once, when they were in elementary school, they still hold feelings toward each other. What they don’t know, is that after they’d moved to Taipei they live in the same building and their flats are separated by just one wall. Unfortunately, because there are two staircases, they can’t see each other. Finally, they meet by an accident. They distinguish themselves as their loved ones from elementary That might be the bizarre way of school, and they exchange phone framing. numbers. Sadly, they must
  • 8. However, whatever it is, it makes a stray cat, and his aunt Mimi the film even better. “Turn Left, allowed him to take the cat home. Turn Right” is original and He named the marmalade- unforgettable, makes you cry and coloured half-Persian cat Tim. laugh. Makes you think you didn’t This cat became Lennon’s waste an hour and a half. favourite. Then, John got married to John Lennon Cynthia, and they acquired about ten cats (one of them was named – a crazy cat la Mimi – after John’s auntie). Later, as The Beatles member, he had a cat called – Jesus, which was a retort to the “the Beatles are bigger than – Jesus” controversy of 1969. While having an affair with his secretary, she talked him into – adopting two stray cats, which they called Minor and Major. – John also had two cats with his later wife, Yoko Ono. One was – dy! black, the other was white. Lennon christened the white cat Pepper and the black one Salt. John Lennon – John’s Russian Blue cat the most famous of the Beatles, a named Alice, however, was his singer and a worldwide known special favourite. One day, Alice idol. Have you ever heard of his jumped out of an open window in love of cats? the Lennons’ high-rise apartment In his life, John Lennon at the Dakota and plunged to her owned way over fifteen cats (and death. Sean Lennon, John’s son, two dogs). Maybe he even taught was present at the time of the them to sing? accident. He remembers it as the His first cat was called only time he ever saw his father Elvis, and wasn’t actually his, but cry. his beloved mother’s. Elvis was named after Elvis Presley, whom both, he and his mum, greatly adored. After some time, they Later, John had three other found out that they made quite a cats named Misha, Sasha and mistake while naming their cat – Charo. He made several sketches Elvis turned out to be a girl. of his cats, some of them even got Lennon discovered that, when published in his books. ~Wiktoria Sagan Elvis gave birth to a litter of kittens. However, the name remained the same. Another two cats he owned were Tich and Sam, though they didn’t live long. Then, John found
  • 9. My food habits problem with choice: what’s for dinner?- a bagel or two. Lessons start at 7.30. alarm clock: Very important for goes off at 5.30. I wouldn’t do me is not to eat dinner anything without a cup of coffee. after 6 pm. Not eating Sometimes I have enough time to too late is healthy eat something on the fly, and helps you keep sometimes not. “Something” is a good weight. usually a dry toast or a bowl of I'm cold milk with corn flakes - every day the same. Sandwiches for a brake are very important. Without them I would be hungry for long hours at school. I am hungry regardless of that, but it doesn’t matter. I simply like having sandwiches. Even though I don’t eat them. I have sandwiches if my usually full by 6 pm so that I mum gets up before I leave home. could go without eating to the end It isn’t every day. Mental effort, of the day. It should be ok, stress, sadness… Everything I shouldn’t it? Maybe it should be, dream about is chocolate. No but it is not, because 6 hours matter how much money my later, at midnight, my brain again pocket includes, everything can be works hard, doing homework. easily changed for sweets. A few When it finally finishes, it days a week I eat outside. What deserves some award. Some can we buy in the center of dopamine? At 0:30 I eat Cracow for less than 15 zł? Kebab, everything I can find. Now, tell me: kebab, kebab, hamburger, which teenagers don’t eat like me? hamburger, Chinese, pancakes, Maybe there are a few in my class. dumplings. Why are we still alive?- we can laugh, but it’s sure, that living like that, we will lay sick earlier than our grandparents do. ~Tonia Moskal Nothing more. The last two aren’t bad. But how long? Of course, with less than 6 zł there’s no