Tag Archives: mohammad shafia

Orientalism repackaged

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

The Shafia trial is by any extent, a far more complex process in which the social and larger contexts seemed to outweigh the actual criminal allegations which were never definitively proven, albeit the construction of circumstantial evidence, in sum, was … Continue reading →

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shafia: pet rats in a skinner box touch his lever

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

and so it is. Like Freud’s Totem and Taboo, we have an ape man living in groups dominated by an all powerful father who kept all women for his own exclusive sexual use and abuse. Unlimited, buffet style access to … Continue reading →

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for what is honor

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Dave

God forbid. god forbid. god forbid. Gender division has nothing to do with god. It is a human construction. A devised, contrived, set of human boundaries that has promoted untold suffering, degrading both victim and victimizer. Boundaries based on sex … Continue reading →

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betrayal : warming hands around the pyre

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Dave

Some twisted ideology, getting the upper hand on common sense. But, then to some common sense is…..Is there a possibility of living outside of violence? Is pessimism an option option for thinking?  Hope and despair,much like the seeming opposites of … Continue reading →

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