Society

December 2, 2018

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Religion ... comprises a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find in an isolated form nowhere else but in amentia, in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion.

Sigmund Freud

November 24, 2018

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You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal law, every step toward the diminution of war, every step toward better treatment of the coloured races, or every mitigation of slavery, every moral progress that there has been in the world, has been consistently opposed by the organised churches of the world. I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organised in its churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.

Bertrand Russell

November 19, 2018

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The Ten Commandments of the LNP

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Things change over time and rules and regulations constantly need to be updated and modified to cope with advances in technology and social mores. This includes the 10 commandments. I…

November 12, 2018

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Patriotism and nationalism

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French president, Emmanuel Macron gave a passionate speech at the 100thanniversary of Armistice Day, the day that ended the First World War. In that speech he warned against the rise…

November 10, 2018

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Elites and the gullible

By admin | Australian Politics, Society | One Comment

In political theory, the ‘elite’ are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege and political power or skill in a society1. I first…

November 8, 2018

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Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn’t argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we’re doing is, we’re presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.

A. C. Grayling

November 6, 2018

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If your self-serving campaign against ‘political correctness’ involves giggling and laughing at the senseless killing of a horse, then you're actually providing clear proof that what you refer to as ‘political correctness’ is actually decency, sensitivity and empathy.

Milly Majich

November 4, 2018

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Memorial or theme park?

By admin | Australian Politics, Society | One Comment

I have been to the Australian War Memorial numerous times over the years and I always walk through the cloisters, past the name of one of my relatives who was…

November 3, 2018

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People who are out of work have done nothing wrong and deserve support, not poverty and scorn from a government full of wealthy and entitled people.

Michele O'Neil

November 2, 2018

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The blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favours among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.

Norman Mailer

Religion ... comprises a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find in an isolated form nowhere else but in amentia, in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion.

The Ten Commandments of the LNP

Patriotism and nationalism

Elites and the gullible

If your self-serving campaign against ‘political correctness’ involves giggling and laughing at the senseless killing of a horse, then you're actually providing clear proof that what you refer to as ‘political correctness’ is actually decency, sensitivity and empathy.

Memorial or theme park?

People who are out of work have done nothing wrong and deserve support, not poverty and scorn from a government full of wealthy and entitled people.

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