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No Fear Here
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Evil only exists in peoples' hearts
Topic: Day to Day
Some interesting stories are in the news today, among them, this one, about Anna Goeldi, the last person executed for witchcraft in Europe. Some people thought that, since the court proceedings were recorded, and since there was clearly a miscarriage of justice, it can be proven that she was falsely accused, so it would be good to exonerate her. However, the people and politicians in the town of Glarus, Switzerland, where the execution under the cover of the law happened, did not agree, and would prefer to forget the past. What would it be to them, to exonerate a woman who was wrongly accused 200 years ago? Well, I think it's because the children of these people are still around today, not many generations removed as yet. I am sure those people feel this would reflect badly on their past, and since they've been historically a family of inheriting their position in power and government leadership, this would possibly not help them in the polls. The people who accused her of whitchcraft after she threatened to tell about the fact that they either had an affair with her or, possibly after they raped her. And the problem is, I think those people (last name was Tschudi, also known as Judy or Juday in the US,) are ancestors to many people in the very small community - very common name there today. The house still stands where she was possibly raped. And according to wikipedia, my hunch seems very palusable.
Posted by anteojos
at 12:18 PM CDT
Monday, 10 September 2007
in 35 minutes, it'll be Septermber 11th again.
Topic: America the Beautiful
It's hard to go to sleep without remembering that tomorrow is the 6 year anniversary. I still remember. I will always remember. I will never forget. Not going to sleep makes me feel a little like I won't have to wake up tomorrow and remember again the horror. I remember standing at the window overlooking both MDW and ORD airspace, and how suddenly there were no more plains. I remember seeing friends' pictures of bodies jumping out of a burning window. I remember the shock. A note to the terrorists. Your senseless act in no way makes me hate my way of life or my country. It only brings pity to my heart for you. I know that you think that you are under attack by our very way of life causing negative effects on yours. I understand how someone may want to defend their rights and their life and lifestyle with their own life. But we are a global economy. You are not killing for the basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter. You are killing for ideas. You are looking at my way of life as the enemy. But point the finger inward first. Your culture, without bringing any influence from mine into it, is full of history and current events where there is corruption, warring parties that kill for profit and go against your God. Why not fix these things, instead of trying to blame my way of life for everything. Why not fix things that are more under your control. The influence that you have within your culture is far greater, then you would on my culture, even through killing people. If you could funnel all that energy and thought into figuring out how to unite your countries in a peaceful way, instead of uniting it against a common enemy, uniting based on common positive needs, instead of negative needs, then you will have more control over outside influence. Suni killing Shia and vice versa is wrong. Before you go killing each other or other cultures, can't you focus on finding things in common, and uniting on these common grounds? Can't you manage that? Can't you tolerate each other? Where is the leadership coming together to figure out how to get along, all over your world? This is how it looks like to me. We have racism and religious intolerance here too. But at least here, it's not as rampant as it is in your lands. And don't go blaming my culture for it - you've had the same issues before my country existed. You have a young religion, and you are going through the crusades stage of it, just like the Catholic church did when it was the age of your church. But in this day and age, with history being taught in schools, how did you miss that lesson? Why must you insist on repeating it? Why can't you see that genocide is not okay, no matter what you think? Why don't you focus on your culture, your arts, your contributions to science and technology and medicine, and growing those modern contributions. Then maybe you'll get the world's attention, when you show the world what amazing things you can do, instead of being known for your culture's extremism. If you are an extremist, why don't you focus on outdoing other cultures in sports, in Nobel prizes, etc, in ways that you can measure cultural growth and achievement, and get the world to respect you that way, instead of the lack of understanding that you are getting now. Some of this is your tactics, not my culture's. Be known for good!
Posted by anteojos
at 11:43 PM CDT
You can be dead and still make my hot people list.
Topic: Hot People
Hamilton was hot. As was Dame Anita Roddick. Unfortunately, I've only found out about her through her obit on BBC, but she seems like she was pretty cool. Unlike Luciano, seems that no one could say a bad thing about her (though she just died, so there's still time). Her charity work and the ethics that she brought to the business world, plus excellent products which I use, were definitely a huge asset to society. Bummer that she had to die at 64 years young.
Posted by anteojos
at 11:24 PM CDT
Saturday, 8 September 2007
Meanwhile Madeline
I really hope her parents have not killed her. This would greatly hurt many charity efforts that try to raise awareness and promote safety for children.
Posted by anteojos
at 10:03 AM CDT
Farewell, Luciano
Topic: Day to Day
Luciano Pavarottie, my favorite one of the "Three Tenors" dies aged 71, last Thursday. Death gets mixed review. He is remembered for the entertainment he provided through his music, as well as for the many controvercies that surround him, even in death. Favorite reactions and commentary about his death: From Associated Press, - "He was our Italian flag. He was the best representation that we could have," said Susy Cavallini, a 43-year-old Modena resident as she emerged Saturday from the cathedral. "Modena is known for its cappelletti (a type of tortellini), balsamic vinegar, Ferrari and Pavarotti. It's a collection of important things that Modena has given to the world."
- "That Pavarotti — a divorced man who had a child out of wedlock — was given public viewing and a funeral in the cathedral spurred some debate here. A Modena parish priest, the Rev. Giorgio Bellei, told Corriere della Sera that the move amounted to "profanation of the temple." Other critics noted that last year the church refused to grant a religious funeral to a paralyzed man who had a doctor disconnect his respirator."
From BBC News: "Pavarotti was married to his first wife Adua, with whom he had three daughters, for 35 years until they split in 1996. He then got together with his secretary Nicoletta Mantovani, who was 26 years old at the time. In 2003, they had been due to have twins, but only one survived, a daughter called Alice. The couple married in a lavish, star-studded ceremony later that year. "
Mixed bag. My grandfather also died from prostate cancer.
Posted by anteojos
at 10:02 AM CDT
Friday, 3 August 2007
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Cat-Ter-ific
Topic: Active
This blog entry is dedicated to amazing cat feats.
Posted by anteojos
at 8:07 AM CDT
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
catch-up
Topic: unfinished
so, in the last 4 months, I've been on a plane roughly 10 times, resumed my marathon training, such as it is, and am back at 1/2 marathon lengths, dogs are doing great - Mars has been on a special program to get his hair fixed, and Venus is finally getting her fear generalization behavior under control. A is back in Chicago (yay). Tomorrow I am going to try to validate my idea for a possible missed cure for ITP. Working 100 hour weeks besides that, and when possible, learning Katagana.
Posted by anteojos
at 9:30 PM CDT
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