Post not related to SL - Politics instead!

Soo...I am a person who takes on a devout interest in politics. Even if it fails to involve my home country. If you watch the news, you may have heard about Conservative pundit Ann Coulter's visit to several Canadian Universities to deliver a speech about *derisive snort* Media Bias and Political Correctness.

If you ask me, she is the last person who should be talking about either of those topics. But....I agree that she has the right to express an opinion. While she had cancelled her speech at the University of Ottawa due to heavy protesting, there are a number of things to take into consideration. Free speech vs. Hate Speech, the debate rages onwards.

Here I found a wonderful summation of the incidents which transpired during her cross-country tour.

"While the middle-aged wring their hands about the anti-Coulter protests, there's a lesson to be learned from the youth. The students at the University of Ottawa who put their boots to the ground in protest clearly and forcefully expressed their view that Coulter's racism, her homophobia, or her penchant for glib sound bites about how torture should be a televised spectator sport had no place on an enlightened, multicultural Canadian college campus in 2010--at least not on theirs, if anywhere in a civilized society."

The entire article is an excellent read, and can be found at

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rowe/sorry-ann-coulter-canadas_b_513865.html

Building Time in SL

So lately, I've found myself uninspired by a great deal of things in SL. Most notably, roleplay. At this point in time, I am much more satisfied whittling away time on a building platform.

I'm also trying to branch out, but so far my mind stays on Ancient Architecture. I came across this photo in Google Image Search...



And decided to do my best to bring it into being. I ended up with this...




It's a model of an Ancient Egyptian home. The rooms are fairly simple, as well as the stone exterior.

The next thing I'm tackling is a model of the Roman City of Baalbek, which can be found in modern-day Lebanon. I've completed near the entire thing, this being only the entrance gate. This stuff isn't for sale, I just do the majority for myself. Although I was recently convinced to list a few things on Xstreetsl.