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Public nudity! At least we had the decency to cover our bits with magnolia leaves... This was a hot summer day at Nana and Papa's house - That's Eric (or Ryan), me, my cousin Travis, and Ryan (or Eric)
A shot I took during the cold snap in January at St Stephen's Green
Constance Georgine Markiewicz, Countess Markiewicz (4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), was an Irish Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette and socialist. She was the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, though she did not take her seat and along with the other Sinn Féin TDs formed the first Dáil Éireann. She was also the first woman in Europe to hold a cabinet position (Minister of Labour of the Irish Republic, 1919–1922).
During the Easter Rising of 1916, a group of insurgents made up mainly of members of the Irish Citizen Army, under the command of Commandant Michael Mallin and his second-in-command Constance Markiewicz, established a position in St Stephen's Green. After the failure of the rising, they were taken to Kilmainham Gaol. At her court-martial she told the court, "I did what was right and I stand by it." She was sentenced to death, but General Maxwell commuted this to life in prison on; "account of the prisoner's sex." She told the court, "I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me".
The Countess was released from prison in 1917 after a general amnesty.
Artwork by dbase.
Not by Banksy. News.com.au ran a story about Banksy today. News.com.au didn't even have the decency to check all the artwork was actually by Banksy, let alone credit the photos to their respective photographers.
If this is your photo, you should write to News.com.au and complain.
Mikey Shuman, Queens Of The Stone Age during a quiet part of the Salt Mine show
p.s. if you are gonna post my copyrighted images elsewhere on the internet at least have the decency to credit me with them or link them back to here, or i'll probably stop posting them or at least start putting big watermarks on them.
I realise while uploading this that I've taken a very similar shot before, so apologies for that.
This is one of the soap bottles in work which has once again turned into a layered cocktail as they've been topped up from a five litre bottle of a different colour.
This one at least has the decency to be blue and white in honour of a great result for the Blues tonight.
"Decency in speech and conduct is the key to being a successful spiritual candidate.'' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
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~ The brutal gang-rape and murder ofTapasI Malik, the anti land-grab activist at Singur by CPI(M) goons is a recent instance of CPI(M)'s willingness to use rape as a weapon against a people's struggle. Later, CPI(M) systematically spread the theories that she had in fact been killed by her lover, her father or her brother. At the time, the West Bengal CM fromCPI(M) ordered a CBI enquiry, promising that it would punish the guilty 1f .
indeed anyone was found guilty. But now the CBI enquiry has accused CPI(M)'s own local leaders of .
having masterminded the rape. Yet CPI(M) continues to defend the rapists and (icny the rape itself. In .
Nandigram also, CPI(M) cadres and police ir1dulged in bwtal sexual violence on women. .
CPI(M)'s top most leadership -such as its CC member Benoy Konar, resorted to obscene threats against .
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women activists who were speaking out against the land grab at Singur and Nandigram. Konar threatened .
"When Medha Patkar visits here nexttime, we'll ask ourwomen cadres to show her their backsides." When Medha Patkar went to Nandigram, not women, but CPI(M) men did in fact pull down their pants and show their behinds. .
wearing a salwar-kameez, which he said went against 'Bengali culture'. lnspite of such anti-woman In 1993, Shubhankar Chakravarty, Principal of Ashutosh College, Kolkata, punished a girl student for .
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attitudes, he was rewarded with a Vice-Chancellorship of Rabindra Bharati University as well as a high-.
profile Lok Sabha ticket against Mamata Banerjee from the CPI(M). .
SFI assaulted girl students in Rabindra Bharati University in 2002 while attempting to enforce a dress .
-J code of 'sarees only' on the girl students of the Visual Arts Department. (Times ofIndia, 22 and 24 July, After the infamous Birati rape case in 1991, Shyamali Gupta, the General Secretary of the CPI(M)'s West .
2002). .
..J Bengal women's wing, said about the 3 Bangladeshi refugee victims: "Many women of that area, including Shanti Das (a victim), the mistress of a notorious anti-social, were involved in foul professions and such .
honeymoons ofthese women with the anti-socials were an open secret, that day's events appeared to 1 .
be a sequel to the rivalry between these anti-socials", and this statement was published in full by the I .
CPI(M)'s partyorgan, People's Democracy! (cited in Tanika Sarkar, 'Reflections on Biruti Rape Case',Gender Ideology .
in Bengal, EPW,Feb 21, 1991.) ~ CPI(M)'s former Kerala CM from CPI(M), the late EK Nayanar, asked about the rash of rape cases in the I. .
stata, had replied: 'In the US, rape is as common as drinking tea or coffee; rape-is as old as time and I .
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will continue as long as there are women.' (The Hindu, April 30, 2004) I.
After the Kozhikode sex scandal in Kerala, Nayanar again said, "wherever there are women, there will .
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The Left-oriented women's movement has a well-deserved reputation for commitment to women's struggles. In .
order to retain and consolidate this legitimacy and combat the fascist and patriarchal forces, the Left groups need to prove that they are willing to acknowledge and consciously combat patriarchal 'common sense' within their own ranks. When a CPI(M) Government refuses to dismiss a police officer who openly denies women's rights and expresses .
sexual behaviour can justif'/ r::::pe, do they not do grievous harm to women's struggles agamst such patriarchal .
communal views. when Left leaders defend 'dress codes' in the name feminine 'decency', or imply that a woman's ideology? Do they not end up giving a boost to the fascist Right-wing, that quotes the CPI(M)'s anti-woman .
their own comrades on the issue of gender, when they refuse to question the patriarchal stances and distorted .
When SFI and CPI(M) display double standards by refusing to condemn the anti-woman words and deeds of gender ideology of their own party, they only end up strengthening the patriarchal and anti-woman agenda of the.
statements to defend itself? .
In this JNUSU elections, AISA appeals to you to stand by those who consistently defend gender justice right-wing forces. .
and women's rights, and reject the political proponents of patriarchy and their representatives on campus! .
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President : Sandeep Singh .
Vice-President : Shephalika Shekhar .
Gen. Secy. : Pallavi Deka .
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Jt. Secy. : Md Mobeen Alam .
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Arvind Kumar Javed Iqbal Wani .
Khalid Abdalla Abdelwahab Meara Visvanathan .
Madri Kakoti SLL&CS Sucheta De.
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Monalisa Adhikari Abhlneet Raj .
Urvashi Tllak Vismay Basu P. Kumar Mangalam Syed Mohammad Raghlb Sd/-Awadhesh, .
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How can keeping food and medicine from the people of Gaza protect the people of Israel? How can the impoverishment and suffering of Gaza’s children – more than 50 per cent of the population – benefit anyone? International law as well as human decency demands their protection. If Gaza falls, the West Bank will be next. - Sara Roy
The cover illustration takes a new meaning today with Osama Bin Laden's finishing off news!
Tariq Ali's comprehensive and eye-opening account of fundamentalisms of american, afghan, Arab and pakistani varieties enmeshed with religions of people of the Book(s)!
Oh and he calls American Imperialism the mother of all fundamentalisms! As a people/region who has experienced the best and worst of both British and American Imperialisms, it indeed is true. After all, British Empire had the decency to eyewash its loot and pillaging with all the architecture, systems and infrastructure development. American Imperialism alas just has wars, bomb blasts, ruins and F16s to show for.
ODC: Book Title
"When Church and State are separate, the effects are happy, and they do not at all interfere with each other; but where they have been confounded together, no tongue nor pen can fully describe the mischiefs that have ensued."
-Rev. Isaac Backus, 1773
Recently refurbished at great cost, a lovely park. Very quickly the turf was torn up, rubber protective matting has been removed, litter everywhere - beer cans, cigarette packets, condoms, sweet packets.
It's common decency to look after property, to think of others. Why is this lacking?
EODM with QOTSA @ Spandau Citadel, Berlin, Germany
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The Postcard
A postally unused postcard with a divided back.
The Korean Gat
The man in the photograph is wearing the traditional Korean gat (Korean: Hunminjeongeum 갓)
A gat is a traditional hat worn by men along with hanbok (Korean traditional clothing) during the Joseon period. It is made from bamboo or horsehair with a bamboo frame, and is partly transparent.
Most gats are cylindrical in shape with a wide brim on a bamboo frame. Before the late 19th. century, only noble class men could wear gat, which represented their social status and protected their topknots.
Robert Neff of the Korean Times has written the following about Korean male headware:
'One of the most important articles of clothing for Koreans in the late 19th. century was the hat. The elderly man with his majestic black horse hair hat, often seen in pictures, is the iconic image of Korean male society during the Joseon Dynasty (1392 - 1910).
According to Percival Lowell, an American who stayed in Seoul in the winter of 1883-84:
"No Korean can in decency appear
without it [hat], except only to make
room for some other hat."
It was a sign of manhood, "the most essential of attributes," and a badge of one's position in Korean society.
Lowell seemed amused with the difference between Korean and American culture. In the United States it was considered poor manners to wear a hat indoors, and one would rarely remove one's shoes, but the opposite was true in Korea:
"A man would part with any or all of
his clothing sooner than take off his
hat. On entering a house, he leaves
his shoes outside to await his return,
but he and his hat go in together.
As he sits down to eat, he divests
himself of his outer garments that he
may eat with greater freedom, but his
hat stays on; and so it sticks to him
through life ― a permanent black halo."
There were many types of hats. The iconic hat, the gat, was made from horse hair and bamboo and was black and somewhat transparent.
It had a fairly wide brim that in the past, according to popular legend, was much wider as a means of preventing unrest. Because of its wide brim, conspirators were kept apart, and were unable to whisper their plans to one another.
There was also a large mourning hat made from bamboo. It was designed to hide the face of mourners from others they might encounter on the streets. It was considered a grievous breach of etiquette to look into the face of the mourner.
Early French missionaries used the mourning hat to disguise themselves as they traveled the Korean peninsula before the 1880's. They were able to move about in relative secrecy for no one would attempt to communicate with a mourner.
Court officials' hats had slightly bent-forward ear-shaped horizontal wings. It was said they symbolized the wearer's attentiveness and willingness to "catch every word of command that the King may utter."
As Korea entered the 20th. century, there were many reforms forced on the population. Some were readily accepted and appreciated, but others, especially those that dealt with hair styles and hats, were vehemently opposed.
"A man is much more firmly bound to
his hat than he is attached to his wife.
He may put away the latter; without
the hat, life becomes a hollow mockery,
for the hat makes the man. Without it
he remains forever a boy."
Hats remained a part of male culture throughout the first half of the 20th. century, but have since disappeared. The only exceptions are those worn by elderly males in the Jongno area, or the bright colorful caps that young teens and adults wear while out with their friends. The "permanent black halo" is no more.'
How Japan Took Control of Korea
Erin Blakemore has written the following for history.com in 2018, and updated it in 2023:
In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan after years of war, intimidation and political machinations; the country would be considered a part of Japan until 1945. In order to establish control over its new protectorate, the Empire of Japan waged an all-out war on Korean culture.
Schools and universities forbade speaking Korean, and emphasized manual labor and loyalty to the Emperor. Public places adopted Japanese, too, and an edict to make films in Japanese soon followed.
Topographical and other postcards of Korea were published with descriptions in Japanese text.
It also became a crime to teach history from non-approved texts, and authorities burned over 200,000 Korean historical documents, essentially wiping out the historical memory of Korea.
During the occupation, Japan took over Korea’s labor and land. Nearly 100,000 Japanese families settled in Korea with the land they had been given; they chopped down trees by the million and planted non-native species, transforming a familiar landscape into something many Koreans didn’t recognize.
Nearly 725,000 Korean workers were made to work in Japan and its other colonies, and as World War II loomed, Japan forced hundreds of thousands of Korean women into life as “comfort women”—sexual slaves who served in military brothels.
Korea’s people weren’t the only thing that was plundered during Japan’s colonization—its cultural symbols were considered fair game, too. One of the most powerful symbols of Korean sovereignty and independence was its royal palace, Gyeongbokgung, which was built in Seoul in 1395 by the mighty Joseon dynasty.
Soon after assuming power, the Japanese colonial government tore down over a third of the complex’s historic buildings, and the remaining structures were turned into tourist attractions for Japanese visitors.
As historian Heejung Kang notes, the imperial government also attempted to preserve treasures of Korean art history and culture—but then used them to uphold imperial Japan’s image of itself as a civilizing and modern force.
This view of Korea as backward and primitive compared to Japan made it into textbooks, museums and even Koreans’ own perceptions of themselves.
The occupation government also worked to assimilate Koreans with the help of language, religion and education. Shinto shrines originally intended for Japanese families became places of forced worship.
Historian Donald N. Clark explains:
"The colonial government made Koreans
worship the gods of imperial Japan,
including dead emperors and the spirits
of war heroes who had helped them
conquer Korea earlier in the century.”
This forced worship was viewed as an act of cultural genocide by many Koreans, but for the colonists, it was seen as evidence that Koreans and Japanese were a single, unified people.
Though some families got around the Shinto edict by simply visiting the shrines and not praying there, others grudgingly adopted the new religious practices out of fear.
By the end of its occupation of Korea, Japan had even waged war on people’s family names. At first, the colonial government made it illegal for people to adopt Japanese-style names, ostensibly to prevent confusion in family registries.
But in 1939, the government made changing names an official policy. Under the law, Korean families were “graciously allowed” to choose Japanese surnames.
At least 84 percent of all Koreans took on the names since people who lacked Japanese names were not recognized by the colonial bureaucracy, and were shut out of everything from mail delivery to ration cards. Historian Hildi Kang writes:
“The whole point was for the government
to be able to say that the people had
changed their names ‘voluntarily.’”
The Plundering of Korea by Japan
(a) Historic Korean Artifacts
Koreans accuse the Japanese of plundering hundreds of thousands of ancient Korean artifacts, mostly during their 36-year occupation of the peninsula. Most Japanese consider the issue a dead one, resolved by the 1965 Japan-Korea Treaty, which led to the return of some 1,400 items.
However the treaty was not definitive, as it neglected artifacts in Japanese private collections, as well as those originating in North Korea.
The size of the haul is astounding. Eighty percent of all Korean Buddhist paintings are believed to be in Japan. And, says Seoul art historian Kwon Cheeyun:
"35,000 Korean art objects and
30,000 rare books have been
confirmed to be there, too."
However that is only the tip of the iceberg: vastly more is believed to be hidden away in private collections.
Determining legal ownership is far more difficult than with the art looted by the Nazis. Toshiyuki Kono, a law professor at Kyushu University. states:
"It's almost impossible to trace the
provenance of centuries-old artifacts."
Besides, the Japanese annexation was internationally recognized in 1910, meaning that relocating Korean artifacts within "Japanese territory" was lawful at the time.
To Korea's annoyance, Japan holds many items of particular value. More than 1,000 bronze, gold and celadon pieces owned by the late businessman Takenosuke Ogura now make up the core of the Tokyo National Museum's Korean section.
A lot of precious Korean artifacts are now owned by private Japanese citizens or organizations, which means that the Japanese government can’t just acquire them and hand them back to Korea. So, unless the Korean government offers to actually spend millions of dollars to buy back the artifacts, it is unlikely they will ever be returned.
As well as removing cultural artifacts to Japan, the Japanese also burned countless Korean government buildings and palaces.
(b) Natural Resources
The Japanese also removed vast amounts of Korea's natural resources, including lumber, rice, coal, iron ore and many other minerals.
The land itself was also appropriated by the Japanese; by 1910 an estimated 8% of all arable land in Korea had come under Japanese control. This ratio increased steadily, and by 1932, the ratio of Japanese land ownership had grown to 53%.
Japanese landlords included both individuals and corporations. Many former Korean landowners became tenant farmers, having lost their entitlements almost overnight because they could not pay for the land reclamation and irrigation improvements forced upon them. As often occurred in Japan itself, tenants had to pay over half their crop in rent.
Agir
Entre tendresse et émotion.
Respiration sensitive,
Doux contact.
Se sentir vivre
Brûlante et charmante pudeur
Langage du corps
Entre plaisir et désir
S’apprivoiser, s’improviser
Dans un jeu de séduction
Entre sauvage et câline
S’enivrer
"Souvenir"
To act. Between tenderness and emotion. Sensitive breathing, Soft contact. To feel to live. Extreme and charming decency Language of the body. Between pleasure and desire. To tame down, improvise themselves, In a play of seduction. Between savage and câline, enivrer.
"Souvenir"
Pissigt väder ju. Sitter i Södertälje hamn, detta skithål, och inväntar avgång. På bänken bredvid mig sitter världens äckligaste småstadssvin, två killar och en tjej. Finniga, lurkiga, med för mkt texturising wax från Garnier i håret. Ni vet, kidsen som rör sig i stadens yttersta utkanter (asså typ Järna och Gnesta) har ej ännu fått informationen om att spikes är så jävla '98. Vill döda. 30-something kvinnor med kopparfärgade highlights (måtte det ej vara hårmascara) i sitt råttfärgade hår lommar förbi, kånkandes på shoppingpåsar från Joy och Flash. Ja, ni hajar. Ett ungt par begår kardinalsynden; de tunghånglar i mitt öra, slask, slafs, smack. De har inte ens the decency att vara snygga. Jag har nu uppgivit tre anledningar till att skaffa körkort, köpa en bil och bara sluta åka kollektivt. Det är antagligen det jag skulle njuta allra mest av om jag tog bilen överallt; att bli fredad av mänskligheten. Detta virus. Men asså det är så himla dyrt och miljöovänligt att köra bil så jag ska nog lägga mina slantar på att gå i terapi istället. Jag måste lära mig att se det vackra i människor! Alla människor.
Cars, fucking cars everywhere!! Don't you sods have enough room in Helsinki already, have some decency ffs!
The Postcard
A Comic Series postcard that was published by Bamforth & Co. Ltd. of Holmfirth, Yorkshire. The card was printed in England.
The card was posted in Shanklin, Isle-of-Wight using a 2d. stamp on Wednesday the 9th. June 1954.
The recipient's name and address and the message have faded to the point that they are illegible.
McCarthyism
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 9th. June 1954, Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashed out at Senator Joseph McCarthy, during hearings on whether Communism had infiltrated the Army. He asked:
"Have you no sense of decency?"
George Perez
The day also marked the birth in The Bronx, New York of the
American comic book artist George Perez.
George worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970's penciling Fantastic Four and The Avengers for Marvel Comics. In the 1980's he penciled The New Teen Titans, which became one of DC Comics' top-selling series.
George penciled DC's landmark series Crisis on Infinite Earths, followed by relaunching Wonder Woman as both writer and penciller for the rebooted series.
In the meantime, he worked on other comics published by Marvel, DC, and other companies into the 2010s. He was known for his detailed and realistic rendering, and his facility with complex crowd scenes.
George died in Sanford, Florida at the age of 67 on the 6th. May 2022.
'Cara Mia'
Also on the 9th. June 1954, the Number One chart hit record in the UK was Cara Mia by David Whitfield and the Mantovani Orchestra.
David Whitfield (2nd. February 1925 – 15th. January 1980) was a popular British male tenor vocalist from Hull. He became the first British artist to have a UK No. 1 single in the UK and in the United States with Cara Mia.
David died from a brain haemorrhage in Sydney, Australia, while on tour at the age of 54.
supporting Queens Of The Stone Age at Palm Desert Benefit show, CA
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Queens Of The Stone Age @ Lupos, Providence, RI
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Another shot for a group that does not yet exist. Here's the skinny: hot_tea has a very cool idea to start a group called "Leave a Penny." A random act of decency for the superstitious among us -- yes, I do count myself in that group! So, just document the act & voila... please comment if you'd be interested in such a group. I'll be sure to pass your thoughts along to h.t. ^_^
When I've had powerful cars in the past I too have driven around everyone - the difference being that I always use my signals. Always.
When Frontier Airlines obliterated absorbed the Midwest Airlines brand, they at least had the decency to continue the Midwest tradition of warm cookies, baked (or at least warmed) onboard. Alas, Frontier announced last week that upon the depletion of remaining stocks of cookie dough, fresh cookie service would cease. Animal crackers will replace the trademark snack item of a once-great airline.
This is very likely the last baked-onboard cookie I'll likely eat on an US commercial airliner. This one was served en route Denver to San Francisco.
Waiting, just waiting for his people to have a little common decency, outside San Francisco's Ferry Plaza shopping center.
Love: a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
really?
then please tell me,
why does it hurt?
why does it give people such excessive emotions?
why can it make someone crazy?
why...?
Love: a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection
what's the difference?
I wanna know.
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re-edited image.
hope you like it.
Just to let everyone know, all my writing isn't just written cause I wanted to
It's written because I needed to. :)
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Tuesdays are yoga nights. I come home, hop in the shower, eat foods: Amy's Kitchen cheese pizza pocket, and a glass of milk. Mmm.
I wanted to do my FDT facing the other way, but there were certain decency issues with that + a short robe, it turns out!
Even on a Monday in September, Chatsworth can be pretty busy so getting half decent shots "sans-peeps" was not easy. It was also pretty gloomy so these three shots are all taken at ISO 2400 f4.5 and shutter speeds of about 1/8sec or so. They were then pushed, bent and generally knocked about way beyond the bounds of common decency!
When I caught a tram home later, the driver asked over the PA 'is she skipping clockwise or anti-clockwise', when we'd passed it he asked again. A random reason to love Melbourne.
[Also because a guy told his gf off for trying to claim the taxi my friend had hailed - a lovely late night act of decency]
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that has a divided back.
The Korean Gat
The men in the photograph are wearing the traditional Korean gat (Korean: Hunminjeongeum 갓)
A gat is a traditional hat worn by men along with hanbok (Korean traditional clothing) during the Joseon period. It is made from bamboo or horsehair with a bamboo frame, and is partly transparent.
Most gats are cylindrical in shape with a wide brim on a bamboo frame. Before the late 19th. century, only noble class men could wear gat, which represented their social status and protected their topknots.
Robert Neff of the Korean Times has written the following about Korean male headware:
'One of the most important articles of clothing for Koreans in the late 19th. century was the hat. The elderly man with his majestic black horse hair hat, often seen in pictures, is the iconic image of Korean male society during the Joseon Dynasty (1392 - 1910).
According to Percival Lowell, an American who stayed in Seoul in the winter of 1883-84:
"No Korean can in decency appear
without it [hat], except only to make
room for some other hat."
It was a sign of manhood, "the most essential of attributes," and a badge of one's position in Korean society.
Lowell seemed amused with the difference between Korean and American culture. In the United States it was considered poor manners to wear a hat indoors, and one would rarely remove one's shoes, but the opposite was true in Korea:
"A man would part with any or all of
his clothing sooner than take off his
hat. On entering a house, he leaves
his shoes outside to await his return,
but he and his hat go in together.
As he sits down to eat, he divests
himself of his outer garments that he
may eat with greater freedom, but his
hat stays on; and so it sticks to him
through life ― a permanent black halo."
There were many types of hats. The iconic hat, the gat, was made from horse hair and bamboo and was black and somewhat transparent.
It had a fairly wide brim that in the past, according to popular legend, was much wider as a means of preventing unrest. Because of its wide brim, conspirators were kept apart, and were unable to whisper their plans to one another.
There was also a large mourning hat made from bamboo. It was designed to hide the face of mourners from others they might encounter on the streets. It was considered a grievous breach of etiquette to look into the face of the mourner.
Early French missionaries used the mourning hat to disguise themselves as they traveled the Korean peninsula before the 1880's. They were able to move about in relative secrecy for no one would attempt to communicate with a mourner.
Court officials' hats had slightly bent-forward ear-shaped horizontal wings. It was said they symbolized the wearer's attentiveness and willingness to "catch every word of command that the King may utter."
As Korea entered the 20th. century, there were many reforms forced on the population. Some were readily accepted and appreciated, but others, especially those that dealt with hair styles and hats, were vehemently opposed.
"A man is much more firmly bound to
his hat than he is attached to his wife.
He may put away the latter; without
the hat, life becomes a hollow mockery,
for the hat makes the man. Without it
he remains forever a boy."
Hats remained a part of male culture throughout the first half of the 20th. century, but have since disappeared. The only exceptions are those worn by elderly males in the Jongno area, or the bright colorful caps that young teens and adults wear while out with their friends. The "permanent black halo" is no more.'
How Japan Took Control of Korea
Erin Blakemore has written the following for history.com in 2018, and updated it in 2023:
In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan after years of war, intimidation and political machinations; the country would be considered a part of Japan until 1945. In order to establish control over its new protectorate, the Empire of Japan waged an all-out war on Korean culture.
Schools and universities forbade speaking Korean, and emphasized manual labor and loyalty to the Emperor. Public places adopted Japanese, too, and an edict to make films in Japanese soon followed.
Topographical and other postcards of Korea were published with descriptions in Japanese text.
It also became a crime to teach history from non-approved texts, and authorities burned over 200,000 Korean historical documents, essentially wiping out the historical memory of Korea.
During the occupation, Japan took over Korea’s labor and land. Nearly 100,000 Japanese families settled in Korea with the land they had been given; they chopped down trees by the million and planted non-native species, transforming a familiar landscape into something many Koreans didn’t recognize.
Nearly 725,000 Korean workers were made to work in Japan and its other colonies, and as World War II loomed, Japan forced hundreds of thousands of Korean women into life as “comfort women”—sexual slaves who served in military brothels.
Korea’s people weren’t the only thing that was plundered during Japan’s colonization—its cultural symbols were considered fair game, too. One of the most powerful symbols of Korean sovereignty and independence was its royal palace, Gyeongbokgung, which was built in Seoul in 1395 by the mighty Joseon dynasty.
Soon after assuming power, the Japanese colonial government tore down over a third of the complex’s historic buildings, and the remaining structures were turned into tourist attractions for Japanese visitors.
As historian Heejung Kang notes, the imperial government also attempted to preserve treasures of Korean art history and culture—but then used them to uphold imperial Japan’s image of itself as a civilizing and modern force.
This view of Korea as backward and primitive compared to Japan made it into textbooks, museums and even Koreans’ own perceptions of themselves.
The occupation government also worked to assimilate Koreans with the help of language, religion and education. Shinto shrines originally intended for Japanese families became places of forced worship.
Historian Donald N. Clark explains:
"The colonial government made Koreans
worship the gods of imperial Japan,
including dead emperors and the spirits
of war heroes who had helped them
conquer Korea earlier in the century.”
This forced worship was viewed as an act of cultural genocide by many Koreans, but for the colonists, it was seen as evidence that Koreans and Japanese were a single, unified people.
Though some families got around the Shinto edict by simply visiting the shrines and not praying there, others grudgingly adopted the new religious practices out of fear.
By the end of its occupation of Korea, Japan had even waged war on people’s family names. At first, the colonial government made it illegal for people to adopt Japanese-style names, ostensibly to prevent confusion in family registries.
But in 1939, the government made changing names an official policy. Under the law, Korean families were “graciously allowed” to choose Japanese surnames.
At least 84 percent of all Koreans took on the names since people who lacked Japanese names were not recognized by the colonial bureaucracy, and were shut out of everything from mail delivery to ration cards. Historian Hildi Kang writes:
“The whole point was for the government
to be able to say that the people had
changed their names ‘voluntarily.’”
The Plundering of Korea by Japan
(a) Historic Korean Artifacts
Koreans accuse the Japanese of plundering hundreds of thousands of ancient Korean artifacts, mostly during their 36-year occupation of the peninsula. Most Japanese consider the issue a dead one, resolved by the 1965 Japan-Korea Treaty, which led to the return of some 1,400 items.
However the treaty was not definitive, as it neglected artifacts in Japanese private collections, as well as those originating in North Korea.
The size of the haul is astounding. Eighty percent of all Korean Buddhist paintings are believed to be in Japan. And, says Seoul art historian Kwon Cheeyun:
"35,000 Korean art objects and
30,000 rare books have been
confirmed to be there, too."
However that is only the tip of the iceberg: vastly more is believed to be hidden away in private collections.
Determining legal ownership is far more difficult than with the art looted by the Nazis. Toshiyuki Kono, a law professor at Kyushu University. states:
"It's almost impossible to trace the
provenance of centuries-old artifacts."
Besides, the Japanese annexation was internationally recognized in 1910, meaning that relocating Korean artifacts within "Japanese territory" was lawful at the time.
To Korea's annoyance, Japan holds many items of particular value. More than 1,000 bronze, gold and celadon pieces owned by the late businessman Takenosuke Ogura now make up the core of the Tokyo National Museum's Korean section.
A lot of precious Korean artifacts are now owned by private Japanese citizens or organizations, which means that the Japanese government can’t just acquire them and hand them back to Korea. So, unless the Korean government offers to actually spend millions of dollars to buy back the artifacts, it is unlikely they will ever be returned.
As well as removing cultural artifacts to Japan, the Japanese also burned countless Korean government buildings and palaces.
(b) Natural Resources
The Japanese also removed vast amounts of Korea's natural resources, including lumber, rice, coal, iron ore and many other minerals.
The land itself was also appropriated by the Japanese; by 1910 an estimated 8% of all arable land in Korea had come under Japanese control. This ratio increased steadily, and by 1932, the ratio of Japanese land ownership had grown to 53%.
Japanese landlords included both individuals and corporations. Many former Korean landowners became tenant farmers, having lost their entitlements almost overnight because they could not pay for the land reclamation and irrigation improvements forced upon them. As often occurred in Japan itself, tenants had to pay over half their crop in rent.
Gilad Shalit's plight has gone on far too long, and he must be released and brought back home! Gilad and his family will *never* be the same again - the terrorist kidnappers already killed a part of him long ago, but they should at least have the decency (not to mention observing international law and the Geneva Conventions, and respect for Gilad's human rights) to allow him regular contact with his family and the outside world, as well as third-party medical care.
Ever since Ariadna suggested I could regard "rhythm" in a more architectural way, thinking of the city, I'd see Salvador buildings and words like that would flow into my mind.
The newer parts of Salvador, in my illiterate opinion, are a confusion of ugly "modern" buildings, thrusting against the sky without any decency. No urban planing. No nothing. Mess. Confusion. How could I relate that to rhythm...? Cacophony. Dysrhythmia. Arrhythmia.
I've tried several shots for this theme, and was never satisfied. Or didn't find the time to post it. Now I finally have, but I still want to try another idea I've had for it. Let's see what the future will bring...
Day 41. Topic: Rhythm (suggested by Ariadna).
Catching up on some back shots from the beginning of the year
On a walk around the Addington Cemetery with a wonderful Flickr friend. February 13, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
There is so much damaged in the cemetery because of the earthquake we have had. It is such a pity as I don' think it will ever be fully repaired.
The Addington Cemetery was established in 1858 when the Scottish Presbyterians of St Andrew’s Church purchased land for a cemetery in Selwyn Street. Although not the first cemetery in Christchurch, Addington was in fact the first “public” cemetery, “being open to all persons of any religious community” and allowing the performance of any religious service “not contrary to public decency”.
The first burial took place on the 10th of November 1858. The cemetery has several persons of note buried within its grounds including activist Kate Sheppard, Christchurch Mayor Tommy Taylor and members of the pioneer family, the Deans.
For More Info:http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/addington-cemetery/
News.com.au ran a story about Banksy today. News.com.au didn't even have the decency to check all the artwork was actually by Banksy, let alone credit the photos to their respective photographers.
If this is your photo, you should write to News.com.au and complain.
...but at least it's not the conventional teenbathroommirrored-boobasstongued-retardedduckfaced- kind of photo. At least I have the decency to present myself in a great big bucket.
Tribute to Abimael Guzmán. Sure, he was an idealistic fool and responsible for untold suffering, but at least he had a most uncommon decency to christen his merry band of butchers with a cool name.
National Pictures
PH: Nick Edwards
Samantha Armstrong aged 21 outside Woolwich Magistrates Court in south east London today, Samantha Armstrong was charged with outraging public decency after having sex with a number of school boys in a public place, on March 28th 2008. The case has been adjourned untill Tuesday and will sit at Greenwich Magistrates Court.
05/05/11
Today, riding from Punakaiki to Hokitika, was road-sign day: saw loads of them and finally found the decency to stop, turn back and take a shot! (or recognise them early enough to stop!)
They have this huge (10cm) snail here which is endangered so I'm guessing this is what it's about.
Blog at: lisroundtheworld.wordpress.com
There was this movie, and some nice folks decided to remove the title and instead use this free space for a call to decency.
During his working visit to Chernivtsi, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with students of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Bukovinian State Medical University and Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economic of State University of Trade and Economics.
The Head of State spoke with Ukrainian youth about our country, its future, and the work on the analogy of the Marshall Plan for Ukraine. The President said that the main issue of this plan is the restoration of Ukraine: its energy, technology, and economy. According to preliminary estimates, this will require about $700 billion. However, the amount is not final.
"We do not know the real amounts because the war is not over yet. When it is over, we will analyze everything. Basically, the partners agree that everyone will help rebuild Ukraine, that the amounts are, let's say, understandable and affordable. Let's believe in the decency of our partners and hope that they will accept what they say and not just say it," he noted.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also confident that Ukraine will become a member of the EU and NATO in the coming years.
"NATO is our external defense and, of course, the best security commitment. But I am also convinced that we will strengthen our internal defense. We will strengthen our security at the borders, in the cities, in the communities. In the future, there will be a completely different approach to both security and construction," the President of Ukraine said.
The Head of State added that once the war is over, our country will also pursue the development of various areas of education: medicine, psychology, security, and construction.
Ukraine will need specialists in these fields.
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p.s. if you are gonna post my copyrighted images elsewhere on the internet at least have the decency to credit me with them or link them back to here, or i'll probably stop posting them or at least start putting big watermarks on them.