Talking of so-called "mental illness" and the community, I sometimes think that in an amazing irony the "mentally ill" and the homeless are all that is left of community.
They are the only ones. They stagger forth to see if anyone will do anything in a group and co-operate. But no. They are to be stigmatised for not conforming and "getting a job" and ending their deviant desire not to be a selfish atomised individual as the capitalist system requires.
EXEMPLAR HUMANAE VITAE - SPECIMEN OF A HUMAN LIFE. I am not really a sofa. But I try to be a filosofa. This is the parent blog of my other blogs which all began here, and which in totality constitute the views of an urban peasant living in London. Including some thoughts on politics, psychology, religion, employment and education. And a little humour. I am a rationalist, a humanist and an atheist and I write from a green/socialist/libertarian perspective.
28 February 2007
26 February 2007
Monday 26th February 2007. Richard Ingrams
I read, as I always read (now there's an example of English having too many homonyms), Richard Ingrams' column in the Saturday Independent. It is undoubtedly one of the best columns available in an English newspaper.
One thing he wrote about this time was how many thousands of people, often very clever and talented people, have adhered to Christianity down the ages and into our times, and how this seems to be overlooked and not appreciated by the prevailing atheism of the moment.
He has a point. However, I feel someone should point out the obvious reality that it is perfectly possible for millions of people to believe something and for it still to be wrong.
One thing he wrote about this time was how many thousands of people, often very clever and talented people, have adhered to Christianity down the ages and into our times, and how this seems to be overlooked and not appreciated by the prevailing atheism of the moment.
He has a point. However, I feel someone should point out the obvious reality that it is perfectly possible for millions of people to believe something and for it still to be wrong.
19 February 2007
Mon 19th Feb - spiritual but not religious?
"Spiritual but not religious." ?
hmmmm.....
Must work this out.
hmmmm.....
Must work this out.
18 February 2007
18th February 2007 - Prose to give George Orwell a hernia
The London Review of Books - prose to give George Orwell a hernia.
Well, here I am again.
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I like it when people engage with what is being said and don't resort to ad hominem arguments.
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Surely we should have enough freedom of speech that we are allowed to criticise a group of people?
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In this era of tuition fees and industrial scale Higher Education in which degrees seem to garner an exaggerated respect it's maybe worth remembering that George Orwell, one of the most important intellectuals of the last tumultuous century, never went to university and never held an academic post.
His ideas are still relevant or maybe I should say indispensable.
Well, here I am again.
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I like it when people engage with what is being said and don't resort to ad hominem arguments.
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Surely we should have enough freedom of speech that we are allowed to criticise a group of people?
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In this era of tuition fees and industrial scale Higher Education in which degrees seem to garner an exaggerated respect it's maybe worth remembering that George Orwell, one of the most important intellectuals of the last tumultuous century, never went to university and never held an academic post.
His ideas are still relevant or maybe I should say indispensable.
11 February 2007
11th February 2007
"It is a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, trapped inside an enigma."
This is what Winston Churchill said of Russia, or the Soviet Union at the time.
In my opinion, The same could be said of the USA.
The USA got to the moon - allegedly. But how? :)
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Bill Bryson's "The Lost Continent" is an interesting view of the USA.
I love England and the English just for the record. :)
The essence of Englishness is gentleness. This may also seem like a complete lack of any feelings.
That is an illusion.
This gentleness is a strength.
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I have just spent the last 3 weeks mending my computer and now it is more or less done, I am wondering why I bothered.
What possible benefit are computers? :)
Life is quite amazing.
What I don't like is lies.
This is what Winston Churchill said of Russia, or the Soviet Union at the time.
In my opinion, The same could be said of the USA.
The USA got to the moon - allegedly. But how? :)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Bill Bryson's "The Lost Continent" is an interesting view of the USA.
I love England and the English just for the record. :)
The essence of Englishness is gentleness. This may also seem like a complete lack of any feelings.
That is an illusion.
This gentleness is a strength.
--------------------------------------------------------------
I have just spent the last 3 weeks mending my computer and now it is more or less done, I am wondering why I bothered.
What possible benefit are computers? :)
Life is quite amazing.
What I don't like is lies.
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