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Comment on Working toward higher goals. Sharing the love. Happy V day. by trish

trish — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:33:58 +0000

Thanks Al. The image was a coincidence. Oh, what’s that? There are no coincidences? Hah. Glad you liked it…

Comment on Working toward higher goals. Sharing the love. Happy V day. by Althea

Althea — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:35:00 +0000

Lovely piece Trish. And by the way, lovely pic too. There is something very fitting about ephemeral art created for a long ago lover gaining permanancy on a blog about love.

Comment on Is Torture Ever Okay? by trish

trish — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:12:27 +0000

It’s interesting. With everything we know about how people tick, we still feel the need to resort to bully-boy strategies. I think Caro makes a great point about “what are the alternatives”. Why continue to focus on the symptom/problem? I’ve already made my mind up: torture = not okay. Doesn’t mean I won’t do it though because we are all capable of making decisions and acting against our values and needs. So, I’d like to hear alternatives from the experts and the not-so-expert-but-highly-thoughtfuls. I assume there are many who work in the field of information extraction who do not use torture. What are they doing?

Also, while I have my own understanding of what torture is, my experience of torture is limited to pulling legs of flies as a child. (And I’m not sure if that’s even torture. Just cruel.) I wonder what’s it really about? For the torturee and torturer. What motivates them? A sense of justice? Loyalty? Belief in a higher purpose? What would make you think that inflicting pain on another is okay? What would make you resist all torture – even if it meant your own death?

Fascinating. I hope that those who know more of these things, or have some experience of “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” will pitch in with their perspectives.

Comment on Is Torture Ever Okay? by Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:19:30 +0000

I see torture as a sloppy mans tool. It is not appropriate to use on animals, chidren or humans and it certainly isn’t a way to win a persons or a peoples heart.
24 (24hrs??) Jack is entertainment, a TV show, a fantasy so when we get to this so called ticking bomb stage everything else has failed eg friendship, negotiations, diplomacy, intelligence, security etc. So we have 24 hours to tortue someone to save the world. Torture is normally an on going thing so holding out for a short period is perhaps feasible or worthwhile for those dreaded extremists.

Comment on Is Torture Ever Okay? by Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:36:31 +0000

Why is there no discussion here about this fascinating topic?
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the talk given by Dr. Janzekovic last week and I was counting on some lively follow-up discussion here to bring me up to speed.
Thank you Carolyn, for your great notes. At least I got a general idea of what went on!

Comment on Craig’s other list: Guerrilla graffiti brings humour to the streets by AP

AP — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:21:29 +0000

Thanks to subcultural guide to melbourne for getting the facts straight: http://www.threethousand.com.au/stray/todd-lamb-made-up-the-posters/

Comment on Craig’s other list: Guerrilla graffiti brings humour to the streets by trish

trish — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:58:45 +0000

Craig! You’ve finally shown up. I’ve been leaving notes all around the place for you…

Seriously thanks for clearing it up. And thanks for spreading the joy with your notes. 18 Notes! But I only have 12. Do we get to see the other six notes? Huh? Huh?

And yes, the original works by ‘Chris’ were done by Todd Lamb (the link is in AP’s comment above). Kudos to Todd for his inspired (and obviously, inspiring) work!

Nice work guys. Love it.

Comment on Craig’s other list: Guerrilla graffiti brings humour to the streets by craig_anon

craig_anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:05:57 +0000

I have no connection with Chris I just liked the work that he’d done and thought I’d play with the concept locally in Melbourne. I didn’t expect it to take off like it has. And no, Chris isn’t happy so I must apologise. In my defense, Chris wrote 4 notes, I have written 18 so they’re not all copies, but the original concept is all his.

Comment on Craig’s other list: Guerrilla graffiti brings humour to the streets by trish

trish — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:27:50 +0000

Thanks AP. You’re right. They’re almost identical. Although I think the one from Craig with “I’ll be wearing one white thong and one brown thong so you can recognise me” has a particularly Australian twist. (Thongs in Australia are what you would probably call flip-flops (?) and they’re a cultural icon.) I’m trying to find out if there’s any connection between ‘Craig’ and ‘Chris’… or whether it’s a case of intercontinental appropriation…

Comment on Craig’s other list: Guerrilla graffiti brings humour to the streets by AP

AP — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:05:43 +0000

Hi Trish, here’s a link to some of the originals:

http://web.mac.com/lambtodd/iWeb/todd%20lamb%20/Todd%20Lamb%20Notes%20From%20Chris.html

They were done by a NY comedy writer. I was just surprised to see how closely someone had copied the exact language and look of these notes. Do you know who’s behind the Australian ones?