ooooiivviioooo Hong Kong

As compared to South Africa, the struggle for freedom in China seems to be much more difficult...

..."Women get turned on by personality, not physique"

;-)

p.34

I just wonder if something similar is being used in this part of the world...

Scary...

Despite it is a story of the 70's in Germany, I could imagin similiar things are still happening right here right now. Probably it is not related to the addition of H., but anything that are addictive.

There was an excellent analysis on the causes of drug addiction that probably still apply nowadays @ p. 226-235.

All in all, if the external environment that caused the substances abuses doesn't change, it is not possible to stop the addiction, or it will be relapsed quickly even if stopped. ... (continue)

Like his last book "The Tipping Point", it is very entertaining to read!

Now I learnt the basic principles to "plant something in others minds"....hehe ;-)

An interesting quote from the book, to all bookworms ;-)

"...he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was creating for himself an unreal world which would make the real world of everyday a source of bitter disapointment."

This is really a very well written book. The story is basically the one of the author, whom was grown up in strict Christian upbringing, and how he searched for freedom. ... (continue)

The story is a basically about an Indian boy survived after floating for 227 days in the Pacific Ocean, together with a Bengal Tiger on a lifeboat, after the sinking of the cargo ship he was on board.

Some funny quotes on religions by the author:

“Hindus and Christians are idolaters. They have many gods.”

“And Muslims have many wives,”

“Christians know nothing about religion…They strayed long ago from God’s path,”

“You don’t have a single miracle to show for it. What kind of religion is that, without miracles?”… “It isn’t a circus with dead people jumping out of tombs all the time, that’s what! We Muslims stick to the essential miracle of existence. Birds flying, rain falling, crops growing – these are miracles enough for us.”

“Well, a whole lot of good it did God to be with you – you tried to kill him! You banged him to a cross with great big nails. Is that a civilized way to treat a prophet? The prophet Muhammad – peace upon him – brought us the word of God without any undignified nonsense and died at a ripe old age.”

“The word of God? To that illiterate merchant of yours in the middle of the desert? Those were drooling epileptic fits brought on by the swaying of his camel, not divine revelation. That, or the sun frying his brains!”

“…foreign religions”

“And with their one god Muslims are always causing troubles and provoking riots. The proof of how bad Islam is, is how uncivilized Muslims are,”

“Says the slave-driver of the caste system…Hindus enslave people and worship dressed-up dolls.”

“They are golden calf lovers. The kneel before cows,”

“While Christians kneel before a white man! They are the flunkies of a foreign god. They are the nightmare of all non-white people.”

“And the eat pigs and are cannibals,” ... (continue)

No wonder I don't quite understand it...the writer was a journalist, not physics.