There is a tendency among a lot of people who cannot understand a tragedy to utilise it to strengthen their delusional world view. The Boston Marathon Attack has had these “fine” outstanding individuals come boiling out of the woodwork. They cannot accept any such attack without a nefarious plot (well more nefarious than kill random …
Category Archive: News
Apr 16 2013
Interesting Observation
So I was watching the British Coverage (BBC) of the Boston Marathon Bombings and noticed something interesting. Compared to the relative “sterility” of terrorism coverage in the USA this one is a lot more “real”. While the Hyderabad attacks had images of people wounded being treated, the American papers had relatively tame images. It’s actually …
Apr 16 2013
Donations Update
I know I asked money from you guys to make my flight out of India easier, but I have decided to travel up to Mumbai by train and then fly out. The money that you gave me I have used to give two young men a ticket to the USA. The attacks in Boston rattled …
Apr 16 2013
Boston
I have friends living in Boston and I did worry for them after hearing about the attacks on runners during the marathon there. My heart goes out to those who are out there particularly the two young men we have sent home to provide medical care (they are veterans of the attack in Hyderabad). Our …
Apr 13 2013
Un License to Il
There are 3 end-game scenarios in the North Korean conflict that’s been raging for nearly 60 years now. Threats of war are not new, what’s new is the increase in deadliness, the intensity and persistence of these threats. Kim Jong Un means business and that business is “Danegeld”. He relies on threatening to self destruct …
Apr 07 2013
The Price of Homelessness
A film-maker researching a documentary on homelessness was found dead in Newcastle. He had hoped to live like the homeless do and braved freezing temperatures to live like them.
Apr 05 2013
Bangladesh – Death of Freedom
Bangladesh has arrested three atheist bloggers for defaming on Tuesday amid calls from religious fundies for a crackdown on bloggers. Demands include the death penalty for these bloggers. But these bloggers face 10 years in prison for merely speaking out for what they believe. “They have hurt religious feelings of the people by writing against …
Apr 05 2013
Sexism, Work and The Public
I didn’t comment on the Adria Richards story because I wanted to see how it panned out before I said anything. But here goes. To Summarise? Adria Richards overheard two men sitting behind her at PyCon making frankly childish jokes about dongles and forking. She spun round, snapped a photo of them and posted it …
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