So Last Night G and I went to hear Dr. James Orbinski talk about his new book "Imperfect Offering". Hosted by Words Worht Books.
Orbinski is the president of Doctors without Borders and has some pretty insane stories to tell. But he was pretty inspiring and it is nice to hear a Canadian talk about how fucked up our country is - as opposed to just pointing to our Southern neighbour and calling the kettle black.... if you will.
Some extra interesting comments Dr. Orbinski made:
When a question was asked whether he experiences/ed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he said that he believes Western society has "a tendency to medicalize anything uncomfortable". Interesting.
and.
While G had his book signed, I asked Dr. O if he had any advice on publishing a magazine that attempts to encourage and motivate young people of our community to speak out and stand up for things that are messed in our world... his answer?
Don't be condescending.... and always be raising the bar of what is expected from your reader and peers.
(I'll start working on that first part today)
H.
4 comments:
that sounds awesome and interesting angeli i mean hil. no seriously. if i lived in your city and you were going to this, i would come.
Definitely an amazing evening, very humbling. He made a couple of points that really resonated - in particular, as Hugh said above, Orbinski indicated genocide(s) are a political act, and we as Canadians are complicit in ALLOWING them to happen...we're not the great peacekeepers we see ourselves as, and the world doesn't always see us that way anymore either.
I'm almost afraid to read the book -
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1178856.ece
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GOD!
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