Cowley Road, East Oxford – Photo by Dood LD, originally posted on Indymedia
“When monarchs through their bloodthirsty commanders lay waste to a country, they dignify their atrocity by calling it ‘making peace’”.
- Tacitus
Cowley Road, East Oxford – Photo by Dood LD, originally posted on Indymedia
“When monarchs through their bloodthirsty commanders lay waste to a country, they dignify their atrocity by calling it ‘making peace’”.
- Tacitus
August 14th, 2006 at 8:50 pm
Nice street art…
However nothing is going to change as Theocracies won’t back down because they’re right and their holy book tells them they’re right and the opposition are wrong. Democracies are run by politicians who are more interested in winning elections than actually bringing peace. Nothing wins votes like vanquishing a foe.
Call me Malthusian if you like but I think we’re pretty much all fucked in the long run.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:53 am
Sorry I haven’t popped round earlier. Things in my life have been a bit crazy, but I am, nonetheless, sorry that I missed the chance to shout a “Glad to have you back” until now.
I am beginning to wonder if there is a realistic condition that we can label as “peace.”
August 15th, 2006 at 8:14 am
Great photo and quote, Fox!
August 15th, 2006 at 10:23 am
Looking on the bright side again, eh Stef?
I’m not convinced any of the main players work as theocracies. World leaders tend to be either ruthless businesspeople or sociopaths, if indeed the two categories don’t substantially overlap.
Jenni, you have a great deal to contend with at the moment and I would understand completely if you didn’t drop in at all, so it’s lovely that you did. Hello again my dear.
Thanks Aravis. I especially like the way the red contrasts with my green header foliage. (superficial, moi?)
Some fiend in Worcester has just found this blog with the search string “how to kill urban foxs”. Wah!
August 16th, 2006 at 12:35 am
That is a fabulous picture!
August 16th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Top grafitti, Foxy. And I’m sure it was a well chosen quotation that first caught my attention on your old blog…
Ignore the Worcester sauce.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
“I’m not convinced any of the main players work as theocracies”
Of course not, that’s why they’re busy ripping stips off each others.
Theocracies are a fundamentally bad idea but of course a central tenet of any religion is faith in the face of evidence or logic…
I’m a cheerful sole aren’t I?
August 18th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
I meant “strips” not “stips” obviously. D’oh!
August 21st, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Well I meant that I don’t think the big powers are theocracies, not in the least. They might claim to be for their own nefarious reasons. Ideology plays better to the gallery than greed.
Red, me old china, you have a gag for every occasion.
August 23rd, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Well, you have a point but whether or not a nation is genuinely a theocracy or just a nation run by a greedy shit along the lines of a theocracy for voter appeal is largely academic. The outcome is the same, jingoistic saber-rattling and an inability to meet in the middle.
Bah!