I boycotted The Citizen newspaper, because it was financed by taxpayers' money to promote government propaganda.

Back in 1974 most of the English newspapers in South Africa were centre-right, which from the government's point of view was "left". That just goes to show that talk of "left" and "right" in politics (and just about everything else) ( Read more... )

My first friend on LJ was seraphimsigrist, who was the one who invited me to join LJ over seven years ago, and is still my friend. He writes on an amazing variety of topics, some of which are of of more interest to me than others, but they are always worth reading.

We had met on Coinherence-l, a mailing list for discussion and application of the works and ideas ( Read more... )

When I read that the only school I could think of was the one in "If", where a group of pupils imbued with the spirit of nihilism get a machine gun on some big day at the school and gun down the parents, the teachers, the board of governors, and their fellow pupils.

On second thoughts, however, seeing that has come true in some places (as the the ( Read more... )

Tins of mutton breyani and mutton curry with kidney beans, if in stock, because they are never there when you want them, so it's good to have a supply on hand.

It's sometimes hard to say where one draws the line. An acquaintance might be someone one has met once, at a single course or conference, for example. If you meet them more than once, and keep in touch in between, they are friends. If they have visited your house or stayed overnight, and you have visited them or stayed with them, they are friends. ( Read more... )

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