Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
I retreat to the blog in utter frustration. What else is there? There are times when stringing together thoughts in a coherent paragraph just isn’t the way to get a little piece of mind.
Ugh. The thing about writing is, you get to see what you’ve just written and you sorta feel the pauses between the sentences. It’s ...Continue
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
One more victim living under threat. I’m not sure how to put this, and I’m not sure how the pro-islam lobby will see this, but I can almost hear it: “more anti-islam polemics! when will they leave us alone??”
Well, when you start doing something about your breathren threatening other people, obviously. But you don& ...Continue
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
A short question: what’s the utility of ascertaining the real death toll in Darfur to-date? Imagine experts tussling over the exact figures. What’s the going rate these days? I read “70,000†in some reports, and I’ve read about others disputing the figure: they say “200,000â€. Some say “400,000â ...Continue
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
So how does one explain the violence, insults and rage? The Brussels Journal calls it a moral victory for the Pope, and it cites some instances of leaders admitting that they protesteth too much. I don’t think its surprising given how the mainstream media has spun this, ...Continue
Monday, September 18th, 2006
Because while he shows a sense of historical awareness, Islamists who can’t handle the truth of their militant past are up in arms over what he’s saying. And his quotation of Manuel II Pelaiaologos was not merely central to what he was saying, it was central in the theme of what he was saying.
See, maybe Muslims don’t real ...Continue