December 2009
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“What was truly impressive about the decade past, however, was our unwillingness,...”
– The Big Zero: Same as it ever was
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Human Rights Day 2009
“No country is free of discrimination. We see it everywhere, in many forms: old and new, covert and blatant, public and private. It may appear as institutionalized racism, as ethnic strife, as episodes of intolerance and rejection, or as an official national version of history that denies the identity of others.
Discrimination targets individuals and groups that are vulnerable to attack:...
I know, but..
My mother routinely forwards e-mails she finds amusing. I’m pretty sure forwarding e-mails is a modern mothering requirement. It’s something like a modern day spit wipe with a handkerchief, you just endure and know complaining is futile. Well in one of her church related mailings, she sent a joke that had a subsection entitled “Today’s Thought”. It said “I...