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At the moment we have a major problem coming out of our schools – young people who do not strictly see why they should behave like adults. Read More…
Now this isn’t a post about all religious people, but rather a specific kind of religious person. The kind that is revealed when you have issues over gay pride marches like there are in Serbia.
Watching the coverage for the ANCYL leadership’s disciplinary hearing – I feel kind of sickened.
The choice the ANC has right now is simple – give in to the rioters at their door and left the Youth League off with a slap on the wrist, or expel those leaders and take the short-term knock.
A lot of the time when we think we want someone to employ reason, what we really are thinking is we want them to be reasonable – and the two concepts really aren’t the same.
One of the more infamous series of cases in terms of court abuse was Scientology’s policy of “Fair game” – in which the church used any and all means to “get” its critics.
Potholer54 has put together an awesome video on how editing techniques in TV shows can be used to decieve the viewer. It is the sort of thing which should be required viewing in schools.
The Apartheid Tax is, like a lot of the words of holy men, a bad idea. Read More…
Inside Higher Education has an extremely interesting interview with Raymond Bradley - one of the figures behind the famous hockey stick graph – and his take on American politics. Read More…
Sometimes it is a bit of a question with science as to why there is such resistance to it, afer all it is so awesomely useful – and one of the reasons I think there is, is because of how negative results get reported. Read More…
