From Alexander Cartwright

An invitation. From Alexander Cartwright, the professor you once met, along time ago while at university. Yes, you, reader, know who I'm talking about.
Enjoy.

This is not just fun, this is S&M fun

BDSM
So - consenting adults - do we have a right to tie one another up and indulge activites that are illegal in this country.
Regardless of my own involvement, or lack of involvement, when I did a course on Philophy at university, BDSM came up. Can two consenting adults consent to actual bodily harm?
Boxing - yes.
Tattooing - yes.
Circumcision of babies...
of adults...
BDSM?

Ah, the last is sexual, the first is sport, second art or self-indulgence [and involves, usually, transerence of currency], the third and fourth either medical or religious...
Sexual is pure choice of two people - isn't it?

Vulnerable adults need to be protected- granted. But at the same time, the 'english vice' of BDSM should not be ilegal if no-one who is not consenting is involved...
should it?

The lawstates that violence that is actual bodily arm is cruelty and unpredictably dangerous. Isn't boxing as well and therefore more dangerous as we encourage people to watch, and even charge for such spectacles?

So - I've not been typing for a while - the phrase been a bit tied up springs to mind...

Best of both worlds...

"It's the worst of any world because you don't really belong anywhere, because you are never sure of yourself or those around you. You can't trust in anyone, their motives or their intentions. And because of that, you have, in a world that likes its nice shiny labels, no true identity."

Ianto Jones - Torchwood...

65 minutes long.. excited

They're here....

africa. fair and free?

Dear friends,
African leaders can still save Zimbabwe by holding an emergency summit to broker a legitimate government.
On Friday, 27th June, Zimbabwe will hold a cruel sham of a vote for President. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has just withdrawn from the run-off -- not in a concession of victory, but rather in recognition that Mugabe's campaign of violence and terror has erased any hope for a democratic election.

But against the odds, hope survives. Amidst growing international pressure, Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition have entered private talks. A unity government may be possible yet.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously held on Monday that free and fair elections are now impossible in Zimbabwe. The UN Secretary-General spoke out. But it is African leaders, most of all Thabo Mbeki, who hold the key. Even Mugabe cannot cling to power without their cooperation. Today, we're launching an emergency campaign, petitioning these leaders to call an immediate summit, isolate Mugabe, and broker a legitimate government for Zimbabwe. Our call will be published in big newspaper advertisements in South Africa, Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique this week -- click here to see the ads and endorse their message:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_zimbabwe/6.php?cl=101005457

Zimbabwe's neighbours supply its electricity and goods, and control the borders. Many Southern African leaders are already calling for the postponement of the election -- but there's a real danger that they will end up accepting this charade. This would be a grave miscalculation: if Mugabe succeeds in his de facto coup, Zimbabwe's implosion will accelerate, and chaos could spread throughout the region.

So our campaign will publicly name those African leaders who hold Mugabe's last remaining lifeline. If these leaders step up strongly now, they can convince enough of Mugabe's officials that change is coming one way or another -- and set the stage for Morgan Tsvangirai to lead a unity government to pull Zimbabwe back together.

Robert Mugabe saved Zimbabwe from colonialism. Now it's time for African leaders to save Zimbabwe from him.

Help us raise 250,000 voices this week, including a great roar from every country in Africa, to be delivered in an immediate multi-country ad campaign. Click to see the ads, sign, and then forward this to friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_zimbabwe/6.php?cl=101005457

With hope and determination,

Ben, Alice, Paul, Graziela, Mark, Ricken, Iain, Veronique, Pascal, and Milena -- the Avaaz.org team

PS: For more information and sources for the facts above, see:

Thabo Mbeki and the emergency talks for a settlement:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4200177.ece

United Nations Security Council declares free and fair elections "impossible":
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2026827820080624

Elections going ahead despite MDC pull-out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7468849.stm

Mugabe: "Only God will remove me!"
http://www.thetimes.co.za/SpecialReports/Zimbabwe/Article.aspx?id=788598

Regional leaders criticizing Mugabe:
Tanzania's Kikwete - http://allafrica.com/stories/200806200336.html
Rwanda's Kagame - http://allafrica.com/stories/200806190003.html
Kenya's Odinga - http://allafrica.com/stories/200806190949.html
Uganada's Museveni - http://allafrica.com/stories/200806120016.html

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ABOUT AVAAZ
Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Paris, Washington DC, and Geneva.

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the sun is still, the brains are flowing...

hapy solstice!
yesterday - today - ehck - both days are equal - and apparently people are coming to blows deciding whether or not it's yesterday ro today - but heck - up to them
for me - going in to work - discussion about that later
then going into london town to be dressed as a zombie and lurch around a bi - fnd my 'crowd' - ah joys...
grin
hope you are well reader
will talk about taleisin, life and being single later on.
Bye...

trailers, spoilers

enjoy