Peaceful protest against injustice can take many forms. Very common is the gathering of a group, walking in concert through the streets with banners and shouting paroles. Writing letters, discussing the issue, protest songs, satirical video clips, pamphlets, the list goes on and on.
Recently I came across one of my favorite forms of protest: the [...]
For a couple of months now, I have been thinking a lot about long and short term goals – and therewith, you could say, about purpose – which has attracted my attention to definitions of success. Fellow Gibburtian Robert had pointed out to me the very eloquently presented idea of Alain de Botton on this [...]
We were watching T.V.
Watching T.V.
We were watching T.V.
Watching T.V.
In Tiananmen Square
Lost my baby there
My yellow rose
In her bloodstained clothes**
Last week it was 20 years ago that the Tiananmen Square massacre took place. For those of us who are too young to remember: after weeks of continued protests on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on the 4th [...]
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