There’s a good article up on Z-Net about the Prime Minister’s denial of responsibility for the mass rape of women during WW2. Here’s why you should read it:

Looked at in starkest relief, the democratically elected leader of the world’s second richest nation — one that currently aspires to international leadership in the UN Security Council — committed an act of open violence. He denied the few remaining survivors of a well-documented history the right to claim the dignity that has come as a result of telling their story since 1993 when the Government of Japan first publicly accepted responsibility.

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It’s Wednesday, but if feels like the weekend already. I’ve only got one more day of work, a bit of marking and planning for the next school year and then I’m on Spring vacation until April 6th.
Wahoo! Also, I don’t have to teach Junior High from next term, only Senior High, so hopefully it will be a quieter, more stress-free 12 months. Jules (my co-worker) is very very jealous indeed.

Hehehehe.

Here’s another nice Joe Strummer video. I think I might make this Joe Strummer Week, and put one up each day. Enjoy!

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