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Oct 14 2003

A peek at other places

This is the introduction to one of my more 'secret' projects. "We are here, we are not on TV, not in the papers. We are not film stars, we are not successful, in any conventional sense of the word. We don't really know what to say, or how best to say it, BUT we know we want to say something. This is our desperate effort.... Our silent scream." I love it and yet I am not … [Read more...] about A peek at other places

Sep 04 2003

Innocence is worth hanging on to

I got this by email and posted it on another site. I really wanted to blog it here as well though. "A few years ago, when I worked as a nurse at St Cross, I got to know a little girl named Lisa who was suffering from a serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the … [Read more...] about Innocence is worth hanging on to

Jul 19 2003

Stating The Obvious (number 32)

To be properly informed, you need different sources. Information is a product like other products you consume; it should never be monopolized because monopolies tend to abuse. It doesn't necessarily mean that media will lie to you, but as humans, we can only see things based on our own viewpoint, and this is necessarily subjective. There is nothing wrong with a newspaper or broadcast network that … [Read more...] about Stating The Obvious (number 32)

Oct 05 2002

There is no normal

'There is no right that is more right than your right?" Most of us seem to be coerced into conformity from a very early age by the dragon of normality. I call it a dragon not because it breathes fire or even because it is particularly nasty but because it is entirely fictitious. There is no normal. There is no right that is more right than your right. Our lives are so often blighted by our … [Read more...] about There is no normal