“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
It is deeply alarming that The SPARK was pressured to take down their post under the threat of legal action, and that individual staff members were personally targeted and subjected to online harassment. Such actions constitute not only an assault on press freedom but also a dangerous precedent for the suppression of independent student voices.
Here in the Philippines, we have just finished a national election. There are allegations of massive fraud and cheating. Some 130 people have been killed in election-related violence. The Mass Media, or at least some of them, are trying to inform the people of all the cheating and violence going on in an effort to… Continue reading Good Night and Good Luck – Reminder to Defend Freedom of the Press
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 