My brother informed me that the episode of Consider This in which I was a guest speaker and spoke about Christianity vs Secularism has aired and that it is available on the counter.act media YouTube channel. The thought of me sharing ideas—particularly religious ideas—on television is somewhat troubling. When speaking about God and "oughts" and "naughts," one has to be very careful. As I mentioned elsewhere, I hope my views are sound.
At first I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to see myself on television. I felt a little like Johnny Depp who refuses to watch his own movies. Eventually I did gather up the courage and looked at the episode to see how I applied my 15 minutes . . . uhm, 8 minutes . . . of fame.
The three videos below are the three segments of the episode. I feature in the middle segment.
Consider This is a counter.act media production and was produced by my brother, Nethan.
Liefling -- Die Movie
My broer het onlangs die nuwe Afrikaanse musical "Liefling - Die Movie" gekyk en sê dat dit verbasend goed was. Ek geniet musicals en aangesien die laaste Afrikaanse musical film wat ek gesien het -- een met Ge Korsten -- jare gelede was toe ek nog 'n tjokkertjie was, sal ek graag wil sien waarmee hulle in 2010 voorendag kon kom.
Ek hoop dit wys nog in teaters teen die tyd wat ek in Suid-Afrika gaan aankom in Januarie. Dis, natuurlik, indien ek 'n kaartjie gekoop kan kry.
Ek is geensins 'n fan van ligte Afrikaanse musiek nie, en al weet ek dat Bobby van Jaarsveld (die hoofkarakter in die film) sy oomblikke het, sal die musiek nie noodwendig die rede wees dat ek die film wil sien nie. Ek wil net graag sien wat gebeur in Afrikaans deesdae. Ek verlang na Afrikaans. Boonop, dis nie al dag dat Suid-Afrika 'n musical maak nie en ek hou graag die Afrikaanse film bedryf dop.
Ek hoop dit wys nog in teaters teen die tyd wat ek in Suid-Afrika gaan aankom in Januarie. Dis, natuurlik, indien ek 'n kaartjie gekoop kan kry.
Ek is geensins 'n fan van ligte Afrikaanse musiek nie, en al weet ek dat Bobby van Jaarsveld (die hoofkarakter in die film) sy oomblikke het, sal die musiek nie noodwendig die rede wees dat ek die film wil sien nie. Ek wil net graag sien wat gebeur in Afrikaans deesdae. Ek verlang na Afrikaans. Boonop, dis nie al dag dat Suid-Afrika 'n musical maak nie en ek hou graag die Afrikaanse film bedryf dop.
World AIDS Day
Today is World Aids Day. Like all such "days" the purpose is creating awareness about a specific social issue. Do you remember when people started to speak about AIDS in the 80s? I was still in elementary school when I first heard of the dreaded AIDS. Back then it was a "homosexual disease". I'm glad that we have passed such ignorance, but it is still far from appropriate to think the we (the world) have enlightened notions about AIDS.
In South Africa AIDS is still a rampant epidemic. For a long time I've heard that some African people believe that AIDS was invented by white people in an attempt to reduce their population. There are also superstitious beliefs that sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. While things have improved, South Africa has a history of presidents with questionable views regarding AIDS. There is the legacy of President Thabo Mbeki and of course the shocking example of the current president, Jacob Zuma, who took a shower after having unprotected sex with an HIV+ woman. Such examples nullifies years of sex and AIDS education. The real effects of this disease will be felt ten or twenty years from now when a great chunk of a whole generation in South Africa's will have died to AIDS-related deaths, leaving behind another generation of orphans.
In South Korea it is difficult to assess the affect of AIDS. As a far eastern country, saving face is an important part of the Korean culture, so statistics are often under reported. At least it is not considered a homosexual disease. It may, however, be considered a foreign English teachers' disease.
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