midnight ramblings
I guess I have been silent for too long. but not because I had nothing to say, but perhaps because too many things were happenning at the same time.
Lately, I have been outraged and I an trying to make the anger flow in constructive ways. Outrage at communal violence, outrage at the media control by the rich and the powerful that help in perpetrating violence and hatred among common people. I am also angry that we, the people, often just wash our hands of responsibilities and blame the Govt. for everything. How can social justice be "social" if only the Govt. is responsible for it? On that note, click here for an article on the definition and meaning of social justice.
But above all, the article in Salon on Matthew Limon titled Raped by Statute enraged me. Even in 2005, the so-called progressive America can so unjustly ruin the life of an 18 year old kid, already handicapped by nature, to set an example of its hollow ‘morality’ … what a shame!
I was at a panel discucssion today. It was on "Social Justice from Classroom to Community". The keynote speaker said something that touched a chord. He said that patriotism is a convenient tool for those in power. Insteresting, isnt it?
