The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.