{"id":133,"date":"2006-02-08T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/08\/practicing-ahimsa\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:35:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:35:28","slug":"practicing-ahimsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/08\/practicing-ahimsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing ahimsa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading: A Short History of Nearly Everything <\/a>, Bill Bryson
\nNot Surprising: Bush Appointee Didn’t Graduate as Stated<\/a> (from my alma-mater!)
\nEnjoying Trailer Remakes of: Fight Club, love story | Sleepless in Seattle, the horror film<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, the Olympics are upon us, and so is the Today Show<\/a>. Today it will be in Milan, and I have decided against participating, no matter how much my family would love to see my little face on TV. I think I finally realized it would be stupid, to go there, um, alone, and then sit there with my “Ms. Adventures in Italy – Hi Mom and Pepper – Katie you’re my American Hero – Expats in Italy forever – Ciao Belli” sign that I had prepared last night using lots of puff paint, glitter and streamers.<\/p>\n

I know, you may be thinking, ‘what a waste of a beautiful sign masterpiece”, but it will hang on the door to our guest bedroom, so not to worry. I’m thinking of making a decorative window hanging to match – my crafty side has been terribly neglected lately.<\/p>\n

On to more serious things. I have to say that the violent protesting<\/a> to the Muhammad cartoons is saddening. Were the cartoons offensive? Yes. Done in bad taste? Yes. But they had the right to print them. Would I have printed them? Probably. I’m not sure it was a great idea, or, that it had any real aim, though. It was different that your one-off cartoon. A full page layout is making a statement. Maybe it should have been accompanied by commentary of why they are portrayed that way and reflecting some, but not all, local society’s views of the images. Just a thought.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I think an Iranian newspaper’s idea to have a cartoon contest portraying caricatures of Jesus and Holocaust is an interesting idea. Offensive? Surely. Bad taste? Of course. Immature? …I’ll leave that to your discretion. This is a popular newspaper, not a high school chess club throwing down the guantlet to their local chapter and threatening butt wedgies, is it? But I also think they will find that people will not take to the streets destroying buildings and places of interaction between countries in reaction.<\/p>\n

I, nominate for their contest, www.jesusdressup.com<\/a> – this website has been up for who knows how long, and the person is still living. Very offensive to some, humorous to others, no interest in other corners.<\/p>\n

I think equally horrifying is the death of Chinese newspaper editor Wu Xianghu<\/a> by local police. Strangely, his article was talking about their abuse of position and extortion. He was beaten by over 50 policemen.<\/p>\n

Today’s word from wordsmith.org<\/a> was : ahimsa<\/a> which means, “The principle of refraining from harming any living being.” (hm, non-violent protesting, anyone?)<\/p>\n

Speaking of non-violent protesting, a humorous protest in Italy yesterday regarding the law to make marijuana the same as heroin<\/a> (in Italian) in the eyes of the law. It passed. This is probably going to curb some of the casual, street use that I am used to in this country. There were lots of people smoking on camera for the protest- in the U.S., they would already be in jail! Here’s an good report I found with more information on the law of mass criminalization of drug users<\/a> in English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading: A Short History of Nearly Everything , Bill Bryson Not Surprising: Bush Appointee Didn’t Graduate as Stated (from my alma-mater!) Enjoying Trailer Remakes of: Fight Club, love story | Sleepless in Seattle, the horror film Well, the Olympics are upon us, and so is the Today Show. Today it will be in Milan, and…<\/p>\n

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