a place where i store my thoughts, experiences and comments on the policy, the fun and joy of visiting detention centres, my relationships with the people i've met, and the moments of beauty that somehow emerge through the darkness of australia's treatment of refugees.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Pantene for Life

Today I was in the pharmacy buying shampoo for one of my friends in detention. He had asked me for a particular brand, but couldn't remember which exact type of shampoo it was (dry, oily, curly, straight, normal etc) so I started to have a look at the little by-lines on all the shampoo bottles.

Doing this made me wish that I was buying shampoo for his whole self, not just his hair. The shampoo claimed the following:

"Boosts flat, lifeless hair"
"Protects dry, damaged hair"
"Leaves hair strong, shiny and healthy looking"

If only it could boost flat, lifeless people. Protect dry, damaged people. Leave people strong, shiny and healthy looking.

Instead we have a bunch of people sitting in detention centres, flat, lifeless, dry, damaged, weak, broken and sick, but with great looking shiny hair.

Weird.

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