James D'Souza

Tag: anger

  • A Moment Of Clarity – An Autobiographical Reflection About Race

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    Those times don’t happen often. Actually those moments don’t happen often. You know – where you remember some incident, some happening, some past life event that seems to hold the key to understanding your present predicament. Some people are constantly searching for these moments. For me – I feel as if they come after me.…

  • Chip, Shoulder and Afghanistan

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    Do I have a chip on my shoulder? Am I bitter? In the last ten days or so, a couple of people around me have commented on my ‘playing the race card’. Apparently, I over-analyse a particular situation and attribute the way someone acts as racist. This has given rise to the opinion that I’m…

  • Voting in a (so-called) Democracy (Part One)

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    This post is part one of two (or three depending on how much sleep the author feels like getting) explaining opinions on democracy and experiences of voting during the European Elections of June 2009. —————————- 1) Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. – Sir Winston Churchill…

  • Climbing up the Walls

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    Screaming at the top of your voice and not hearing anything. That’s a disturbing dream I have had before. Allowing myself to get so angry that I punch the floor and end up fracturing a knuckle. That’s almost ridiculous and teenage like. And not a dream. I’m not particularly known for having a bad temper.…

  • Angry Chair

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    Sitting on an angry chairAngry walls that steal the airStomach hurts and I don’t care What do I see across the waySee myself moulded in clayStares at me, yeah I’m afraidChanging the shape of his face Candles red I have a pairShadows dancing everywhereBurning on the angry chair Little boy made a mistakePink cloud has…

  • Surfacing

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    Here are a series of rants. They reflect what I’m thinking at the moment. It’s pure opinion – as most blogs are – and opinions don’t make that much difference to the planet. Bear that in mind as you read. 1) People who cannot control their swearing. There is a time and place. At the…