The Canadian sent me a link to some articles about a Canadian man who is sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.

Aside from the fact that I am against the death penalty, the situation has been very thought-provoking for a number of reasons.

TheStar.com: Family in shock over Canadian's Saudi death sentenceMar 04, 2008 08:21 PM, THE CANADIAN PRESS ( Read more... )

I was writing about the movie The Killing Fields yesterday and suddenly it occurred to me that every time I mention that movie, almost no one knows about it and I have to explain it. It's not a movie about a war/disaster that everyone's seen like Platoon, Life is beautiful, Schinder's List, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Gone With The Wind ( Read more... )

I just saw a screen caps file for this movie posted and it reminded me that I've been wanting to write about it for some time. This is one of my many favourite movies. I cry like a baby every time I see it because it's just so beautiful and affecting.

You can buy the movie here or obtain it by alternate means here. I recommend buying it ( Read more... )

syliasyliasylia has made some gorgeous user icons from The Chronicles of Narnia, House of Flying Daggers, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Battlestar Galactica here.

ginger001 has made 6 icons from the end of Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel which you can find here.

winterspel has been posting about Life on Mars. Her posts are here and here. My 'to watch / to read' list ( Read more... )

( Very distressing - be warned )

repr0b8 just posted a really beautiful post called 1945: An American GI falls in love with a Japanese girl...31 years later, Jeff is born. Well that's the LJ-cut, but I like it more than the actual post title :) I'm a complete sucker for stories about love stories and friendships that overcome 'enemy-hood' during wartime. When they're true stories, it ( Read more... )

( Thoughts..... )

First of all thank you so much to those kind and tolerant people who have been putting up with me going on about this depressing topic. ( Final update for those who are interested )

Australian Van Tuong Nguyen and his mother will be allowed to hold hands, but not to hug, before he is put to death. Singaporean officials today said they would grant Kim Nguyen an exemption from a total ban on physical contact with death row inmates ( Read more... )

I swore I wasn't going to look at the Google News reports anymore. Yes it was ostrich-like of me but it was upsetting me far too much. I had to look, though. Despite all efforts, the hanging is to go ahead as planned. The last time Kim Nguyen will see her son is Thursday afternoon. She has requested what is known as 'contact visits'. To date, ( Read more... )