Ibrahim's mattress - 10 days old

Happy bday, Owen.

If you're back in Melbourne around Sept, don't be surprised to see a flyer, featuring a fetus being harrassed by a dildo, doing the rounds.

I advocate disinterested neutrality regarding the rights and wrongs of Tibet and China, and disdain for attention-seeking hippie types.

I've my leftist leanings, but the sadist in me roots for the riot police.  If you sport grubby-looking dreadlocks, you deserve to be brained for trafficking head lice.

Tuesday, May 6, 10.55pm - Au Revoir Dog

Test Case - 3 weeks old

If I draw a dildo on an ultrasound, should I face child pornography charges?

Tuesday, April 22, 10.36pm - Au Revoir Dog

Float like an interest rate, sting like a fee. George will sign what his eyes can't see. - 5 weeks old

Indeed, there are two sides, although it won't be apparent in the Western media.

Further random points:

-  The IOC would have been very naive to think human rights would improve in China because Beijing was awarded the Olympics on such a condition.
         China: How about some head?
         IOC: Only if you promise not to cum in my mouth.
         China: Sure, you can trust me...

-  No one has ever invaded territory with the noble intention of liberating people.  An army would never play Good Samaritan.

-  If Tibet were richer, they might be recognised as an independent country.

-  In disputes over land, might is right.

-  If I were an athlete, I'd say, "Fuck Tibet.  I didn't pick the location of the Games, but I did put in years of training to compete".

-  Western sympathisers with the Tibetan cause are mostly just there for the ride.

-  The Olympics, like Christmas, should be an occasion to sweep the failings of mankind under the rug.

-  The CCP is an equal opportunity oppressor.  Other Chinese dissidents would be ruing the fact that to cry "Free China" would sound like an insult to sovereignty, whereas "Free Tibet" somehow sounds like a legitimate cause.

-  Condemnation of the CCP's treatment of its people is in part an expression of fear about Communist China's growing military and economic power.

-  If China is to be boycotted, it shouldn't just be for the Olympics.  If feeling is strong enough regarding human rights, governments should impose economic sanctions too a la South Africa.  Why should athletes solely be subject to a question of conscience and not private firms?  Pragmatism has gone unquestioned so far, why suspend it for two weeks in August?

-  As compelling as Olympic competition can be, I'd have much more fun watching a world event where nations suspend all sport for two weeks and compete in matters of virtue.

Friday, April 11, 2.36pm - Au Revoir Dog

Psst... want the dirt on the Dalai Lama? - 5 weeks old

I was recently given the Chinese perspective on Tibet.  It was hard to believe at first, but given the claims made, I thought I should at least google it.

This, among other materials came as a rude shock: http://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html

Before China "invaded" Tibet, the country was a serfdom.  Far from being a land of freedom and enlightenment, most people in Tibet lived as either serfs or slaves, with religion and notions of karma playing a role in their oppression.

This caused be to raise some questions:

Would people be so keen to free Tibet if:
-  The Dalai Lama wore a suit instead of robes and was presented as Tibet's political leader and not solely its spiritual leader?
-  If rich and famous Americans like Richard Gere, Tina Turner and Keanu Reeves weren't Buddhist?
-  Tibet was not seen as some spiritual, mystical place in the mountains?
-  China was not on the rise as a world power?

I used to think that the Tibetan issue was one of liberation (not that I particularly cared about the oppression of Tibet over and above that of any other people), but now it just seems to be just another  shitfight over land and power.

Thursday, April 10, 4.43pm - Au Revoir Dog