October 26, 2006
Hey, the man is pro women!!
...If unveiled women are "uncovered meat", we men are just wild pack animals... The onus is on us, no? Poor man, he's been mistaken... Not!! What a crock!
Independent Online Edition > Australasia
Australia's most senior Muslim cleric has been forced to apologise after provoking widespread outrage with a speech in which he appeared to blame women for rape, comparing them with "uncovered meat" that attracts animals.
October 20, 2006
Dogs and Ghosts
I came across this this nice quote about Chinese paintings:
The royal painter of Ch'i was asked by the king what objects were the easiest and what objects were the most difficult to paint.
"It is the most difficult to paint ddogs and horses; it is the easiest to paint ghosts." the painter replied.
"Why?" asked the king.
"People know what dogs and horses look like. When I paint them, I have to make them look like dogs and horses, which is rather difficult. But nobody knowss what ghosts look like. I can paint them anyway I wish, and yet no one can contradict me. That is why, Your Majesty. I have always preferred to paint ghosts rather than dogs and horses."
The king nodded in agreement.
--Han Fei (d. 233 B.C.)
Technorati Tags: I Ching, Yijing
October 3, 2006
How did that teacher dared...
...to show her students something like this?!?! Disgusting! Immoral!
WTF!! What a hypocritical country this one is evolving into.
Museum Field Trip Deemed Too Revealing - New York Times
Although the tour had been approved by the principal, and the 89 students were accompanied by 4 other teachers, at least 12 parents and a museum docent, Ms. McGee said, she was called to the principal the next day and “bashed.”She later received a memorandum in which the principal, Nancy Lawson, wrote: “During a study trip that you planned for fifth graders, students were exposed to nude statues and other nude art representations.” It cited additional complaints, which Ms. McGee has challenged.