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Friday, February 17, 2006

Apartheid techniques

Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a BBC inteview likens the anti-terrorist measures in the US and UK to those used by the South African regime's enforcement of apartheid. (A link to the audio version of the interview is on the BBC front page at this moment, but defies any attempt to be inserted elsewhere as a link.)

Archbishop Tutu said he was alarmed that arguments used by the South African apartheid regime are now being used to justify anti-terror measures.

"It is disgraceful and one cannot find strong enough words to condemn what Britain and the United States and some of their allies have accepted," he said.


No need for me to add more at this point - Tutu is much more eloquent than I. (. . . . but I do feel a Blog coming on.)

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Why Blog?


Why Blog when no one is listening?

I came to the conclusion that in Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" the most important character isn't Stockmann, but rather Captain Horster. He says early on that he doesn't understand politics; he is the silent majority. Yet when the chips are down, he is the lone one to say No!

Aslaksen: The people assembled here tonight . . . declare that Dr Stockmann . . . is an enemy of the people . . .
(uproar)
Aslaksen: (shouting over the din) Is there anyone against this motion? Anyone against?
Horster: I am.
Aslaksen: One?


In our 2000 production, Horster was played by a delightful man who spent his life, and you might say gave his life, doing what he thought was right. I invite you to read a little more about Pekka Aro

Applause

Time to applaud a "star" with his head screwed on right:

This BBC page, one of a series on public information films, is about teaching children to cross the road safely: The Green Cross Code. I quote:

They turned to Dave Prowse, a 6ft 7in former bodybuilder from Bristol, who at the time was filming Star Wars in the role of Darth Vader . . . . .
. . . . But now aged 70, Prowse proudly reflects on visiting more than 700 cities around the world, speaking to half a million school children about being careful crossing the road. He claims a part in saving a quarter of a million children's lives. Being the Green Cross Man, he says, was "the best job I ever had".


Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Power to the People

I take comfort that the little guys can bring down the tools of a corrupt regime:

Deutsch rumbled and has to resign