“Have you ever had one of those life changing events? Where you have little choice but to heed it’s wishes? I’ve had a few. My accident is one. Going vegan is two. And the third one happened just this past Saturday. And all are equally momentous…”
Posts Tagged with ‘Culture’
“That said, I also rewrote both my About and Accessibility statements recently, too. I stripped out all the technical detail relating to the stuff I spend much of my time away from here doing. And the reason I’m choosing today, of all days to post this bit of shameless self-promotion, is how 9/11 has come to relate to the topic I wrote about in my revised statement concerning Accessibility…”
“My initial impressions mainly centred around two elements in the film. The violence and the controversy I recall the film inciting when it was initially released — that being the Jews were responsible for Jesus’ crucifixion. What follows is what I could gather, again, from watching the first half. And, for the record, I intend to watch the second half, soon. It’s just 3 and a half hours to sit while watching a movie is a tad tedious. This ain’t no Lord of the Rings — even though some of those characters looked like they came from Middle Earth…”
“However I do think there is another seldom cited, at least from what I’ve heard, aspect to all this. The fact that violence against women rarely has anything to do with sex. Sure sex is involved, obviously, but by no means is it exclusive to the act or acts. I’d be willing to bet displaying power and control over a victim excites certain men — men who could rape a person — more than any sexual impulses ever could. Frankly, sex and how a person chooses to behave or dress is secondary and irrelevant, to violence…”
“Rather this is a call to action. For every one of my fellow Canadians to get out and cast your vote this May! With people fighting and dying for their rights in North Africa, the Middle East and even potentially in the American Mid-West, not exercizing the rights you’ve been afforded is a kick in the teeth to the idea of democracy. Think about it…”
“The fact a woman can bear children is part of the human experience. Thus it’s her human right. Just as access to anywhere I might want to go should be mine (I’m looking right at you University of Toronto). Whether any woman chooses to have a child or not is irrelevant. So, I feel, all these arguments toward a woman receiving less pay based on the fact she can have children are disingenuous…”
“I’m speaking, of course, toward he uprisings in North Africa, the Middle East and the American Mid-West. “It is not a good season to be a tyrant.” And it’s getting increasingly more difficult not to think these bullshit systems of power — or the way they are ridiculously structured at least — are all beginning to unravel…”
“We all, Canadian’s most definitely included, need to swiftly remove our heads, as abruptly as possible, from our collective hind parts and stopped accepting myth for reality…”