venerdì, febbraio 19, 2010
venerdì, agosto 08, 2008
Happy Olympics!
Etichette: China, Cina, english, human rights, politica, politics
mercoledì, giugno 04, 2008
JUNE 4TH 1989
We all know the image of the man standing in front of a tank in
Four years ago, I was preparing with a friend our study trip to
I know that we won't celebrate the 20th anniversary with truth and I am convinced that as long as freedom of expression in
I'll try to retrace my friend T. I am sad and happy at the same time every time I think of
Sad 19th anniversary,
Etichette: China, Cina, english, human rights, politica, politics
sabato, maggio 10, 2008
Sesso, droga e Urbi et Orbi
E io che pensavo per sentire un vecchio paragonare sesso e droga ci si dovesse rivolgere a Keith Richards! Ah, sono così ingenuamente ventesimo secolo!
mercoledì, marzo 12, 2008
12 March 2008: Cyberdemos against internet censorship
Participate
For a more extensive reading: Handbook for bloggers and cyberdissidents
For general information: Reporters sans frontieres
Etichette: China, english, human rights
giovedì, dicembre 14, 2006
Lesotho, Ben and I
Sincerely, until this morning the only thing I knew was that Lesotho on my map is a green spot on a pinkish territory: Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa. But then my friend Benedict XVI met the Ambassador of Lesotho. He seemed to know more than me about the country: I became jealous and I decided to look for some information:
Lesotho has a very small population (a bit more than 2.500.000 inhabitants) with a very high HIV rate: 25% of the adult population is HIV positive. (UNAIDS)
Life expectancy is less than 35 years. (CIA World Fact book )
Try to think about it: at the age of 35 many Italians are newlyweds, or still live with their parents delaying their adult life... They are not wrong: they have almost 50 years in front of them...
In Lesotho at the age of 35 you are a survivor.
Read this :
“For women aged 18–19 years, less than 10% are HIV-positive, but by the time they celebrate their 22nd birthday, 30% will have acquired HIV, and by the time they reach 24 years, almost 40% will have been infected. For a large proportion of young women in Lesotho, delaying sex seems simply to be postponing eventual HIV infection (NAC and UNAIDS, 2006).”
These are the reasons why I think that –especially talking about a country like Lesotho- when you say that abstinence is the only way to fight HIV/AIDS, you are a CRIMINAL. You sacrifice human lives for dogmas.
In the hope that he is simply misinformed, I leave here some links for him:
UNAIDS: http://www.unaids.org/en/
UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006
Human Rights Watch: HIV/AIDS and human rights
By the way, Ben:
“The male latex condom is the single, most efficient, available technology to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.” UNAIDS
I translate for you: the only way to fight HIV/AIDS is the use of CONDOMS!
martedì, dicembre 12, 2006
Scusate
Da La Stampa di oggi:
"L’aborto e la sperimentazione sugli embrioni costituiscono la diretta negazione dell’atteggiamento di accoglienza verso l’altro che è indispensabile per instaurare durevoli rapporti di pace" Il Papa.
MA FAMMI IL PIACERE!!!!!!
Non è che vi volete sbattezzare anche voi?