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(Amos) Oz v’ Shalom – Strength and Peace (in Hebrew): Against the Fanatics

by Pier Marton | Nov 5, 2012 | Health, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Middle-East, Politics, Quotes

Amos Oz is visiting England… 1. From his talk on the Middle East and the prospect of future co-existence between Israel and Palestine on BBC’s Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival (45 min.) – available for one more year: – We have to reach a livable compromise between...

Two-Faced Romney

by Pier Marton | Nov 5, 2012 | Humor, Politics

http://youtu.be/1E8S1H3y9KE And Michael Moore’s Last Minute (TWO) Pleas: Letter to a Non-Voter (Sunday) To my friend who is not voting on Tuesday: I get it – and I don’t blame you. You’re fed up and you could care less whether Tweedledee or Tweedledumber wins on...

Fabulous Trobadors

by Pier Marton | Oct 30, 2012 | France, Hispanic, History, Humor, Music, Native, Site

Les petits-enfants à Nougaro (de Toulouse). Occitanie, Portugal, Brasil… “Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez vous qu’on est au 21ème siècle, et qu’on entre au troisième millénaire, blah, blah, blah? On s’en fout…” Toulousain – “Je ne brandis aucun drapeau, je ne veux suivre...

Bill Maher’s Warnings about Romney

by Pier Marton | Oct 27, 2012 | Humor, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Theater

http://youtu.be/5Y0aydhFHNE http://youtu.be/Ju8Ru4Gom0Q http://youtu.be/fCQmaY5H0YQ “Maher used the sexual analogy to say that when you do it (“it” meaning “voting”) with Romney, you’re also doing it with “every right wing nut he’s pandered to. Maher said that anyone...

Facebook Nation Building Toilet Humor

by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2012 | Humor, Media, Politics, Spectacle, Tech

CHOOSE YOUR METAPHORS chairs, nation building? With one billion Facebook users, it was time to celebrate and create the right ads… Facebook’s official piece (around chairs): A spirited response (around toilet seats): …. adding one of those little jingles that make our...

Kirikou et la sorcière/Kirikou and the Sorceress – English Version

by Pier Marton | Oct 7, 2012 | Afri, Care, Film, France, Human Rights, Humor, Music, Mystery, Native, Popular

I am human and I find injustice and stupidity revolting. A big injustice, and a big stupidity, is that half of the humans try to put down the other half instead of being HAPPY that they are there. – Michel Ocelot Je suis humain et l’injustice et la bêtise me...

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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