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Thinking is indeed dangerous, and lonely

What’s in a Name?

by Pier Marton | Aug 12, 2010 | Asia, Film, Humor, Women

A few films have been done around namesakes. Here is the Grace Lee project. In Brazil, apparently, it is possible to be called “1234”… Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare...

“Edge People” by the Late Tony Judt

by Pier Marton | Aug 7, 2010 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, France, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, KeyText, Middle-East, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Women

“In this brave new century we shall miss the tolerant, the marginals: the edge people. My people.” And a quote from another text, as excerpted by Peter Fredlake of the USHMM – thank you: “The historian’s task is not to disrupt for the sake of it, but it is to tell...

From Ankara: Fazil Say

by Pier Marton | Aug 7, 2010 | Asia, Music

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The Racism of the Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Pier Marton | Aug 6, 2010 | Asia, Care, Death, Future Tech, Health, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

Because of ethnocentrism, the U.S. “trying out” the atomic bomb and killing in such a removed and indiscriminate manner could have only taken place onto a “non-white” country. Some of the testimonies. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More...

“Earthlings”- In Defense of Animals (en Français aussi und auf Deutsch)

by Pier Marton | Aug 1, 2010 | Asia, Care, Eco, Film, France, Human Rights, Ideas, Objects, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle

Not recommended if you are below 16 years of age. With a variety of language subtitles: The Earthlings film website. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Le Sens des Choses: La Consolation (à écouter!) – Chaque Samedi & Dimanche

by Pier Marton | Aug 1, 2010 | Asia, Care, Death, Ego, France, Idées, Mystery, Shoah

Chaque épisode peut être écouté en différé en podcast pendant, en principe, *une semaine après l’émission*. Mais essayez sur le site principal pour voir… Voilà la liste des invités: Samedi 31 juillet Matthieu RICARD, moine Bouddhiste, interprète français du Dalaï...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus