My feeling is whatever wrong a human being has done we do not have the right to kill him or her.

Wether the death of saddam will help the Iraqui people- I do not think so- the withdrawal of the occupying forces - and of Israel from Palestinian lands may be a starting point

Good grief- well Bod I'd love to go Istanbul in February but having to wait until May to go to Olu Deniz- maybe Istanbul in Autumn 2007!!!

I will travel to Turkey still.The whole bird flu thing is being hyped out of all proportion just as Sars was-to create a lot of fear in people.

London is not the Centre of the Universe Waseem-I suggest York or Manchester!!!!

I think oience last post was very useful-it is true we need to develop empathy as individuals and I liked what you say about empathy as a world. I think I said before that I have been reading alot about NVC (non-violent communication) .It puts a lot of emphasis on interpersonal things like empathy. It is helping me a lot in personal and working relationships. They have a website if people are interesed.

Ah Cyrano I understand it.

It confused me as Roxanne is a very popular girls name -as in "Roxanne" the song by Police.

I think not everybody has the same experience even of being gay. It is not something to "find a cure for". I have perhaps six friends (I cannot be bothered to count) who are gay, happy with who they are and one of them does have a child who he fathered for a lebian couple we know.

I am not sure about the chromosome thing. I do not trust research and science it has been used for social control purposes so many times. Even if it were true scietifically it does not change that being gay is just another aspect of the rich tapestry of being human. Is someone with Downs syndrome any less human because they hav a difference in their chromosones-I think not myself.

-I go to sleep now-sweet dreams Sui baby!!

a lover Sui - a lover!!!