I Would Rather Clean Than Beg.

It Is Easy To Be Disgruntled If You Are Denied Rights And Freedoms To Which You Feel Entitled. But If You Are Not Coherent, If You Cannot Put Into Words What It Is That Displeases You And Why It Is Unfair And Should Change, Then You Are Dismissed As An Unreasonable Whiner. You May Be Lectured About Perseverance And Patience, Life As A Test, The Need To Accept The Higher Wisdom Of Others.

It Takes A Long Time To Dissolve The Bars Of A Mental Cage.

In April 2006, A Dutch Court Ordered That I Leave My Safe-home That I Was Renting From The State. The Judge Concluded That My Neighbors Had A Right To Argue That They Felt Unsafe Because Of My Presence In The Building.

Muslim Leaders Should Ask Themselves What Exactly Their Relationship Is To A Political Movement That Encourages Young Men To Kill And Maim On Religious Grounds.

Most Unmarried Somali Girls Who Got Pregnant Committed Suicide. I Knew Of One Girl In Mogadishu Who Poured A Can Of Gasoline Over Herself In The Living Room, With Everyone There, And Burned Herself Alive. Of Course, If She Hadn't Done This, Her Father And Brothers Would Probably Have Killed Her Anyway.