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History Of The Stand Your Ground Law
The struggle for freedom and human rights are woven into the very foundation of the United States. Based on this struggle, we built a society that we have today, which many believe is the society of freedom and justice. Although the modern political and philosophical thought and ideals have set the axiom that refers to the limitlessness of human freedom, which is actually true, we can see throughout recent events that also the freest society in the world has some objections regarding this topic.
The whole story has begun 2012, in Florida, as we learn from the media, as a young man named Trayvon Martin was taking a walk in the neighborhood or going home after a sports event when he ran into George Zimmerman, who was a member of a voluntary, but armed civil patrols. As Zimmerman was patrolling in their neighborhood in Sanford during the night, he conflicted with a seventeen-year-Tryvon, thinking that he was one of the robbers with which Zimmerman and his neighbors have had problems with. The argument went wrong, Zimmerman's gun fired and Trayvon Martin was killed. This event is almost immediately characterized as racist, because Trayvon Martin was black skinned (he was born in Miami), Zimmerman was declared as someone who returns racism through the big gate into the American society (although he had a Cuban mother). Of course, the situation has escalated after the verdict of his release, in which the court, in the case of Zimmerman, is referring to Stand Your Ground law. The situation was followed by a series of protests, and even President Barack Obama commented on this matter. All of this we could have seen in the last few months in the media. As in the case of Dunn, before this, ghosts of canceling Stand Your Ground law, were awaken, who are convinced that it encourages racism, bloodshed, etc. even though they are forgetting about the benefits of the law, which was adopted in good faith and serves to provide a basic right to life and property to a man and a citizen.
To understand the point of Stand Your Ground law, we must investigate its origin and its benefits. Stand Your Ground law is based on the Castle Doctrine and in the last ten years has been adopted in many countries on the territory of the United States. In fact, it is the law relating to self-defense and the very act of defending his personal, private property rights. Every person has a duty to the right to self-defense, "In general, a person is allowed to use force to protect himself, or another, from the use of force by a third person '(qtd. in J. P. Neyland 3). In order to preserve the inviolability of property and life, in order to preserve personal freedoms of man and citizen shall, indeed to stand up for themselves. Of course, the possibility of which was given to man to defend himself, certainly must not be misused. It rests on the man and the law to determine whether indeed anyone is acting with the intent to protect what is his, which belongs to him or acting to deliberately hurt each other, which is clearly intent to be sanctioned. In her work, Cristina Catalfamo dealt with the history of Stand Your Ground law and its roots in the Castle doctrine. She says ' The now-familiar concept of the right to stand one's ground against an attack is a doctrine of modern law, and its roots in medieval English law were slow to develop '(Qtd. 721). Thus, the defense which involves the use of any type of weapon is not something that was invented to be furthered war, religious or racial conflicts, already existed in English common law, centuries ago. It is well known that the British have their own laws and regulations adopted if they had any specific needs, ie. to prevent consequences of events that have already happened. Hence the famous saying that a man has a right to defend his home as a castle (Megalet 112). English common law implied and obliged those who are attacked to retreat and take action only when they are in mortal danger inside their home, however, it is often a header to the attacker. So the attacked were seriously injured, and, not a few times, killed. This claim is found in the survey conducted by Cheng and Hoekstra (7). 'This English duty to retreat doctrine was rejected in a majority of states across the United States in the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century' (Qtd. Catalfamo in 722). Because of this the duty to retreat doctrine is retained only in some states. At the beginning of the 19th century when law began to develop as a science in this area, as we have said many states in the United States have refused to accept the duty to retreat doctrine, and history says that it was at because of the honor people felt. For them it was not dignified and honorable to flee from the attackers or robbers, or to withdraw, but they directly confronted them, later in the post-war phase, ie. due to the serious consequences that the war left in the South, confrontments were somehow a part of a legal system (JP Neyland 13).
The first time the Supreme Court officially recognized human right to defend himself against the attackers was in a process that is driven in 1895, Babe Beard vs. United States. Michael R. Walford describes this event in his post. The story is that Babe Beard was on his property when the three brothers came to ask Babe for a cow, which apparently remained in his estate, and belonged to one of the three brothers. Babe refused to give them back the animal and one of the three began to threaten him with one hand in his pocket. Babe warned them to leave his property and when they didn't, Babe shot and killed one of them (nydailyrecord.com). Babe was arrested and charged with murder, but the court cleared him of charges, just because of the moral and natural principle of the inviolability of life and property. '... If that danger was real, coming from the hands of Will Jones, or it was apparent as coming from his hands, and as affecting this defendant by some overt act at the time, was the defendant called upon to avoid that danger by getting out of the way of it if he could? The court says he was. The court tells you that he was. There is but one place where he need not retreat any further, where he need not go away from the danger, and that is in his dwelling house ... '(Qtd. Resource.org from). This is the original quote from the judgment of the court in the case of Beard v. United States, affirming the right of a man to defend himself against attackers. Later, during the 1920's Castle doctrine is increasingly getting affirmation in the United States, and in particular the expansion is experienced in the state of Texas (JP Neyland 14-15, Catalfamo 725-726). After Florida, which first adopted the Stand Your Ground law, ie, with certain modifications of which I already wrote, followed by more than 30 countries. Duty to retreat law is in force in approximately ten other. And in the opinion polls of the United States, in the opinion of the citizens of the largest democracy in the world, it is a good law. So where is the problem?
If we look at the history of civilization, the history of democracy and the struggle for human rights, not only that a man has the right to defend his life, his family and his property, but it is his obligation and responsibility.
In the following paragraphs we shall explore a few views and reasons why I think the Stand Your Ground law is needed in our society and our community.
Let's start at the beginning of the Bible. If God created man free, and that it is man's freedom and his ability to choose, that his will can be directed where he wants, is what distinguishes him from other creatures. What makes a man himself is the basic and first human freedom, the right to live, a right to be a person. It is something that nobody can take from him threaten it. However, not everybody uses all their freedoms for doing good and noble things, but some people use it from base motives, bringing benefit to themselves and doing wrong to others. The Bible also speaks of this: '' 14 Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared. 16 In every battle you will need faith as your shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan. 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:14-17).
On this basis, after obscure Middle Ages famous theorist and philosopher Thomas Hobbes said that man is wolf to a man:''Homo homini lupus'' (Rossello 1). Although he was a great liberal, he felt that something must limit human behavior that interferes with the freedom of others. And there may lie the answer to the question that we are considering in this paper. There must be something else to take a man as an individual and provide him with protection, to preserve his freedom and independence. The state is the one that operates at a higher level and through police and military guards its citizens, but in order to really act democratically, it must allow its citizens to protect themselves in those borderline situations when it can not protect them.
These are well predicted by the Founding Fathers, especially James Madison, who understood the essence of the problem and the Bill of Rights gives the opportunity for solution of the problem: 'A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed '(Amendment II). James Madison, one of the most important people in our history, a man who is the most responsible for the society that we have, anticipated and it is accepted that no one dares to hurt the right of citizens to own and carry a weapon.This was not for the reason to provide people with an excuse to kill each other, but to defend them from possible aggressors or burglars.
I would add one more benefit that we have from the Stand Your Ground law. How many times have we all had a chance to hear that a girl in self-defense killed a rapist or a murderer and was convicted. Or that a group of thugs break into a man's house, start to harass and disturb him, then, also in self-defense, to protect his family, property and himself, killed someone and was acclaimed as the murderer. Stand Your Ground is protecting the innocent, the helpless and oppressed. We had the opportunity to read in the press about cases of mass rape in India, even that in some cases the victims were found guilty. This question in general should not cause a dilemma in society, every man deserves the right to defend himself and to live.
Also, Stand Your Ground protects minorities. This perspective of the law is ignored. Minorities, especially in territories that are loaded with racial, social or religious reasons, where there are often conflicts of different social groups, can reliably protect themselves with the help of this law and be sure to keep the intensity of the conflict declining, if rambunctious masses had in mind that they can no longer terrorize innocent citizens.
I'll finish with the extract from the transcript of the conversation that took place between the 61 year old Joe Horn and the dispatchers from police. The conversation took place in late 2007 in Pasadena, when burglars broke into the building in which he lived '
Horn: I have a right to protect myself.
Dispatcher: I'm, I'm right there with you.
Horn: And a shotgun is a legal weapon; it's not an illegal weapon.
Dispatcher: No it's not. I'm not sayin' that.
Horn: Alright.
Dispatcher: I'm not wanting you to, you know, make a mistake.
Horn: He's, oh, he's coming out the window right now, I gotta go,
buddy. I'm sorry, but he's coming out the window.
Dispatcher: Don't, don't—don't go out the door. Mr. Horn? Mr.
Horn: Goddamn it. They just stole something. I'm going out the window.
I'm sorry''(Rice Lave 828)
How would most of us react to find themselves in such a situation? Would we warn the intruders or would we fight for our lives?


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FA status Edit
Nomination (10 May - 16 May 2004, Success) Edit
Self-nomination. It's the last in the series of Dominion War battles that I wrote, and IMO it's the best after Operation Return. -- Dan Carlson 18:40, 10 May 2004 (CEST)
- Seconded. I'm still missing a list of references. -- Redge 15:52, 13 May 2004 (CEST)
- Archiving: Originally tagged as "Featured" by User:MinutiaeMan at 11:02, May 16, 2004. --Alan del Beccio 21:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Reconfirmation (07 Apr - 01 May, Success) Edit
Nominated en mass in 2004 with the rest of the other five Dominion War battles at the time. This article would require a blurb if reconfirmed, and I have no opinion either as of yet on if it should. - Archduk3 18:02, April 7, 2012 (UTC)
- Support. I've done a once over on this and I think it's still FA material. - Archduk3 16:49, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Support. Still an excellent article. 31dot 10:03, April 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Support. I removed a red link ("civilian") because I don't think we need this link. My only concern is about the huge portion of free space after the first paragraph ("Prelude"). The image on the right looks lost, IMO. Tom 19:16, April 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Comments - I have a few concerns which prevent me from supporting this article.
- Neither "The Battle" nor the "Aftermath" sections have any citations.
- The second and third paragraphs of "Aftermath" seem speculative and opinionated - was this alternative scenario ever mentioned in canon?
- I think some of the language needs to be toned down, as it is too emotive for an encyclopedia article. Examples such as "despite having already lost an astounding 33% of their forces during the battle" and "As it was, the battle was nothing short of a disaster for Cardassia" could probably be written in a more neutral tone.
- –Cleanse ( talk | contribs ) 09:38, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
I've done the cites, assuming everything in those sections are from the last episode, but I'll need to rewatch this to do the rest, since I do seem to remember the Female Changeling boasting about the amount of casualties an invasion would lead to. - Archduk3 10:02, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
I've attempted to address the concerns, though I would say a few bits of "more colorful language" shouldn't be too much of an issue, as the result of the war can certainly be considered a disaster for Cardassia. That said, if anything else needs to be adjusted, I don't have an issue with it being toned down further. - Archduk3 00:04, April 20, 2012 (UTC)
Ship numbersEdit
How many Federation ships alone were at the Battle of Cardassia Prime? 188.8.131.52 23:11, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- One can only speculate, as it was never established in the episode. --Alan del Beccio 00:21, 17 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- I'm curious as to where the figure comes from regarding the total size of the Allied fleet. 1,000+ just seems a little on the light side, given that at the very end of the preceding episode, "The Dogs of War", some vague numbers are thrown around by the leaders of the alliance. Specifically, the Romulan commander states that penetrating the Dominion line and seizing Cardassia prime would cost thousands of ships. That comment doesn't really make much sense if the Alliance wasn't even planning to send that many.
- So...where is that figure coming from? Is it conjecture, or was that number given in a script or something? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trekdabbler (talk • contribs).
- I agree that 1,200 seems way too low considering two Federation fleets alone during Operation Return were over 600 ships. The Romulans apparently don't have so big numbers (but big ships), but for the final assault of the war I'm sure the Klingons and Starfleet assembled every vessel they could, with no other frontlines to protect. Kennelly 14:30, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
Location of Cardassia PrimeEdit
Is Cardassia Prime really only 5 light years from Bajor and DS9 in the Startrek Universe? That's insanely close. In real life many binary stars are 2. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk).
- Alpha Centauri is only four light years away from us.- JustPhil 14:51, July 30, 2010 (UTC)
- I also somewhat doubt that binary stars are multiple light years apart. --OuroborosCobra talk 19:03, July 30, 2010 (UTC)
Mopping up Edit
The "Aftermath" section seems to need some mopping up, actually of the stuff about "mopping up". Here is how it reads before my editing":
- The result of the battle can be considered fortuitous, at the least. Had the Founder not chosen to surrender, the Jem'Hadar would have fought to the last man on Cardassia and on every other world in the Alpha Quadrant – requiring a mop-up operation that would probably have taken years, and required incredible resources that the Alliance may not have had the stamina to provide. This scenario assumes that sufficient stockpiles of Ketracel-white existed, or that production could be sustained.
- As it was, the battle was nothing short of devastating for Cardassia, decimating a huge portion of its surface and killing over 800 million civilians. Hundreds of allied warships were lost at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. It was only in avoiding the final assault on Cardassia itself that more bloodshed was avoided.
Some problems with this. Mainly, the speculation of what would have happened had the Founder not surrendered. It is just that, speculation, and it does not jibe with what we saw on screen. Whether the Founder surrendered or not, whether the fighting had to go on in orbit and include a ground assault or not (which was discussed in the final episode), Sisko and the others made clear that the end of the war was going to happen here, with this battle. They certainly did not discuss a years long "mopping up" operation, etc. Then the speculation about the Alliance ability or stamina, Ketracel-white resources, hell, even having Jem'Hadar on a large number of other worlds. I'm also not sure about the casualty figures for the alliance. "Tens of thousands" certainly seems likely, but given the large numbers of ships lost (especially Romulan Warbirds), it could have been in the hundreds of thousands. We don't really even know the number of ships lost, let alone crews. I'd rather say "many thousands". I'm also going to reword the last paragraph a bit. "Decimate" used to have a real definition, with the root being in "one tenth", and that certainly is not what is depicted on Cardassia Prime. --OuroborosCobra talk 06:59, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Re-used footage from other episodes. Edit
I've been wondering this for some time, and have noticed that it is also sometimes discussed within the Star Trek community: Did Sovereign-class starships participate in any battles during the Dominion War? Specifically, I'm wondering about the Battle of Cardassia, since in a YouTube video (I've never gotten the chance to see the actual series, shut up) on the Dominion War, it showed footage from the Battle of Sector 001.
My questions are this:
- Which episodes/shows/movies was footage reused from in the Battle of Cardassia?
- Were Norway and Sovereign classes shown at any point in DS9?
- Yes, I know they were kitbash designs and such, but were any of the ship classes made for the "Graveyard" scene in TNG: The Best of Both Worlds, Part II, besides the Excelsior, Nebula and Ambassador classes, shown in DS9?TimberWolf 19:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well most of this can be found on the class pages or image citations for the ship designs and visuals in question, but here is a breakdown of quicklinks for you to follow:
- Seeing as the "Battle of Cardassia" appeared in the last episode, you probably should strike the "from" from your question. Otherwise, footage from "Sacrifice of Angels", "Tears of the Prophets", and "The Changing Face of Evil" was most obviously reused for this episode (with likely some bits and pieces from other episodes too). There was also a fair bit of new footage included as well.
- Here is a list of all Sovereign class appearances. The only non-film appearance of the ship, weren't really appearances, but rather, *blips* appearing in computer graphics. Everything you need to know about the Norway can be found here, including appearances and what happened to it, but in short, it needed to be resurfaced, and as rumor has it, the CGI file for it was lost/destroyed and the ship never appeared after Star Trek: First Contact. So to answer you question, neither were shown participating in any DS9 episodes.
- No Ambassador classes were shown in the 'main time frame' of DS9. The kitbashes that appeared in DS9, starting in DS9 Season 5, were all new and include the
Alka-Selsior-type, Centaur-type, Curry-type, Elkins-type, Yeager-type. So to answer you question, no ships from BoBW2 appeared on DS9 – several did appear, however, in "Unification I".
- Hope this helps. --Alan 19:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- Pretty sure Alka-Selsior-type doesn't belong on that list. It is an BoBW2 creation only reused in "Unification", not one of the Frankenstein Fleet from DS9. --OuroborosCobra talk 20:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- yeah, you're probably right. :) --Alan 20:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for answering my questions. Now, of course, is this question: If the Sovereign-class appeared as LCARS graphics, does that not imply that they participated in various battles, just not shown on-screen? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by TimberWolf (talk • contribs).
- I would have to say 'no,' because there were several other ships that were also *blipped* in those episodes that would have most certainly not been there, namely the D'deridex-class, and the D-7 class in "Sacrifice of Angels" (as the Romulans were not involved in the war at that point, and the D-7's were both supposedly retired, not to mention the Klingon's weren't involved at that point of the battle), other doubtfuls include the Bajoran raider and the Long range shuttle (the Bajorans had a non-aggression pact, the Vulcan shuttle was rather antiquated), and the orbital office complex and Relay Station 47 would have had curious roles in that battle (logistics maybe?). As well, the Phoenix and T'Plana-Hath-type were both over 3 centuries old. Finally, the Olympic-class and Intrepid-classes participation would be plausible, but the same would apply for these as it would for the Sovereign.
- On the other hand, referring back to question #2, I would like to point out this graphic, from "Favor the Bold", which included the Norway-class, and heavily implied its involvement in the war. --Alan 23:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Minor Edit Edit
Made two minor gramattical/mathematical corrections (Dominion resources strained "by" multiple fronts, not with. Also, added 400 *starships* instead of just *400*; which is 33%, not 30% of the original fleet of 1200).
Also made a minor factual correction. Cardassian vessels are not heavier than Federation or Breen starships in terms of armor or firepower. Galor class vessels were not equal to Starfleet's ships of the line during the Federation-Cardassian War, ultimately leading to a Central Command directive that Cardassian warships were not to engage Federation starships unless they held a numerical advantage of 2-to-1.
(Interestingly, and of unknown relation, this directive is identical to one issued by the British Admiralty to the commanding officers of all British frigates when engaging American frigates during the war of 1812.) SwordandScales 00:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


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Paralympia: "there is no such thing as a run-of-the-mill human"
When the Olympic Games finished (with that disappointing squib of a closing ceremony) I felt the days deflate. I had been borne aloft for two weeks on the wings of something really special: amazing, young athletes who were modest and gracious showing everyone how hard work, aspiration and teamwork are the things that should be put up on pedestals and celebrated.
London was blessed with rare sunshine, the volunteers were almost as beloved as the athletes, the organisation went without a hitch. I have never experienced such a feeling of uplift in the city. Then when the Olympic flames were extinguished the clouds came again and we all thought that the fizz had gone out of our lives.
But hail the Paralympics! If we all thought that the Olympics were uplifting then we weren't reckoning on the sheer overwhelm of the P-Games.
Leaving aside the amazing backstories of most of the athletes, the actual sporting events are so great there is no need for sentimentality to keep us glued to our screens.
First off, it's like watching a whole new universe of sports or sports we thought we knew through a thoroughly new lens. Swimming up and down a pool with all your limbs seems dull after a week of Paralympic swimming where there are so many gob-smacking variations on that simple theme: swimming with no arms, with no legs, with one of each, with one side paralysed.
And what two weeks ago might have seemed freakish has effortlessly and gracefully become standard.
That is surely the greatest magic of these games. It has in one luscious wave lifted us all out of unconscious ignorance into a deep, unfussy appreciation of other human beings whatever their make-up. As Stephen Hawkings said in the poetic Opening Ceremony: there is no such thing as a run-of-the-mill human.
One of the great things about these games, and particularly Channel Four's coverage of them is the utter lack of mawkishness and the level-headed enjoyment of their superhuman skills. There is a late night show, called The Last Leg, which has a laugh at the days events and ponders all the social niceities of talking about disabled athletes ("is it ok to crouch down when having a picture taken with the short stature gold medallist, Ellie Simmonds?") and the brilliant double act of Clare Balding and Adi Adepitan in the anchor studio explaining the intricacies of the various classes and the various sports.
It's such a joy to feel any residual discomfort or awkwardness around disabled people quickly transform into slack-jawed admiration. Half and hour of watching Wheelchair Rugby (or Murder Ball as it's known in the States) is enough to drive any soft-focus sentimentality out of the window. And the perception-shift that happens naturally when you start watching Goalball (played in silence so the visually-impaired players can hear the bell-ball) or Sitting Volleyball or Guided Sprinters is amazing.
And that is going to be the thing we look back on. No Paralympics has ever been as completely covered as these Games, neither have they ever been sold out like here in London. Up until 2012 the Games have always been a rather neglected bolt-on to the glory-drenched main games (or 'Dull' Olympics as the host on the Last Leg calls them).
I was initially outraged that NBC in the States weren't broadcasting any of the Games apart from 5 hours of highlights at the end (despite the States having such a large and powerful Paralympic team) but then I remembered how dilatory the coverage of the Beijing Paralympics had been here in the UK in 2008.
Hats off to Channel Four for their witty ("Thanks for the Warm Up" was their poster campaign the day after the Dull Olympics finished) and pitch-perfect coverage of these Superhuman days.
It's one of those moments in a country's history that change the way society thinks in a profound way. The strong swell of disapproval against the current Coalition government's brutal cuts on disability allowances is part of a tectonic shift in the way Britain relates to the disabled. Just as Mo Farah's Olympic gold was a shift in the way we think about asylum seekers and British Muslims.
Of course, I'm all giddy with the golden glow flowing out of the Stadium on my doorstep, but I do think we will look back with amazement at these summer weeks of 2012 and be glad.
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LesleySeptember 7, 2012 at 10:15 am
Well said sir. Very well said.
Chris ChalmersSeptember 7, 2012 at 11:32 am
…they feel like a sea changing thing. Like u I thought it was all over after the Dulls. If anything I am enjoying these more. When winners interviewed I feel like they react the way I would react. Able bodieds seem like over drilled media trained automatons by comparison. Sad thing is that paralympians will prob end up same way as they go mainstream. But for now they are just adorably real human beings. Also jonnie and Oscar are hot as hell…
CCsw19September 9, 2012 at 12:32 pm
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I really thought it was all over when the Dulls came to an end. Had no idea how sucked into these games I was going to get. To the extent that yesterday, stuck in bed with flu (proper flu, I tell you!), i had a rare old time flicking between four online streams of paralympic sport from C4 (3 of them delightfully free of adverts).
This feels like a seachanging thing to me – you can't watch them without seeing disabled people differently. But aside from all the headline heroics of hotties like Johnnie and Oscar, the event that sent my jaw south was a GB v USA match in the wheelchair tennis doubles. One of the USA guys was in an electric wheelchair, hands very twisted but still managing to operate the stick shift with one and his racquet with the other… How the hell is going to serve, I wondered..? Simple. He picked up the ball between his feet and tossed it. I didn't see him miss a single serve. And they beat us, dammit.
Astonishing. That above all else told me that life should be about what you can do, not what you can't. And the sheer delight of the medalists when they're interviewed, when they react so naturally and free of media-trained psychobabble, made them feel much more real than their able bodied counterparts. I kept thinking, "That's just how I'd be feeling!"
Loved it, loved it. Paralympics were the event of the year, bar none… Now, anyone for a bit of Premier League…?
Martha McSeptember 11, 2012 at 6:43 am
Hello Alistair,
It has certainly been a Great Olympics and Paralympics.
You have such a gift with words,and I cannot even come close to expressing all that you have said so well.
As I waited for this essay..I wondered if it would be about the paralympics,and I couldn't wait.And you delivered a most excellent view and insight ,that would give pleasure to someone that has never even seen one event.
I saw some of the events…and they were amazing.Everyone involved were amazing.London did a GREAT job. Its a Great time to be British,and I am so proud.
To top it all..Andy Murray has just won the US Open. The first man in 76 years to win a Tennis Grand Slam.
Your appreciation and sheer Joy of the paralypics,Or any Event for that matter,that you express in your own words ,brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.
Now , Thats My kind of writer.
How I wish I had found your blog years ago.
Its too late to comment on past essays now,but your Ayahuasca experiences fascinated me. You are very brave. I would not have the courage to face past demons ,again !
My respect and best wishes to you,Alistair,
NikiSeptember 11, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Beautifully written, a wonderful thought provoking blog that sends a positive message on how the media has used their power for the good of helping to change peoples perceptions towards disability.
As a former Paralympian myself, I have wept tears of joy & elation at how the country as a whole has come together over these past 6 weeks to embrace All Athletes. Your paragraph sums up beautifully what has without doubt happened, and one can only hope that we can build on this ripple of a wave and turn it into a tsunami of great magnitude.' It's one of those moments in a country's history that change the way society thinks in a profound way. The strong swell of disapproval against the current Coalition government's brutal cuts on disability allowances is part of a tectonic shift in the way Britain relates to the disabled. Just as Mo Farah's Olympic gold was a shift in the way we think about asylum seekers and British Muslims'
Thankyou Alistair, I am glad I have discovered both your blog and look forward to reading that and your tweeted comments in the future.
Kind Regards from a former Paralympian who is seriously considering of coming out of retirement.
Jonathan D. BinnsSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:36 pm
A nice uplifting view of the summer of olympics Alistair, particularly the Paraolympics.It has been the best ever one telivised.G.B showed them how to support disabilities.
And it all started with the Vision of a kind hearted (no flies on) German man in Stoke Mandiville Hospital.
I have worked with teaching & providing day services to people with Autism & profound learning Disabilities for 19 years.
I have had tears in my eyes & Deep emotions in my heart, as Disabled people have shown they shine and are no different than anyone on this planet that thinks & breathes positive & motivated in life.. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Irene PorterSeptember 23, 2012 at 5:05 pm
This sums up perfectly my feelings about this summer. My daughter took part in the opening ceremony of the Olympics and I'm so glad she will have that memory all her life. I went to an athletics session which I enjoyed immensely. As I left I heard someone say how moving it was, and realised I had not even thought about those taking part being disabled while I was watching.


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As we get older, the potential for "firsts" decrease. Long are the bygone days of the first day of school, first crush, first dance with a boy, first kiss, first heartbreak, first taste of a particular food, first time jumping out of plane, first job, you get my drift. And then when you have kids, you get to go through all the firsts again. First step, first shoes, first birthday, first day of school, and on and on.
But today, I stopped short. I was sitting at work when I realised I was about to have another "first" and it just about broke my heart.
Tomorrow is my first Father's Day without my dad. And I haven't felt his loss as keenly as I do today. Sometimes to survive, our brains will compartmentalise things in order for us to function and sometimes, we even forget. Forget the grief or forget the pain, just for brief snatches of time so that we can live our day to day. And time really does heal; it just takes a long while.
My last first was also about my dad. The first time I stood shaking, as his doctor outlined all the things that was wrong with him, end stage heart disease, end stage renal failure, end stage Lung disease, end stage liver disease. The first time I had to make international phone calls to my brothers to break the news, waking them from their sleep. The first time I held my brother in a hospital corridor as we tried to comfort each other. The first time my dad looked me in the eye and he whispered that he was tired. And it was also the first time I realised after all the years of close calls, that there might be no bouncing back for this one.
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If you've spent any time on Facebook recently, you've most likely seen a number of comments, images and cartoons lamenting the loss of the most iconic junk food. Of course, I'm talking about Hostess' crème-filled spongy cake better known as the Twinkie, which could disappear from the planet permanently if the company does not find a buyer after filing for bankruptcy earlier this month and announcing the immediate closing of all its bakeries.
Across the social media pond on Twitter, there were calls for a government assisted Twinkie bailout. The loss was seen as a sign that the Mayan calendar prophesy of the end of the world was indeed coming to fruition. Colorado and Washington state residents, where marijuana was just legalized, seemed to receive the news with horrific fears about how they'll ever properly sate epic episodes of the munchies. Panic over the possibility of a Twinkie-less future sent consumers into stores, clearing out shelves of Hostess products in record time. Ebay had listings of boxes of Twinkies for as much as $10,000. As the eulogies piled up, so did the DIY it's-not-really-junk-food-if-you- make-it-from-scratch recipes—vegan and organic options available, too—not just for the beloved Twinkie, but for all of Hostess' products, which also includes Wonder Bread, Drake's Cakes, and my once personal favorite: the chocolatey crème-spiraled Ho-Ho's.
Since the announcement, advocates of healthy food have done their fair share of finger shaking at a country that loves its junk food. Obesity rates are still climbing, with CDC estimates that by 2025 more than 75 percent of Americans will either be overweight or clinically obese. Illnesses related to diet parallels our girth rates, too, with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease topping the list of conditions afflicting Americans. The Twinkie epitomizes all that's wrong with America's food system: a genetically modified, highly processed, chemical-filled, sugary junk food that doesn't really decompose. It's death certainly does leave room for us to be hopeful that healthier food options will take its place—especially for our nation's children—but it's by no means a sure thing.
A baker's strike at Hostess over unionization eventually led the company into bankruptcy and left more than 18,000 employees at bakeries across the country out of work just before the holiday season, was pinpointed as the culprit this time around. But Hostess has been sold several times since the 1980s, reports Forbes magazine and "The company filed for bankruptcy in 2004, and again in 2011." The Wall Street Journal reports that there may soon be a new owner of Hostess products: "Flowers Foods Inc., a Georgia-based baker, announced it has renegotiated lending terms to allow it to tap additional cash, in what analysts see as a clear sign it is gearing up to buy assets owned by Hostess."
For a food to stay relevant and virtually unchanged when competing brands are constantly reinventing flavors, sizes and packaging is nothing short of a task. If a brand can't compete with the changing industry, they often revert to being a "classic" hoping that we love our nostalgia almost as much as we love our junk food. Remember what happened to Coca-Cola's sales when they brought back "Coke Classic" after the "New Coke" fiasco? Sales skyrocketed. We see the insanity each year when McDonald's unleashes its limited-time-only McRib sandwich. And even if Twinkies never completely go away, the threat of losing them will give the brand new life…a zombie type of rebirth, if you will. They'll become harder to destroy, carving out a more demanding niche in the minds of consumers who struggle to distinguish between indulgence and necessity.
Whether you're cheering or weeping at the thought of life after Twinkies, the creamy center of this lesson remains unchanged: we are what we eat, or rather, Like Michael Pollan once reminded us in his book In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, "The sheer novelty and glamour of the Western diet, with its seventeen thousand new food products every year and the marketing power—32 billion dollars a year—used to sell us those products, has overwhelmed the force of tradition and left us where we now find ourselves: relying on science and journalism and government and marketing to help us decide what to eat."
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