PRISON BLOG 29
You. Fucking. Legends
So I was sifting through many hundreds of books, many excellent modern fiction paper and hardbacks along with numerous magazines. I’m informed there is a similar amount waiting up top that I will sort through later.
What a stunning response from kind-hearted people all over the country who took the time, effort and expense to make a contribution. Many donated without putting any sender’s details, but others did and at the risk of turning into a telethon I’d like to acknowledge: B. Downey, O’Neil whanou, J. Wilson, ACP, Bay of Islands Hospice, Bidwell, R. Spencer, J. Bennett, C. Walker, ZOO and others yet to be processed. On behalf of the prisoners who can read, I thank you all deeply.
The library will be somewhere in the magnitude of tripled in volume and probably expanded ten-fold in quality. Although I have been assured of visiting privileges to it, I was only allowed to take a handful of Time magazines and two books with me back to my new unit (Salt: A World History and Longitude). It was a painful choice; a cruel task to have set. In the end I had to choose two histories over two novels out of the short list of ten I had made. God, there were some good books in there – and then there were the magazines. It was torture; but what a delectable torture. Having come from such unexpected generosity I find myself humbled and startled. Tumeke!
DON’T FORGET Tim’s Book and magazine collection for the Prison Library, please send your books and magazines to:
Tim Selwyn
Librarian/Unit 7
Hawkes Bay Prison
Private Bag 1600
Napier, NZ
Tim Selwyn (Editor of Tumeke!)
PRN 60477981
Hawkes Bay Prison
Currently appealing sedition conviction
posted by Bomber @ 2:37 pm
8 comments
8 Comments:
Wow – no vitriolic attack on Tim this time?
It’s interesting that Tim has been happy to ask for help from strangers. He tells us he appreciates people going to trouble and expense for others and asked for nothing in return.
I am interested if being on the receiving end of others peoples selfless help, kindness and goodwill have inspired him to think about how he is going to give and help others in the future.
There is a view (lost on many) that life should not be all about me ...me...me .... take... take..take.. but that we can be happier putting others first and giving rather than taking.
From what I have seen Tim (and Bomber) are more of the ‘sense of entitlement’ school, maybe Tim (and Bomber) will tell us if there has been a lesson for them in this or are they still at the ‘centre of the universe’ and everything is all about them and what they can get rather than what they can give.
...and then someone goes and says something as spiteful as that. You boys certainly pissed off the sensible sentencing happy clappers didn't you. I applaud that Tim is setting up a libary and that so many people have donated. Even the spite of the above post can't take that away from Tim.
What ???? where did you get that from. It seem reasonable to me when strangers show us kindness it can make us think whether we should be less selfish ourselves.
All I said - perhaps people (including myself) can think what we can give as well as what we can take.
Mind you I suppose the idea of putting the needs of others above your own is rather alien to people here.
If you have ever worked with the long term unemployed – I have seen them moan and groan at the idea of working, then when dragged kicking and screaming to do some find to their great surprise, they can enjoy it and feel good, same with life’s takers, they can find a satisfaction they didn’t know before by helping others – it’s a learned thing.
One work gang from Auckland prison got some work a few years ago building a playground (I think it was for a local school but I am not sure) they ended getting really involved and loved it, yet initially no-one wanted to go.
Tim, are you teaching those other jokers to read?
Maybe Bomber could start a remedial reading group at his nearest prison.
I think most of them read (and write) four letter obscenities.
I rather doubt if Tim is capable of to teaching anything more useful.
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Wow, now that is spiteful!
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