sexta-feira, abril 25, 2008

quinta-feira, abril 24, 2008

silogismos

Todas as reformas na educação foram feitas contra os professores e a muito custo ■ Qualquer reforma na educação tem que ser feita contra os professores e a muito custo ■ É boa uma má reforma, desde que feita contra os professores e a muito custo.

domingo, abril 20, 2008

o gosto dos outros

O agente sentara-se mesmo ao lado, no lugar vago à mesa do refeitório. Se dúvidas restassem quanto à sua ocupação, o telemóvel trataria de as dissipar. Entre o murmúrio das conversas e o barulho incerto de pratos e talheres soou, como se aprisionada numa manteigueira, a banda sonora de "O Bom, o Mau e o Vilão".

quinta-feira, abril 17, 2008

link

terça-feira, abril 15, 2008

contra-reforma

"Ai de quem se afirme contra a inevitabilidade de reformas! Terá sobre si o estigma do imobilismo ou, pior, da conservação de privilégios próprios. Há um novo e pesado maniqueismo na sociedade portuguesa: de um lado a mudança, do outro a prudência. O rolo compressor da primeira é a imagem invertida do medo que habita a segunda. Mudar para quê? Conservar o quê? São as duas perguntas mais difíceis do nosso tempo. O discernimento é o quê?"

(Palombella Rossa, num certo março de 2008)

domingo, abril 13, 2008

demo

Here you can see respectable folkKeeping to God's own lawsSo far he hasn't taken heedYou who sit safe and warm indoorsHelp to relieve our bitter needHow virtuously we had begunThe world however did not waitBut soon observed what followed onIt's fear of god that brought us to that stateHow fortunate the man with none
(Dead Can Dance, How fortunate the man with none, Into the Labyrinth, 1993)

sexta-feira, abril 11, 2008

socrates

You heard of honest SocratesThe man who never liedThey weren't so grateful as you'd thinkInstead the rulers fixed to have him triedAnd handed him the poisoned drinkHow honest was the people's noble sonThe world however did not waitBut soon observed what followed onIt's honesty that brought him to that stateHow fortunate the man with none

(Dead Can Dance, How fortunate the man with none, Into the Labyrinth, 1993)

quinta-feira, abril 10, 2008

caesar

You saw courageous Caesar nextYou know what he becameThey deified him in his lifeThen had him murdered just the sameAnd as they raised the fatal knifeHow loud he cried: you too my son!The world however did not waitBut soon observed what followed onIt's courage that had brought him to that stateHow fortunate the man with none
(Dead Can Dance, How fortunate the man with none, Into the Labyrinth, 1993)

terça-feira, abril 08, 2008

salomon

You saw sagacious SolomonYou know what came of himTo him complexities seemed plainHe cursed the hour that gave birth to himAnd saw that everything was vainHow great and wise was SolomonThe world however did not waitBut soon observed what followed onIt's wisdom that had brought him to this stateHow fortunate the man with none
(Dead Can Dance, How fortunate the man with none, Into the Labyrinth, 1993)