November 2010
13 posts
thecapnomancer-deactivated20121 asked: Hi Laela! This is Nicole (a.k.a. storyofachildhood on tumblr). I just read an article that sort of relates to your blog: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/world/europe/13twitter.html. It's about a British person who lost a court case because he posted a potentially "terrorist" threat on Twitter (actually he was being sarcastic), but this paragraph caught my eye:
iriana100: Brilliant presentation Laela. You chose a very interesting topic and developed it in the best way. I am definitely going to write about it.
“They came first for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I...”
– First They Came… by Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984)
This poem was shared by Madhu during her in-class presentation on torture with Won Ho Kim. Their stirring presentation called into question whether the means justifies the ends in regards to the incarceration of those who...
"Saboteur" Reflection: Revenge Isn't the Solution
Ha Jin’s “Saboteur” takes place in communist China where the protagonist, Mr. Chiu, is wrongfully arrested and made to confess for a crime he did not commit. We are made to emphasize with Mr. Chiu, who is honeymooning in the city of Muji while sick with hepatitis. Over the course of the story, Mr. Chiu, an intellectual professor, knowledgable in law, philosophy, and...
On a Serious Note...
You may find this blog to be offensive.
I don’t blame you.
The reason I am writing this very blog is because I am offended.
But let me assert to you, in this time of stark polarization as proclaimed by our media where you are “either with us or with the enemy”, that I too am a patriot of America. I too bleed red, white and blue. I too cherish apple pie. But what makes our...
