By TheSherpa on Mar 20, 2008 in General, Politics | 0 Comments
I am a bit pissed today. An individual that I consider one of my friends and one of my more favorite photographers found it necessary to remove his art from dA this week. The reason?! Art theft.
Why is this a problem you might ask… we all “borrow” music. We download movies from ThePirateBay… Well, I […]
By TheSherpa on Dec 30, 2007 in Politics | 0 Comments
“Naturally the common people don’t want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a […]
By Naomi Wolf on Dec 3, 2007 in Politics | 0 Comments
Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers […]