Auschwitz... Palestine... Iraq... ???...
On a more serious note, here's the only post I made to the previous, failed blogs that is worth keeping. Originally posted on 27th Jan:
Auschwitz memorial day tomorrow. Just been watching a prog on tv about a survivor and her grandson going back to visit the site. Lots of horrendous images and emotion.
The boy asked some questions that sum up one of the common misunderstandings about how these things happen. He asked why the nazis had to degrade/humiliate/starve/etc their victims before killing them - why couldn't they just shoot them or whatever when they rounded them up. He also commented that the people who did these things were not human.
I would argue that the degradation of the victims before being killed was precisely because most of those carrying out the killing were as human as you or me. This seems so straightforward to me, but I never seem to hear it expressed on tv programmes. So I thought I'd take the coincidence of setting up this blog to ramble on about it. [Click on more.. below to read the rest]
Trev on 02.24.05 @ 04:38 AM GMT [more..] [No Comments]
Snow
It's been snowing for the past couple of days. A little earlier I had to go out in the car to get some food for the coming weekend when I shall be at a boardgames convention (perhaps more on that later).
So, getting into the snow covered car, I used the wipers to clear front and back screens and then followed my usual process (to clear light frost) of winding the side window down and up to clear it.
Bad idea. I watched as the wall of snow which was leaning against the window became a wall of snow that was no longer being supported. It then waited a split second for me to register the uh-oh factor before collapsing inwards and covering me with snow. So I then had to spend the next few minutes brushing the snow off me and out of the car before it all melted. Doh!
Don't you hate it when that part of your brain that says "If I do this, then that will happen" doesn't cut in until just after you've "done this"?
Trev on 02.24.05 @ 02:59 AM GMT [link] [No Comments]
Welcome to The Tangent Express
Hi there,
I'm Trev. Welcome to my weblog. Hopefully you'll find it amusing, thought provoking and amusing. If not, sorry.
Getting this 'on air' has been a bit of a labour that involved an unsuccessful attempt with blogger.com and finally settled on Greymatter, a free set of programs that allows you to do it all yourself. You can find out more about Greymatter by clicking the link at the bottom right of the main screen.
So, what's it all about? B***ered if I know. I just fancied trying it. Let's see how it develops.
Trev
P.S. Like the name Tangent Express? I do - and if I write much here, you'll see why.
Trev on 02.24.05 @ 02:44 AM GMT [link] [No Comments]
