Comments for Talking Rights http://robinkirk.com/wordpress Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Bodies recall by Sarah http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/126#comment-6365 Sarah Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:59:33 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/126#comment-6365 Thank you, Robin for continuing to follow this topic and inform your readership. Things continue to heat up in Pennsylvania, with the Carnegie Science Center possibly in the hot seat to pay for their lack of ethics. This week the PA state legislators have had what I understand is quite an education for some of them about the body displays http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08157/887527-115.stm And from Harrisburg, PA's capitol http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/06/exhibit_of_bodies_spurs_contro.html Warm Regards, Sarah Thank you, Robin for continuing to follow this topic and inform your readership. Things continue to heat up in Pennsylvania, with the Carnegie Science Center possibly in the hot seat to pay for their lack of ethics.

This week the PA state legislators have had what I understand is quite an education for some of them about the body displays
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08157/887527-115.stm

And from Harrisburg, PA’s capitol
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/06/exhibit_of_bodies_spurs_contro.html

Warm Regards,
Sarah

]]> Comment on “Bodies” protest widens by Karl Metzner http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/100#comment-5377 Karl Metzner Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:29:04 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/100#comment-5377 I am finally getting around to turning my anger with the Bodies exhibits into action and am looking to collaborate with others on this project. I attempted to reach Aaron Ginsburg, but was unable to do so through his website, which sent me to your website. If you have any suggestions, I would welcome them. One of these exhibits is apparently in Milwaukee right now, which is only about 90 miles from my home. By way of background, I am a former corporate attorney with work experience in China, have an M.A. in Chinese history from Columbia University, and will be relocating to China this summer. Best regards, Karl Metzner 920-423-3338 (day/evening) I am finally getting around to turning my anger with the Bodies exhibits into action and am looking to collaborate with others on this project. I attempted to reach Aaron Ginsburg, but was unable to do so through his website, which sent me to your website. If you have any suggestions, I would welcome them. One of these exhibits is apparently in Milwaukee right now, which is only about 90 miles from my home. By way of background, I am a former corporate attorney with work experience in China, have an M.A. in Chinese history from Columbia University, and will be relocating to China this summer. Best regards, Karl Metzner
920-423-3338 (day/evening)

]]> Comment on A “No” to torture by Sarah http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/102#comment-4602 Sarah Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:18:20 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/102#comment-4602 Oh my god. This is so scary. I certainly would never condone such a thing by my own government. Can any one of us imagine being 'misunderstood' and hauled off for 'questioning' - TO ANOTHER COUNTRY? Oh my god. This is so scary. I certainly would never condone such a thing by my own government. Can any one of us imagine being ‘misunderstood’ and hauled off for ‘questioning’ - TO ANOTHER COUNTRY?

]]> Comment on Protesting “Bodies: The Exhibition” by Robin Kirk http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/49#comment-4094 Robin Kirk Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:58:51 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/49#comment-4094 That's true, though the law on this is all over the map. In Durham, for example, we set up a protest outside the Bodies exhibit and were quickly (within 5 minutes) shut down by mall security. Several people were photographed and told they could not return to the mall for 6 months. Later, protestors tried to leave their signs at the mall, and were ticketed by the sheriff (I can't remember on what grounds). But in court weeks later, the charges were thrown out on First Amendment grounds -- go figure! That’s true, though the law on this is all over the map. In Durham, for example, we set up a protest outside the Bodies exhibit and were quickly (within 5 minutes) shut down by mall security. Several people were photographed and told they could not return to the mall for 6 months. Later, protestors tried to leave their signs at the mall, and were ticketed by the sheriff (I can’t remember on what grounds). But in court weeks later, the charges were thrown out on First Amendment grounds — go figure!

]]> Comment on Protesting “Bodies: The Exhibition” by Mark http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/49#comment-4052 Mark Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:10:18 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/49#comment-4052 That is interesting. No telling where they got the bodies. Malls are indeed private property with public access, though. Mall property is owned and managed by property management companies. That is interesting. No telling where they got the bodies. Malls are indeed private property with public access, though. Mall property is owned and managed by property management companies.

]]> Comment on Are liberals promoting genocide? by Robin Kirk http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1306 Robin Kirk Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:07:18 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1306 But the question is: would the transition be peaceful? All of what you say is correct (Iraq is a construct, etc.). But now, today, the US has created a situation where genocide is a real and likely outcome. What are our responsibilities then? Do we stay, at the cost of some American lives, or go, at the cost of many more Iraqi lives? But the question is: would the transition be peaceful? All of what you say is correct (Iraq is a construct, etc.). But now, today, the US has created a situation where genocide is a real and likely outcome. What are our responsibilities then? Do we stay, at the cost of some American lives, or go, at the cost of many more Iraqi lives?

]]> Comment on Are liberals promoting genocide? by Ken http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1298 Ken Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:17:34 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1298 'And it’s ... a slaughter we partially caused right in a global hot spot. It’s an awful situation created by awful decisions — yet there is is. Do we just say, “So be it”?' Modern Iraq is an artifical construct -- it was cobbled together by the West, and probably does not "want" to be a country. Why not allow it to separate back into its natural groups. Our new role would be to oversee the peaceful accomplishment of that transition. I don't see any other purpose for our continuing to be there. Ken ‘And it’s … a slaughter we partially caused right in a global hot spot. It’s an awful situation created by awful decisions — yet there is is. Do we just say, “So be it”?’

Modern Iraq is an artifical construct — it was cobbled together by the West, and probably does not “want” to be a country. Why not allow it to separate back into its natural groups. Our new role would be to oversee the peaceful accomplishment of that transition. I don’t see any other purpose for our continuing to be there.

Ken

]]> Comment on Are liberals promoting genocide? by Robin Kirk http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1289 Robin Kirk Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:58:23 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/48#comment-1289 Sorry to be such a laggard on comments -- no, I'm not suggesting that we stay in Iraq until they work out their differences. But there is a hard fact here -- when we begin to remove troops, in all likelihood there will be a genocide. And it's not a "far away" and geopolitically meaningless one, like Rwanda, but a slaughter we partially caused right in a global hot spot. It's an awful situation created by awful decisions -- yet there is is. Do we just say, "So be it"? Sorry to be such a laggard on comments — no, I’m not suggesting that we stay in Iraq until they work out their differences. But there is a hard fact here — when we begin to remove troops, in all likelihood there will be a genocide. And it’s not a “far away” and geopolitically meaningless one, like Rwanda, but a slaughter we partially caused right in a global hot spot. It’s an awful situation created by awful decisions — yet there is is. Do we just say, “So be it”?

]]> Comment on A Ugandan dilemma by Robin Kirk http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/31#comment-1283 Robin Kirk Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:44:37 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/31#comment-1283 Katie, I copied that off of the Internet, and you could find it from the source if you Google image search "Joseph Kony." I believe it is from Radio Netherlands. Katie, I copied that off of the Internet, and you could find it from the source if you Google image search “Joseph Kony.” I believe it is from Radio Netherlands.

]]> Comment on A Ugandan dilemma by Katie Clift http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/31#comment-1280 Katie Clift Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:45:44 +0000 http://robinkirk.com/wordpress/archives/31#comment-1280 Hi, This is an urgent request. I am from a church group who are completing a documentary on the child soldiers and LRA in Kitgum, Uganda. We have almost completed the documentary but are in need of a few photos for some montage sections. Could we have permission to use the picture of Joseph Kony you have on your website (LRA article)? At this stage the documentary is not for sale/profit, and only for private use. We shall contact you again should this change. I will need to know ASAP as we are having some trouble finding sources. Please let me know if this is ok, and we will credit the images to you, or if there will be a fee involved. Kind regards, Katharine Clift Christian City Church Westside Hi,

This is an urgent request. I am from a church group who are completing a documentary on the child soldiers and LRA in Kitgum, Uganda. We have almost completed the documentary but are in need of a few photos for some montage sections. Could we have permission to use the picture of Joseph Kony you have on your website (LRA article)?

At this stage the documentary is not for sale/profit, and only for private use. We shall contact you again should this change.

I will need to know ASAP as we are having some trouble finding sources. Please let me know if this is ok, and we will credit the images to you, or if there will be a fee involved.

Kind regards,

Katharine Clift
Christian City Church Westside

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