Posts Tagged ‘life’
Does Passively Allowing Violence To Happen Count As Non-Violence?
April 7, 2009
Funny thing about non-violent protest. Even when the protesters are non-violent, those to whom they are protesting are always entitled to use force against them. Oppressors listen to non-violence because it is protest made on their terms. That’s real power. It’s like conversations about [insert any one of my beliefs here] that I attempt to [...]
2009 | Bloggage | Tags: life, politics, radicalism, violenceComments (1)
The Bird and The Conquest of Bread
March 23, 2009
A short story. —- -the bird I was in a dark room 1107 with my friends J*** and K******, hanging out around a nameless professor’s computer as we always did (and weren’t supposed to do). We were waiting for the delivery lady to bring in the milk crates and boxes of mini-cereals that serve as [...]
2009 | Bloggage | Tags: life, literature, politics, storiesComments (0)
SPRING BREAK! WOOHOO! YEAH! BEER!
March 20, 2009
I’m so bored right now. My spring break promises to be pretty uneventful (as always), but thank goodness for RnR! I’m so emotionally drained after enduring 6 months of studying the world’s problems that I don’t even bother lying to people when they ask how I’m doing. People: “How’s it going, Joey?” Me: “*grunt*” People: [...]