It seems confusing when I think about it now, though the facts still seem easier to pen; writing them down at that time would have been scorned by my father and brother anyway. But didn’t they see the contradictions in … Continue reading
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Clegg strikes a braver pose, but it’s just a pose
risking political unpopularity, but he has nothing to lose any more anyway. Nick Clegg said today about Margaret Thatcher’s statement “There is no society”: “I never for a second thought that she was being cynical or that she was striking … Continue reading
Is it sexist to dislike Margaret Thatcher?
Yes! Unless we show similar dislike to George Osborne, David Cameron and Ian Duncan Smith. Whilst on Facebook yesterday, after the real and unmistakeable death of the Wicked Witch of Westminster, one of my American FB friends asked me whether … Continue reading
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Why can’t legal persons be crucified? Example. DHL
And if they could, would we be violating their rights or promoting everyone else’s by doing so? God, I hate legal personhood. How would it be to just nail Daimler AG onto its own Star, strangle McDonald with its own … Continue reading
PTSD-Splitting: Memory and Evidence as Poetry and Reality
PTSD-splitting we need not worry about water any more, it is brought in bottles by embarrassed soldiers and I hide behind my father when they come I still hear shots and shouts descend at night, memories of that night, I … Continue reading
Meditation: nothing to lose in toulouse
George Szirtes’s choice of photograph (on his blog) for Mohammed Merah emphasizes the youthful naivety of the 23-year-old killer. With the absence of all background the expression has an innocent senselessness about it. More about this in the main article … Continue reading
When is a Killer Culpable? Robert Bales and Mohammed Merah.
While still questions remain to the motives of Mohammed Merah, these questions will most likely be largely be ignored, since he is dead anyway. The case is closed. The pain remains. But can one really speak of motives, as if … Continue reading
Mohammed Merah: The aesthetics of presenting a murderer.
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Is it not dangerous of the media to present a murderer like this: as centrepiece? Was the first thing that went through my mind this morning when I saw these pictures. Of course I realise that is not the intention … Continue reading
Antislam is a boy (Antislam 7, 15.11,2011, 19:00)
The adventures of Antislam, Chapter 7 in which Antislam 7 is announced on Thurs. 15.09.2011, at 19:00 and Antislam realizes he is male, possibly gay, definitely open to all people of all religions, colours and shoe sizes (as long they … Continue reading
A few words to the Munich Literary Community
It’s the middle of August, I’m glad to say, here in Munich things are looking up for English language literary readings. Even if the Slams have gone into summer hibernation. Antislam is maintaining its ground. But Antislam is not the … Continue reading
