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There’s been a storm in a teacup that is threatening to overflow. Not unlike in The Name Of The Rose, public libraries have been removing Tintin in the Congo from their shelves and keeping it under lock and key because people are offended by it. That’s right, people are offended by a cartoon Belgian reporter. […]
May 26, 2010
It gets iffy when mortals attempt to fight or do anything for the Almighty Zeus. God. Allah. The Intelligent Designer has been called many names. Wimp isn’t one of them. So it is a serious head-scratcher whenever I hear the call to action or arms by some religious zealot to fight for God. I’m wondering […]
April 26, 2010
The Sydney Mardi Gras ended with a bang of mass nudity on the steps of the Opera House. It won’t be the last of any flesh parade, but shouldn’t there be stipulation on who gets to be naked? However evolved we are, our primal survival instinct means we are still biologically “wired” to seek physical […]
March 26, 2010
It’s Oscar month, here’s a remainder that some films are meant to entertain and not educate. History has never been short of controversial topics for motion pictures and literature. When Rushdie’s Satanic Verses appeared on shelves, man Shi’a Muslims practically fell over themselves in a fit of religious fervour to kill the author. Justified or […]
February 26, 2010
Dressed in Brioni and carrying a faux crocodile holdall, I was contemplating life, nature and the underwear detonating antics of the Nigerian Jihadist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before I was shaken out of my stupor by an officer of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit corporation. “Random security check, I need to search your bag, sir.” I […]
January 20, 2010
Faking it till you make it is a common mantra in professional circles. That is until someone loses an eye or worse, his job Honesty is an admirable trait in leaders. Honesty allows for much clarity in matters of leadership and management. Like it or not, leaders are not and will never be the paragons […]
The Monsieur 
June 26, 2010
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