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Oh God. Keep banging on about bullying, and naturally, everyone's going to send you heartbreaking links.
Student kills himself after gay sex footage put online
Parents say bullies drove their son to take his life
Focus on the Family stands up for bullying
(Don't stop sending those links, folks. I have Kleenex.)
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Some parts of Elizabeth Moon's Park51 posting are more difficult to address than others. For example:"The same with other points of Islam that I find appalling (especially as a free woman) and totally against those basic principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution...I feel that I personally (and many others) lean over ( Read more... ) -
Books read, September 2010
Quentin Crisp. Resident Alien.
Christopher Isherwood. Down There on a Visit.
Seth Lloyd. Programming the Universe.
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Common Ground
With my deadline passed, I've returned to Waleed Aly's stimulatin' book People Like Us. (Life is busy. If your time is limited, read the chapter "Women as a Battlefield".) These online dust-ups are such a terrific excuse opportunity to borrow far too many library books learn stuff. :)
As you know, my goal in these postings is to disagree ( Read more... ) -
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Have continued my tiny contribution to better Muslim-Everybody Else relations with a one-liner in the Herald letters page, where there's been some worthwhile discussion in recent days. (Non-Australian readers may be surprised at the amount of comedy involved in the discussion. This is normal. It's partly our way of saying, "Actually, we're not ( Read more... ) -
But would you want her to marry one?
I am captivated by Waleed Aly's People Like Us: How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West. Based on the fifty or so pages I devoured today, I would recommend it unreservedly. Not only is it clear and readable, but Aly's ire is directed both at Western and Islamic pundits who talk rubbish. More from this book once my deadline's passed ( Read more... ) -
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Hell's bells, I have three doctors' appointments in a row, and now I have a tight deadline as well. I'll have to put these Park51 epics on hold until late next week. Oh well, it'll give me a chance to do a bit of research (while sitting in waiting rooms, lol). -
Isolation
omg, someone proofread this, my eyeballs are hanging around my knees. ETA: Bless you, megthelegend. :)
Yesterday, I posted:"The 'bad citizens' Ms Moon correctly identifies at the start of the essay are criminals: the corrupt judge, the rapist prison guard, and so on. But wearing a funny hat is not a crime. Nor is it an example of the vices of the failed ( Read more... ) -
Funny Hats
Prodded by judiang :), I'd like to air some more thoughts about Elizabeth Moon's posting about Park51, continuing in the same spirit of respectful disagreement as before. (This may take a few postings - there's a lot of think about - so bear with me. And thank you hugely for making it possible for me to do this, by commenting assertively but not ( Read more... )