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I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said 'Deformed Man's Toilet,' that kind of thing. ”
Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want to craft public policy around global warming fears. ”
Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step. ”
A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. ”
We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates international headlines, but children in Niger suffering from drought and children in Britain suffering from leukaemia go unnoticed. ”
One of the things I've been interested in my whole career is exploring masculinity and what it means to be a man. The sensitivity of a man, but also the violence and power that goes along with it. ”
That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life. ”
Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy. ”
When I first went to college, I went into physics, and my goal was to help perfect nuclear fusion so I could solve the energy crisis and global warming. I probably would have done it, too, if I'd stuck to it. ”
Responsible global behaviour is ultimately an act of self-preservation of, by, and for the global beast that modern technological humanity has become. ”