Tag: Racism

Hate speech on Facebook
26Sep 2017

Sticks and Stones and Unholy Trolls

We have all heard the saying:  “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never harm me”. However, The Times They Are a-Changin’ as the iconic sixties barb and 2017 Nobel Laureate for literature used to sing, and maybe this saying warrants a total rethink. In today’s world of The Social Network, the most common […]

30Apr 2017

A Tale of two Narratives

A recent reread of Charles Dickens’ enduring opening in his immortal classic ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ – “It was the best of times it was the worst of times” made me think about growing up during those “worst of times” in South Africa. Now living in Israel – a country that is fiendishly and […]