Seeing the growing racial tensions, multiplied after the 9/11 attacks and the London / Madrid bombings, I miss voices like Rainer Werner Fassbinder who showed the society a mirror about their strange behaviour in daily life. Apart from some Would-be-intellectuals there is no one at the stage worth listening to. Unfortunately, this is a declaration of bankruptcy for the whole civilized community in Europe, more interested in the scandals about Silvio Berlusconi and the fashion-style of Carla Bruni then socio-political developments. Hartmut Rast, London