politics
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The just
Jus ad bella, jus in bellum – the justice of war and the justice in war. Whether first the action that is going to war is justifiable and secondly whether the actions taken during war are justifiable. Often these are confused, persons believe that if you can justify the act of war you by implication… Continue reading
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The Corporation Dinner
Good Evening Sir and Madam, I Will Be Your Waiter This Evening… I get paid 19k2 a year, it is not a lot, for this 19k2 I am expected to be a technical expert, a problem solver, a specialist with the ability to analyse, research, understand and react to difficult technical problems. Just to be… Continue reading
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It is about belief
As politicians, the media and apologist try to convince us that this isn’t about faith, ask yourself this: how could it not be about faith? How does a person get to committing an atrocity of this nature by any other means? I’m a leftist, as such I tend to accept folks for what they are,… Continue reading
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Pride undeserved
How do they sleep at night?, we often hear this statement, usually when describing dictators or murderers or those that have harmed a child. I wonder should we extend this measure of questioning the humanity of an individual or a group into other areas, particularly into political ideologues and the manifestations of their policies? Let… Continue reading
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The others confusion effect
I have a theory and it goes a little something like this….. People mostly think that they have an authentic self – this is a challengeable concept though. We can first ask as to where we find this authentic person? Is it in their own head space, the mind self, or is it in reality,… Continue reading
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That’s Fine
We witness interactions between persons all the time, every minute of every day, but we do not see them for what they are. We understand the words but conversation is about more than mere words. I find myself listening more and more to not what is said, as if it is written on paper and… Continue reading
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Missing Hitch
So here I am in 2015 and the greatest thing I could hope for, have hoped for, has happened, a democratic socialist has been elected to the position of leader of the Labour Party. Attacked from all sides during his campaign and continuing to be attacked from within and by the press after his (landslide)… Continue reading
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A conversation with the self
Uninhibited and uncensored communication may never be possible. We are a complicated species full of contradictions and flaws in our reasoning and we are still somewhat in the infancy of our development. The things we ponder are constrained by the framework we ponder them within, abandoned to THE THEY we are born into a circumstance… Continue reading
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On Belief
On Belief In the beginning a very astute and devious humanoid looked up to the sky in wonder at a giant ball of burning hydrogen. It occurred to this primitive man who if he could convince his fellow humanoids that the hydrogen ball was in charge, had a voice that spoke to him only and… Continue reading
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Pedagogically
On the position of Kaczynski, Pedagogically In an educational society but not of that society, the dissent of a tutor based on such paradigmatic reasoning as trying to act as if we were educationally free in a system that simply labels itself free but stands up to no scrutiny of this postulate. This is the awakened individual… Continue reading
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