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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Tribalism – Worlds within Worlds
In many of my posts I have often mentioned “worlds within worlds” or people “living in their bubbles”. This is not meant in a negative way and actually is not all that uncommon based on social anthropology. It is known … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian politics, Canadian Senate affair, Charter of Rights, democratic process, democratic rights, disability living, erosion of rights, Just one man's opinion, living with a disability, polio, political activism, Poster Child, Terry Wiens, tribalism
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Why Have Rights?
There is a line close to the end of a movie called Rory O’Shea Was Here that I have adopted for my own use. “A right must exist independently of its exercise“. I love this movie and I believe … Continue reading
And the Fight Continues
I know many of you are already thinking “There’s goes Terry again, picking another fight” but some you can’t just walk (or in my case wheel) away from. I’m not really known for my complacency so I am taking a … Continue reading
The Throne Speech, a Compass for Misdirection!
I don’t know about the rest of you but I found the Throne speech to be a real slap in the face to anyone who is capable of individual thought. I have no idea who actually wrote it but they … Continue reading
Are You a Consumer or a Voter?
With the Canadian Thanksgiving behind us and the new Throne Speech being put forward for the next sitting of Parliament what better time to do a little overview of the evolving Canadian democracy. As a starting point I decided to … Continue reading
I am Thankful I am a Polio Survivor
I haven’t posted anything for a couple of days due to, not so much writers block, but more because of spaghetti ideas. And what is spaghetti ideas you might ask? Well it comes from my old programming days when we … Continue reading
Will History Repeat?
On Friday Oct 4/13 a gentleman sets himself on fire, otherwise known as self-immolation, on the National Mall in Washington. A day later he dies and has to be identified through DNA testing. Now the investigators are scratching their heads … Continue reading
