Until we as mankind realize that we cannot dominate each other in terms of freedom, that we cannot rule another’s free will, we shall repeat history, maybe more promptly and more often than in the past.
How is it possible to prevent the representatives from themselves following their interest at the expense of the interests of the community? Do considerations of scale, expertise and knowledge of political matters make representation inevitable in any large-scale political community and does this then open up the danger of a gap between representatives and represented?
To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground.
If you celebrate Columbus Day then why not celebrate Hitler Day? I mean, they both invaded countries and committed genocide, right?
The Riveria glinted like a blemish jewel in the Vegas heat. To quote Hunter Thompson I was in my right place. ‘…just another freak, in the freak kingdom.’ I would miss my time here, but even more I’d look forward to the next Defcon.
Dispatches from Defcon 18: Nights like days; days that seemed more like nights.
When I first heard of Def-con, I must admit, I was not terribly interested. A security tech-convention held in the wastes of Las Vegas did not sound like much of a good time. Aside from some fiddling I did with Python in my younger years, I didn’t have much experience with computers on that level. However…
The media, coupled with Naomi Campbell’s obvious bad temper, has made her the ‘hated one’ in the trial of alleged war criminal, Charles Taylor, the former Liberian leader. But is Naomi Campbell really at fault? Or is she being targeted for past misdemeanours with lazy journalism?
With friends like actress Mia Farrow, who needs enemies? Another day in court for a reluctant Naomi Campbell, face-to-face with Charles Taylor, at the Hague war crimes trial of the former Liberian leader accused of mass-murder.
I knew before watching what was to come from the documentary, Britain’s Witch Children; a shameful indictment on African culture that would humiliate us in front of our non-African friends and relatives. It would make African Christianity seem primitive and fraudulent, and the belief in the ancient practice of witchcraft also irrational and naïve.
