As children we were inducted into some terrible and damaging lies perpetrated by society (usually at the hands of our parents). Some of these were benign, like Santa and the Easter Bunny; some were intended as comfort but led us astray, I’m thinking here of guardian angels or monsters under the bed being afraid of …
Monthly Archive: March 2010
Mar 26 2010
Free Speech means just that
One of my favourite quotes (which is actually a paraphrase, not a quote) is so commonly referenced that it has become almost cliché: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” This is, of course, famously attributed to Marie François Arouet, better known as the …
Mar 12 2010
The Forces of Stupid
Battle lines have been drawn in the intellectual plains. The respective armies have gathered and are unleashing holy hell on each other. This is not the oft-referenced battle between the Forces of Good and the Forces of Evil. No this battle is much more insidious. This is a battle between the Forces of Good and …
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