The Afghans are not Ewoks

March 28, 2011

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Just watched the political discussion show, Empire, on Aljazeera. Jolly good. I’m quite enjoying switching to the Doha-based network whenever BBC News starts wittering about cricket and there’s nothing good on Parliament. They had, among others, Carl Bernstein of All the President’s Men fame going on about Wikileaks, cyber activism and national security.

The whole thing got me thinking, though, how much of my morality is framed in the context of Star Wars. No, really.

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Childhood Dream Strikes Back

August 22, 2010

Think dreams can’t come true?  Or that the only ones that do are mediocre ones that were achievable anyway?  Think again!  I can prove that if you believe hard enough, for long enough, even the most ridiculous fantasy can come true.  But to do so, I must take you into the past…

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