Image via Wikipedia Honest Questions From a Simple Man. This discussion follows on from last week's debateabout honesty. Here's the link, if you want to visit that first: http://stuartaken.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/is-copying-same-as-theft.html. Theo: We'd reached the conclusion that you'd beprepared to pay what you saw as a reasonable amount for things like CDs, DVDsand books. But that it was acceptable to steal these objects if they wereoverpriced. Dave: I wouldn't put it like that. Theo: How woul... read more »
There has been a lot of talk about federal receivership for the Oakland Police Department in the past few weeks, and considering much of the readily available content online via YouTube, various blogs, and live streams, many would say that is a well deserved fate for many recorded incidents.Thinking about all the defensive statements from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Police Chief Howard Jordan, one would be inclined to think that the Occupy Oakland protesters are really crazy and/or violent and should be ... read more »
Image via Wikipedia Allow me to introduce myself: Theo: I believe inhonesty, truth, reason and equality. I'm rational, passionate, caring, neutraland considerative as well, I hope, as considerate. That's really all you needknow about me. Hi there, I'm Dave. Opinion's the only thing thatcounts on the web. Mine's as valid as anyone's. I don't really care aboutanything enough to get involved but I like to put my point of view out there.I'm not consistent and sometimes I fight for the other side just for ... read more »
I've been giving the site an overhaul recently and in all the concern with stats and keeping current - both very important - Sometimes you can get lost in the numbers and forget about previous pieces that are quite surprising years after you've committed them to paper or pixel. In the light of recent events I thought it time to revisit the points made here. This piece was originally published on the now seemingly dormant Artybuzz.com and it's amazing how time can change one's thoughts.Perhaps I was more ... read more »
Dearest Safer Spacers!Please join us this Sunday, February 5, 6:30-8:30pm for a HealingCircle for Occupy Activists with:Starhawk, and fellow healers Luisah Teish, Riyanna, George Franklin,Evelie Delfino Sales, and more.In recent weeks, activists with the Occupy movement have been hard-hitby police violence, arrest and imprisonment. Join us in a safe spaceto acknowledge, release and heal from the pain, fear, rage and trauma,so we can come back stronger. In sacred space, we can connect from theheart. Open ... read more »
Some people are uncomfortable talking about death. The fact is everyone will die eventually. It doesn’t matter how rich, how poor, how pretty, how old or how young you are. Death will come to you one day. I don’t mean to sound morbid. This is just a fact. This weekend I visited with my mother. She likes to go to the cemetery to place flowers on her parent’s grave. Her beloved sister is also resting peacefully in the family plot. My mother visits her family members as often as she can. I am expected to ... read more »
“How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was written in 1845 while she was being courted by the English poet, Robert Browning. The poem is also titled Sonnet XLIII from Sonnets From the Portuguese. Early Experiences Elizabeth Barrett was born in Durham England in 1806, the first daughter of affluent parents who [...] read more »
