Small Axe

Small Axe is a Solomon Islands reggae band. Ronnie from SI gave me the songs yesterday and since then I didn't do any work. It must have been their first album. I had my head phone on and the volume at full blast. My favorite song is "Darlin mi no misem u".

Solomon Islands music is really heating the air waves in PNG. They have been for the past 3-4 years dominated the radio stations with Sharzy being the most popular. There are others now such as Kekene and Saba coming into the music scene in PNG. Their music is cool and has a vibe the really stucks with the listeners in PNG. It's a unique kind of flavor that goes with the music. Most of their artists have recently been touring Port Moresby and Lae. PNG has about 5.5 million listeners and is a huge market for the SI artists. SI has a population of about 500,000 people.
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I assisted Nene from East Timor with his Political Philosophy & Theory assignment today. He was discussing the difference between Rousseau's philosophy of "general will" with the concept of majority vote. I think the concept of "general will" is intangible and cannot be measured whereas a "majority vote" can be given a numerical value. For instance, on any issue where people are required to vote e.g. elections, there'll always be a majority and minority. Say in a situation where the people are required to vote for the legalization of guns and from those who voted the majority of 70% voted against whilst 30% voted for. Now, we have already given a numerical value to the opinion of people on the issue. General Will, however, cannot be measured. It is impossible to give a numeric value to a 'will' as it is an intangible variable.