Masked and sometimes caped crusaders occupy mythic positions in society. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Batman – in fact any super-hero you care to think of – use anonymity to progress good against entrenched, begrudging power cliques. Onto the stage – the digital stage and this time in real-life, strides blogger and prolific Tweeter – Grog’s Gamut. He is a Twitter sub-culture phenomenon, blogging and tweeting anonymously and with undoubted journalism skill. The package is now in the open, his mask ripped off. The eagle …
Month: September 2010
The Australian Football League grand final is tomorrow. All year, two teams of men have been training and lifting weights; growing strength to be harder and stronger at the contest. They needn’t have bothered. WADA, the world drug testing authority, currently don’t list berserker mushrooms on their list of banned substances. In ancient times, Norse vikings would eat a pile of these things before battle, causing a boost in head-lopping capability. Nick Riewoldt, a flaxen haired warrior who looks like …
Not too long ago, the ultimate search for paradise began and ended in Afghanistan. In the 1960’s and 70’s intrepid Western traveller’s lusted after Afghanistan’s free and exotic culture, its relaxed and welcoming way of life offering visitors an opportunity to explore a radically different culture. This attitude seems to have been turned on its head. Now oppressive dictates are being cruelly enforced on travelling Afghanis by Western governments afraid of offending wide-spread ignorance and xenophobia cooked-up by themselves in …