Mark Thomas
A couple of nights ago (Tuesday, the 8th) I went to see a live Mark Thomas show. A very enjoyable show, he is wonderful at telling stories, making the entire audience collapse with laughter, and then can suddenly make the entire room silent with a serious point about the terrors the Western world manages to inflict on other nations.
Lots of interesting facts, like the poor drunk American who is in prison for three years for mentioning the "day of judgement" and "a burning Bush". The number of people dying daily due to lack of action from us. The propaganda about the current war, forced in our faces every second of every day, until the war is over (as far as the media is concerned), at which point it will be ignored and never mentioned again.
I am now a proud white ribbon wearer, supporting How About Not Killing Everyone?
A small piece of advice from the wise -- if you see MT live, and he starts to talk about John Major and Edwina Curry... look away. Quickly. You shall be haunted for the rest of your days if you do not.
