Lawyer, musician, repair guy: social media activist, controversial opinion holder and tech-a-holic..
In a search for beauty in all its forms, even the ugliest
In the wild, often pack leaders have to be the strongest and/or wisest and lead a pack to progress continuously, often though leading successful hunts and keeping the peace within the pack...
Our leaders? Bullshit, misinformation and charisma.
And WE are the intelligent ones?
Deeply disappointing that Buddhism, which has had ‘2500 years of unbroken history’ associated with the island of Lanka, withstood centuries of colonialism, can be so threatened by a joke. #NathashaEdirisooriya
The state has a number of legal provisions at it's disposal to punish persons who say things that are perceived as offensive to a religion or belief. #lka
Section 3 of the ICCPR Act is one of them.
But to fall within the ambit of that section, there must be 'incitement'.
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Have you ever considered that "normalcy" is a fiction humanity tells itself, to propagate its sense of superiority over all other living things?
#somethingtothinkabout#reality#normal#philosophy
Admittedly not scientific and more skewed towards the lower middle class and above, but this is a very well thought out and accurate analysis of what it's like now to be living in Sri Lanka
Over the last couple of months I've been talking to various friends and acquaintances to see how they're dealing with living in #srilanka. I'm compiling here things they have in common.
Some of these might apply to you, too. If they do (or don't), please let me know (I'm curious)