tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post3075538087637920210..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Guilty of writing dodgy poetryKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-15003861115856371352007-11-23T08:28:00.000+00:002007-11-23T08:28:00.000+00:00Thank you for your contributions Rus Bowden and جب...Thank you for your contributions Rus Bowden and جبهة التهييس الشعبيةKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-22108539942015855782007-11-18T20:01:00.000+00:002007-11-18T20:01:00.000+00:00If Malik is having this kind of crisis coming out ...If Malik is having this kind of crisis coming out of adolescence, think of what her midlife crisis will be like.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog you have here.<BR/><BR/>On Clattery MacHinery on Poetry, there is a call for poetic license, for freedom:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/world-samina-malik-day-december-6th/" REL="nofollow">World Samina Malik Day December 6th</A><BR/><BR/>.Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-58572529883863677992007-11-14T13:44:00.000+00:002007-11-14T13:44:00.000+00:00Don't answer it!RUN CONAN, RUN!!!Don't answer it!<BR/><BR/>RUN CONAN, RUN!!!Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-18174952254174871282007-11-14T13:40:00.000+00:002007-11-14T13:40:00.000+00:00When I was but a slip of a lad I was on the street...When I was but a slip of a lad I was on the streets shouting "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh".<BR/>Doubtless my picture is in some yellowing file, recently digitised and shared with intel agencies in the UK and the US. Hold on, there's someone at the doorConan Drummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377667084973491628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32738076141397366552007-11-14T13:33:00.000+00:002007-11-14T13:33:00.000+00:00NLA - once we start restricting the flow of inform...<B>NLA</B> - once we start restricting the flow of information, we start down the road of becoming like the very regimes we criticise<BR/><BR/><B>Birdwatcher</B> - let's just hope copies of the Daily Express weren't "accidentally" left lying around the jury room...<BR/><BR/><B>Dr Maroon</B> - what back button? What are you talking about? Please be more specific - I haven't a clue what you mean.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-995204221191386802007-11-14T11:35:00.000+00:002007-11-14T11:35:00.000+00:00If you do not FIX your back button I shall SCREAMIf you do not FIX your back button I shall SCREAMDr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-81642638342011641112007-11-13T20:58:00.000+00:002007-11-13T20:58:00.000+00:00The really sad thing is that she was convicted by ...The really sad thing is that she was convicted by a jury. The Law is an ass we all know that, but the failsafe in the system is the jury. They have the ability to cut through the nonsense and find the accused not guilty.The Birdwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-72611327123558144162007-11-13T19:17:00.000+00:002007-11-13T19:17:00.000+00:00So basicaly they are saying that there is certain ...So basicaly they are saying that there is certain information that you are not allowed by law to have?? If that's not the untimate terrorism I don't know what isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-84355387427829312512007-11-13T17:24:00.000+00:002007-11-13T17:24:00.000+00:00Sniffle&cry - If you're constantly passing through...<B>Sniffle&cry</B> - If you're constantly passing through Heathrow I can understand your feelings of concern.<BR/><BR/>For my part, I've always been anti-establishment and have a fundamental distrust of those in Power. I remember being profoundly affected by a throw-away comment in Douglas Adams' <EM>Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy</EM> where he wrote that anyone who wants power should never, under any circumstances, be allowed to have it.<BR/><BR/>The simple fact is I have no reason to trust those in power are weilding that power for MY good rather than their OWN. Consequently I shudder at the idea that I should not be given the full facts and instead "Trust" that they know what they are doing.<BR/><BR/>By the way, if you're interested in contributing to the Storytellers Blog, send me an email (which you can find on my profile)<BR/><BR/><B>MikeP</B> - there's debate about that.<BR/><BR/><B>Mary</B> - Other than the fact that Angela Davis was acquitted...<BR/><BR/><B>Sam</B> - the swallows fly low when priest's hat is tilted.<BR/><BR/><B>Dr Maroon</B> - I think you'll find it's Donny Bay...<BR/><BR/><B>Carole</B> - I guess the big problem now is that instead of angst-ridden, alientated youths (or midlife crisis-ridden adults) writing it in their journals, they now post it on the Internet.<BR/><BR/>But it crosses over what we were discussing recently - that we all have dark thoughts - it's part of being human - but that doesn't mean we would act them out. <BR/><BR/>You cannot convict someone on the basis of their thoughts, only their actions, otherwise you would have to convict everyone with human DNA.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-91242013677865528552007-11-13T16:58:00.000+00:002007-11-13T16:58:00.000+00:00Great PostI had occasion to stand up for a youngst...Great Post<BR/><BR/>I had occasion to stand up for a youngster in jr high who had written some pretty bad stuff in his journal. Stuff that could be scary if you had a child in the same school. Town Meeting was called. Being well respected in the community, I offered my input, was listened to and then shunted off to the corner. The family was run out of town on a rail. The younster never finished school. He calls me from time to time and we chat. So far he has done nothing illegal and he is 24. He no longer writes in a journal. <BR/><BR/>I do know that I understood the parents concern, but it seemed over the top.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32793070330772931082007-11-13T10:45:00.000+00:002007-11-13T10:45:00.000+00:00PCB: THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT TONIGHT STOP. BUT NOT ...PCB: THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT TONIGHT STOP. BUT NOT AS BRIGHT AS IT SHONE ON YOUR MOTHERS KNITTING STOP. BROADSWORD CALLING DANNY BOY BROADSWORD CALLING DANNY BOYDr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-37501350417429034632007-11-13T00:49:00.000+00:002007-11-13T00:49:00.000+00:00I can't talk now - blogs have ears etc. Suffice t...I can't talk now - blogs have ears etc. Suffice to say THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK ON THE UPPER LANDING NEEDS TO BE WOUND BEFORE THE MICE COME OUT TO PLAY and JOIN JEREMY FOR TOAST AND SHIPPAMS SARDINE SPREAD AT 4.30PM IN TAVISTOCK SQUARE.<BR/><BR/>Ssssssssssssssssssh!Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8890578490058133262007-11-12T23:27:00.000+00:002007-11-12T23:27:00.000+00:00If all this girl did was write crap poetry and spo...If all this girl did was write crap poetry and spout silly rhetoric, she hardly belongs in prison. If they incarcerated everyone who'd done this, I hate to think how full the prisons would be. Her case reminds me a little of what happened to Angela Davis back in the early seventies.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-10533460706524759342007-11-12T20:47:00.000+00:002007-11-12T20:47:00.000+00:00Is the Anarchist Cookbook available in the UK?Is the Anarchist Cookbook available in the UK?MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743228921368889099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-88963591655782814562007-11-12T20:31:00.000+00:002007-11-12T20:31:00.000+00:00Thanks Kim ,We never saw the book of evidence. We ...Thanks Kim ,<BR/><BR/>We never saw the book of evidence. We don't know the detail beyond the summary news report. I think there's more to this then we've seen reported on your posting. US and British foreign policy is evil and self-serving. That's a double truth, and it's easy now to be anti-establishment but anti-establishment is not where the war's at. The war is for the truth and for access to all the information. Not to labor the point, Heathrow is a tense frightful place with lots of security shit going down every day. What was she thinking ?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for listening, I'll shut up now. I loved the story telling site. Great invention, great idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-41673938382816845512007-11-12T19:01:00.000+00:002007-11-12T19:01:00.000+00:00Phil - don't worry, the innocent have nothing to f...<B>Phil</B> - don't worry, the innocent have nothing to fear... ha bloody ha<BR/><BR/><B>Sniffle&cry</B> - welcome to my ramblings and thank you for taking the time to comment<BR/><BR/>The difference in all the cases you mention is that a crime took place - someone was murdered, people were tortured - the only question is whether the guilty person is brought to trial.<BR/><BR/>In this case, the woman had actually done nothing beyond read and write. I'm not denying her choice of literature and the content of her writing were not to my taste or beliefs, but she is not convicted of killing anyone, toruturing anyone or even having bomb-making equipment in her home.<BR/><BR/>And it is that someone can be convicted for the pages they read and the words they utter - and those alone - that greatly distrubs me about this case.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-86129915071732602392007-11-12T17:07:00.000+00:002007-11-12T17:07:00.000+00:00Hi Kim ,At 23 I was sorta over most of my teenage ...Hi Kim ,<BR/><BR/>At 23 I was sorta over most of my teenage madness, more concerned with propagating the species and having a good time. Not everyone is a responsible and erudite blogger. There was a murder case here recently, man ( Joe O'Reilly ) found guilty of murdering wife. Circumstantial and subjective stuff put him down. No smoking gun. <BR/>But the whole country, in addition to a jury of his peers had him guilty. So he did it.<BR/><BR/>Recently, also here in our lill banana republic, terrorists have become freedom fighters, (as did those in South Africa not so long ago). There are some among these freedom fighters who specialised in torture during the troubles, who are now in Government. <BR/><BR/>My point is that " it depends ". Was she hanging out with a bunch of murderers, was she inclined to fly off the handle with access to semtex. Was she wrecking other heads with a doctrine which wanted to kill people. And I know that's not your point, cause you're pointing at the free speech thing. <BR/><BR/>But it depends Kim, there must room for " it depends " and then we have to trust our own laws, our judiciary and our elected officials to do the right thing, all the time holding them 100% accountable for their actions. <BR/><BR/>It's too easy and too sexy to be a freedom fighter. Jesus Christ man, Heathrow scares the shit out of me anytime I go through there, with the armed cops and the tension and the security announcements and the bloody security checks. I hate the place and she worked there, wasn't she scared at all ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-55883139535057058592007-11-12T15:26:00.000+00:002007-11-12T15:26:00.000+00:00Hmm. Orwell's "1984", John Twelve Hawks "The Trave...Hmm. Orwell's "1984", John Twelve Hawks "The Traveler", The grid, and The Foundation.<BR/><BR/>We all are being watched, and recorded.<BR/><BR/>Namaste.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032784987539600281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-35822342734912344142007-11-12T13:31:00.000+00:002007-11-12T13:31:00.000+00:00Touché :)Touché :)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338367408403679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-64901165078915694412007-11-12T12:12:00.000+00:002007-11-12T12:12:00.000+00:00Charlie - I find it hard to disagreeTom - personal...<B>Charlie</B> - I find it hard to disagree<BR/><BR/><B>Tom</B> - personally I think soccer fans are a much bigger threat to society...<BR/><BR/><B>Eryl</B> - well depending on which conspiracy theory you prefer, one that I've always favoured is that the economy is based on the population being in a constant state of low-level anxiety. If people are unsettled, they go out and buy things - either to comfort themselves (food, alcohol, chocolate, gadgets etc) of because they are pessimistic about the future so don't bother saving for it. Thus it is in the interest of the Govt to have an enemy threat. Within a year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Islamic fundamentalists replaced communists as the global threat.<BR/><BR/>Although personally I blame bloggers...<BR/><BR/><B>Stella</B> - 'tis indeed.<BR/><BR/><B>Dr Maroon</B> - considering all you require is an A level in Chemistry and/or Physics and access to half the contents stored under your kitchen sink, I would have thought a large chunk of the population fit the bill.<BR/><BR/>And I thought the government wanted more students to take up sciences, not less...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-26596067018477066032007-11-12T11:49:00.000+00:002007-11-12T11:49:00.000+00:00If like me, you own the 26 gigantic Morocco bound ...If like me, you own the 26 gigantic Morocco bound volumes (including index and atlas) of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, you may be interested to know that it tells you in minute detail how to make explosives, detonate them, make solid rocket fuel, nozzle design, poisons and their physiological effects, how to extract the toxin from plants chemicals etc., how to undermine shaky economies, the roots and objectives and credo of the islamic faith, the evolution of middle eastern boundaries, you name it it's all there, everything. I have probably broken the law by pointing this out to your worldwide readership.<BR/><BR/>Oh me miserum. My gas meter will be read now, (again) Men will come to "sort" the telephone, little knowing that THEY are the threat, not the crackpot religionists who believe in murder to spread peace and harmony.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-20831392244722080452007-11-12T00:34:00.000+00:002007-11-12T00:34:00.000+00:00Hmmm, Orwells 1984, scary stuff.Hmmm, Orwells 1984, scary stuff.Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636391376867869652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-6385671508239878862007-11-12T00:04:00.000+00:002007-11-12T00:04:00.000+00:00Good on you for this post Kim. What's happening to...Good on you for this post Kim. What's happening to us? We seem to be mad with fear.Eryl Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818102006775827503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-84414125300696960832007-11-11T19:12:00.000+00:002007-11-11T19:12:00.000+00:00Sounds a bit like the premise of The Minority Repo...Sounds a bit like the premise of The Minority Report. <BR/><BR/>When does <I>interest</I> become <I>intent</I>? Because she was interested in radical propaganda probably does not necessarily mean there was intent toward action on her part.<BR/><BR/>I'd have a hard time convicting based on what I read in the newspaper.<BR/><BR/>I think I'd be more concerned about people who listen to Motorhead...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338367408403679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-52899096893560427092007-11-11T19:11:00.000+00:002007-11-11T19:11:00.000+00:00Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime i...Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death.<BR/><BR/>Orwells world is alive and well.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581443509630713090noreply@blogger.com