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Painter unveils 11th piece in his Toronto gay community series

03.01.2012

George MacIntyre’s life is miraculous: not only has he lived with AIDS since his diagnosis in 1982, but he is a consummate artist with a rich story to tell.

As The Star reports on the occasion of the unveiling of MacIntyre’s 11th painting, places the artist deems significant to the local gay community, including bars and healthcare providers, were his inspiration for the series. The 11th painting is a portrait of Woody’s in MacIntyre’s signature folk-art style.

The 12th and final painting is of the Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home. MacIntyre explains that while he was living in Casey House, three people with AIDS died in one day; two of the families refused to claim their bodies. Rosar-Morrison accepted the remains, making it the first funeral home in the city to bury people who had AIDS.

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Kaja

7/13/2012 1:54:07 AM

Jeana:Philosophically, I agree with you. I'm just still trying to figrue out the practical application. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need is a really nice idea, but making it really happen in any sort of larger society or the world has failed miserably historically, decreasing the overall standard of living. In Paul's case, was it his status as an apostle or his work as an apostle that gave him the right to eat? I just don't see Paul as a freeloader. He was doing good work that was important to the well-being of the community.I think that talk of material rights often acts as if some people are blessed with bread and band-aids growing in their yards and some people are not, and if the people who have would just share with the people who don't, there would be enough to go around. The truth is that it takes work to create food and health care, and it's not so easy figuring out what duties we actually have. The truth is that if enough people do not work to produce food and to provide health care, there won't be enough to go around.You bring up an interesting point as far as children are concerned. Certainly, rights given to a child such as food and education need to be unconditional (as much as possible) at least until they are capable of working, but even children have certain duties based on their abilities, though it would be immoral to withhold food if they fail to perform their duties.Adults, though, may be a different story. I do have a hard time feeling it is right to refuse food to someone who is hungry, but what about the adult who has been given food and education as a child, who is capable of work yet chooses to play video games all day before knocking on my door and asking for another meal. Certainly, he is remiss in his duties by freeloading. Am I remiss in my duties if I turn him away? Or does letting him go hungry for one night encourage him to take some more responsibility, thus freeing him from the dea

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Guilherme

7/10/2012 7:30:39 PM

Operation Mincemeat 是一部军事历史小说，不过其中也有一小段浪漫故事。作者 Ben Macintyre 在讲述这一行动中的一个角色，英国海军潜艇“六翼天使号”(Seraph)的艇长 Bill Jewell 的求爱行动时，用了许多海军军事词汇，十分幽默： Once Bill Jewell had spotted Rosemary on his emooitnal periscope, he pursued her with unswerving determination. p275

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