Showing posts with label t-shirt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label t-shirt. Show all posts

Friday, 7 July 2017

Bombs

During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday I dreamed of bombs. I was in a house or flat and cowering at a wall and I could hear bombs falling outside. The dream was dragging on. Sometimes I did something else and had almost forgotten the bombs, because none had fallen anymore. But then the next ones came. That repeated itself several times. Nothing more happened in that dream. The building where I had been never got hit. I don't remember anymore if I had looked outside a window. In reality I probably would have stayed away from windows, because of the danger of bursting glass. Although a bomb fire is much worse, of course than flying glass pieces.

In the morning I checked my e-mail inbox and only read the first headline of the e-mail from The Guardian. It seemed like North Korea has launched missiles ((The Guardian today: North Korea missile test a 'new threat to world', says US amid show of military force: North Korea missile test a 'new threat to world', says US amid show of military force). A test. Great. Especially after my dream.

As I was waiting for the train, there was a proverb on the screen. Proverbs first are shown in pictures, before showing it in writing at the end. This morning had: “to break a butterfly with a wheel”. In German it's literally: to shoot with cannons on sparrows.” Cannons are not bombs, but it's kind of close.

A co-worker told me on our way to work that she had heard on the radio this morning that 2 bombs were about to be disposed today in our city.

A somewhat “bomb loaded” week this one...

I will wear my t-shirt tomorrow, which I obviously have bought almost 2 years ago: “Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity” (A probably valueless statement).

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

A probably valueless statement

Dear reader,

I've been thinking for quite a while now about ordering a certain t-shirt on amazon. Years ago I've read a book which was set partly in the time of the Vietnam war. There were accordingly protests and I read for the first time the phrase “Fight for freedom is like fucking for virginity”. I liked that phrase, because it reflects the absurdity of war. Especially with the current wars now, a t-shirt with that phrase seemed a good idea to me. Granted, if t-shirts with phrases would stop wars or could change anything, that would be more than fine. I am aware that a t-shirt like that is meaningless in the end. On the same night when the attacks in Paris had happened, I checked amazon nonetheless and found the following one and as you can see, I've received it, too. Be patient about the picture of me. I rarely make selfies and it's even rarer I use delayed-action shutter release. I bought the t-shirt on the German amazon website and will give you the link to it below. I will also link you to the American amazon website for a similar t-shirt, if you like to buy it. The American amazon website doesn't sell the exact one I have. It's not exactly the phrase I have read, but it's close enough. Because the t-shirt reads: “Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.”

Thinking about sense and senselessness of certain actions, I keep thinking about the following statement by the writer and political activist Ward Churchill, although it seems maybe somewhat contradicting the t-shirt phrase:

"What I want is for civilization to stop killing my people's children. If that can be accomplished peacefully, I will be glad. If signing a petition will get those in power to stop killing Indian children, I will put my name at the top of the list. If marching in a protest will do it, I'll walk as far as you want. If holding a candle will do it, I'll hold two. If singing protest songs will do it, I'll sing whatever songs you want me to sing. If living simply will do it, I will live extremely simply. If voting will do it, I'll vote. But all of those things are allowed by those in power, and none of those things will ever stop those in power from killing Indian children. They never have, and they never will. Given that my people's children are being killed, you have no grounds to complain at whatever means I use to protect the lives of my people's children. And I will do whatever it takes."

Until next blog,
sarah


did it with delayed-action shutter release, so be patient judging the photo

similar t-shirt on amazon.com and my t-shirt on the German amazon (sadly not available exactly like that on amazon.com)