On a lighter note...
...from the land of absolute monotony comes a call for diversity:
A Japanese politician came out at Tokyo's first Gay Pride event in three years during the weekend, calling for more understanding of sexual diversity in the country. Kanako Otsuji [a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly] chose to come out at the high-profile event because she said too many people had kept "silent" in the past, fearing "discrimination and prejudice."As we say in Japanese:
Back on a more serious note...
...the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes is back on the front page with more lies reported by the police officers who murdered him: he did not jump over a barrier, he was not wearing bulky clothes on a hot summer day, and the only time he ran was to make his train. Oh yeah, and there were three bullets that completely missed his body! I guess 7 in the head and 1 in the shoulder just wasn't enough. Oh yeah, and he was Brazilian and not a terrorist and guilty of no crime....
Your commentaries, observations, blurbs, cultural critiques, are brilliant, as always. You are brilliant! Brilliant. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah and read this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/18/palestine/index.html
Of course, one has to turn to the alternative press to get such coverage and opinions.