by phoenix | Mar 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
My connection to Belarus is even more tenuous than my connection to Ukraine (grandfather, Dad’s side, born in Kiev). From what my grandfather (Mum’s side) told me before he died, his Dad was born in Orsha (Belorussia) and his mum in Lutsk (Ukraine). They...
by phoenix | Mar 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
Never one to let a setback set me back very far, I spent some of Wednesday working on a position paper for a very cool project jeamland proposed to me and spent this afternoon phoning various politicians’ offices in the hope of getting...
by phoenix | Mar 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
One more for good luck. From Richard King, writing in The Age, commenting on Meat and Livestock Australia’s attempt to tell us that we must eat red meat because we evolved to eat red meat:… the advertisement tries to “position” red meat as a “foundation...
by phoenix | Mar 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
From zarabee:I have to stop buying into the frame of the racist elements. So when someone says “The muslims are out-breeding us” My first temptation is to say “So what? I fail to see a problem.” When really, I should be saying “Who the fuck is...
by phoenix | Mar 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
Tom Stoppard says the concept of freedom of speech as an inalienable human right makes no sense in a Darwinian world. Fascinating. Not sure what that means for hate speech and how we as a group then choose to move forward. I supported the NSW...
