Archive for December, 2007
The Case for Restraint
As I continue to hear about my government’s ongoing fight for its right to unwarranted surveillance, waterboarding of untried suspects, and itchy trigger fingers pointed at Persia, Russia, China and who knows where else, I keep remembering a quote I read several months ago:
Human rights are part of what it means to be civilised. Locking up [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2007 under Americana.
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Alcohol, Socialization and Me
I’ve never been very social. In elementary school, I was a total outcast – listening to The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees when LL Cool J and New Kids on the Block were all 10-year-olds were allowed to like. Imagining worlds all my own at recess where I could do whatever I wanted, whilst [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under About Me, Friends, Get In My Head.
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