When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee.

Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.