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You talk too much about what you’ve seen and what you think. While the mafia are still in charge of the asy­lum they will find a law to bury you alive (McMil­lan-Scott, Edward MEP (n.d.) “Liu Xiaobo: biog­ra­phy”. Char­ter 08 … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Eng­lish word “moral” (adj. moral ; n. moral­ity; v. mor­al­ize) is not sexy. It is stained forever with images of self-right­eous old men say­ing wor­thy things, then rush­ing off (from church or wherever) to lie, steal and coerce the … Con­tinue read­ing →

What do you see when you see? What do you hear when you hear? Dur­ing World War II the Aus­tralian mil­i­tary com­mand brought some New Guinea vil­lage chiefs to see the city of Bris­bane. Shock and awe? They went home … Con­tinue read­ing →

“Hun­dreds of inter­views with peo­ple who took part in the dis­tur­bances that spread across Eng­land in August revealed deep-seated and some­times vis­ceral antipa­thy towards police.… Just under half of those inter­viewed in the study were stu­dents. Of those who were … Con­tinue read­ing →

You have a king (rule by whim and van­ity) You have an aris­toc­racy (rule by snobs) You have a mil­i­tary dic­ta­tor or jaunta (rule by the gun) You have a com­mu­nist dic­ta­tor­ship (rule by big brother) You have a fas­cist dic­ta­tor­ship (rule … Con­tinue read­ing →