Archive for terrorism
“one of New Zealand’s darkest days”
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags Christchurch, Dunedin, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, terrorism on March 15, 2019 by xi'an
cartoon satire for dummies [from Charlie]
Posted in Books, pictures with tags 7 janvier 2015, cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, France, freedom of speech, Je suis Charlie, Paris, terrorism, Voltaire on January 7, 2018 by xi'anOn the very day 12 persons were killed at the Charlie Hebdo offices in 2013, I found it worth reposting a cartoon (en anglais!) from Luz attempting to explain why political satire has to go “too far” to expose dysfunctions in societies, invasions of creeds and the irrational, hypocritical double-talk from governments, and whatever other ideas it aims at criticising. 
London calling
Posted in Statistics with tags fanaticism, Great-Britain, London, London Bridge, terrorism, The Clash, United Kingdom on June 4, 2017 by xi'anLondon calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out and draw another breath
London calling and I don’t want to shout
The Clash, 1979
Ich bin ein Berliner
Posted in Statistics with tags Berlin, Berliner Dom, Germany, terrorism on December 21, 2016 by xi'an
in memoriam
Posted in Statistics with tags Baghdad, Irak, notjustanumber, terrorism, victims on July 9, 2016 by xi'an
Hundreds of Irakis have been killed in the Karrada shopping centre bombing in Baghdad. They should be remembered as individuals, with each his or her own story and interrupted life, not just as numbers.
