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Continue reading →: How to stop dictators
We live in a world where there are no rules. Diplomacy may soften the visible excesses of some governments, but Russia, China and Myanmar, to name just three, carry on regardless. To be a native of those countries is to be oppressed, whether you realize it or not. I came…
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Continue reading →: Start of term
Start of term is always an exciting time. Escorted from our homes by helpful officials we travelled to our re-education college. Some of us had speculated that being Muslim was at the heart of our need for re-education. But that can’t be right. In our democratic republic we must be…
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Continue reading →: Sentience
Rearrange these words into a sentienceConsciousnessFeelingsEmotionsAre trees sentient?You must be barking… Cogito ergo sumIs Descartes’ argumentBased on doubting everythingExcept his own thoughts Animals were excluded from thinkingSo they had to be machinesBut now we know moreAbout chimpanzees in reposeThey are just as capable of thoughtAs you or IBecause they have…
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Continue reading →: Nobody’s safe until everyone’s safe
Nobody’s safe until everyone’s safe is the mantra being adopted by some leading nations in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. It might seem logical to apply this concern for the world’s wellbeing to a fairer distribution of the world’s wealth. Nobody’s well off until everybody’s well off. Boris Johnson…
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Continue reading →: Blood Work
I took a flag, a symbol of oppressionAnd soaked it in blood to make an impressionI requested small samples of blood for my artSo indigenous people could play a big partIn sharing the memory of trauma and painInflicted by Britain again and again Aboriginal people raised their objectionAnd the festival…
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Continue reading →: Conditions apply
Should is a word that’s heavy indeed Could is much lighter, implying no needto meet obligations unless you so choose Would the excuse every time that you lose
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Continue reading →: Tabloid Ordeal
If you believe herHer plight was extremeHounded each dayA new royal memeA person of colourLiving the dream A nightmare of tormentNo right to complainOrdeal by tabloidA mountain of painYou cannot speak outThat’s just how we reign The advice from the WindsorsJust suck it up dearWe’ve all had to do itFor…
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Continue reading →: The Family Silver
I have inherited some silver-plated cutlery that turned mottled and ugly. A bit of Brasso and some elbow grease and the knives, spoons and forks are now gleaming. My mother kept her silver cutlery for best, bringing them out for special occasions like Christmas or dinner parties. They now have…
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Continue reading →: Power politics in Scotland
Whether you believe Alex Salmond’s version of events or Nicola Sturgeon’s, the public battle between the former first minister of Scotland and the current holder of that post is a welcome distraction from the endless news about Covid-19. Will Sturgeon be forced to resign? I doubt it. Did Salmond get…
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